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by laprjns
24. Jun 2025, 11:14
Forum: Misc
Topic: Salix Dormant?
Replies: 1
Views: 55

Re: Salix Dormant?

Yes, per Distrowatch definition of dormant, Salix is considered dormant. The following is from Distrowatch's FAQ.
What is the difference between the Dormant and Discontinued status?

A distribution which has not put out a new release in two or more years is marked as being Dormant in our database ...
by laprjns
8. May 2025, 11:48
Forum: Problems
Topic: which kernel I am running
Replies: 7
Views: 339

Re: which kernel I am running

Use the command "uname -a" in a terminal. Here's what the response looks like.

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rich[~]$ uname -a
Linux Rich-Laptop.laprjns.com 5.15.161 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 16 15:55:06 CDT 2024 x86_64 AMD Athlon Gold 3150U with Radeon Graphics AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
by laprjns
25. Dec 2024, 12:00
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Merry Christmas with Xfce 4.20!
Replies: 11
Views: 90958

Re: Merry Christmas with Xfce 4.20!

Great, thanks. The first gift that I unwrapped on Christmas morning.

* You might have your selected wallpaper shown in your first virtual desktop, with any additional virtual desktops showing the default Xfce wallpaper.

I had this problem.

If it is already checked, uncheck it and check it ...
by laprjns
12. Nov 2024, 15:30
Forum: General
Topic: Are tar.xz and txz the same?
Replies: 7
Views: 96907

Re: Are tar.xz and txz the same?

Here's a package for Salix 15 that I built from a Slackbuild scrip for current that I got from https://slackware.pkgs.org/current/slac ... f.txz.html.

Balsa 2.6.4 - https://people.salixos.org/laprjns/balsa/

I think it works, but I couldn't set up my email account.
by laprjns
14. Sep 2024, 10:59
Forum: Misc
Topic: Anybody interested in a light/dark theme switcher?
Replies: 3
Views: 14423

Re: Anybody interested in a light/dark theme switcher?

Nice, works here. I'm not sure how often I would use it, but I'm interested.
by laprjns
2. Sep 2024, 12:51
Forum: Problems
Topic: Update Check Time
Replies: 3
Views: 13010

Re: Update Check Time

Check the README file in the /usr/doc/salix-update-notifier-0.9.1/ directory. The readme file says the following in Salix 15, and it will most likely be the same in 14.2.
salix-update-notifier is a daemon that provides system tray
notifications if package updates are available from on-line package ...
by laprjns
18. Aug 2024, 11:05
Forum: Problems
Topic: Updating Firefox creates a new install of FF instead of update
Replies: 2
Views: 11629

Re: Updating Firefox creates a new install of FF instead of update

I had the same problem here on multiple systems.
gapan wrote: 17. Aug 2024, 18:04 Something probably went wrong with restarting. I have never used that "Restart FF" option. I just close Firefox and start it myself.
Good to know, I will be doing this in the future.
by laprjns
4. Mar 2024, 10:49
Forum: Problems
Topic: ls options
Replies: 12
Views: 6693

Re: ls options

Try adding the -f option
by laprjns
25. Feb 2024, 16:40
Forum: Problems
Topic: Newest llvm update fails
Replies: 12
Views: 7760

Re: Newest llvm update fails

Just a heads up. I learned today that some flatpak packages (Cura and FreeCAD) would not start up correctly. The only thing displayed was the top window bar as if the window was rolled up. This was happening on both of my computers. After a little troubleshooting, I tracked it down to a ...