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I am writing this as a result of recent personal experience with an Acer laptop on which I had installed MX Linux.
The laptop was donated to a local charity who then sold it. A few weeks later I was contacted by the charity and told that the laptop had a fault and that the buyer had returned it for a refund.
NEWS 240429 about DebEX KDE Plasma -*a*Refracta*Build
I have made a new extra version of*DebEX KDE Plasma Live DVD*-*efi. It's a pure*Debian*Sid/Trixie*System. There are no*Ubuntu*or*Kubuntu*elements involved in DebEX. DebEX KDE Plasma Sid uses the*KDE Plasma Desktop*5.27.10 - latest version, released*231205*- as Desktop environment. Kernel*6.9.0-rc5-amd64-exton*is used. All included packages have been updated to the latest version as of*240429.
ABOUT DebEX Gnome BUILD 240426
I have made a new extra version of DebEX, which I call DebEX Gnome Live System. It’s a pure Debian system using the testing (Trixie) and unstable (Sid) repositories. Gnome 46 is used as Desktop Environment. I have removed the Mate Desktop, since Gnome now can be used on all kind of computers. Also when running DebEX Gnome in VirtualBox and VMware. No need for Nvidia’s proprietary graphics drivers when running this new version of DebEX. You can of course install...
NEWS 240423 ABOUT DebEX LXQt 32 bit BUILD 240423
I’ve made a new DebEX system for older computers. It uses LXQt 1.4 as Desktop environment. "LXQt is a lightweight Qt desktop environment. It will not get in your way. It will not hang or slow down your system. It is focused on being a classic desktop with a modern look and feel". Only a minimum of packages are installed. The ISO file is of only 1610 MB! Refracta Snapshot is pre-installed also in this version of DebEX, which means...
NEWS 240417 ABOUT DSL-e
I’ve made a remaster of Damn Small Linux 2024 rc3 – 32 bit. My first remaster of DSL 2024 is from 240207. "The New DSL 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies. DSL 2024 also has many text-based applications that make it handy to use in a term window or TTY". ...
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