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Working with Android
Sharing files with an Android device. Many phones up to Android 8.xx include mtp capability, and you can use the following procedure. Connect phone, and make sure storage option is set to mtp. Open Thunar. When the upper left pane (Devices) shows your phone’s name (or: Storage), click on it. If you don’t see it, … Read moreWorking with Android
Orage
Introduction Tralala Installation Installed by default through MX-18x. MX-19 will ship Xfce 14.4 for the first time, which will not include it because it has not been ported to GTK3. It should nonetheless run normally, since the new panel can accommodate both GTK2 and GTK3 apps. Links How to link orage to your Google calendar … Read moreOrage
Dual monitor setup
Connection In addition to the standard single connection commonly used, so that the switching is controlled exclusively by the software, it is often possible to make use of two separate connections. Depending on the particular machine and the BIOS, you may be able to connect to two different ports–for instance, one VGA and the other … Read moreDual monitor setup
Locale
A locale is a set of environmental variables that defines the language, country, and character encoding settings (or any other special variant preferences) for your applications and shell session on a Linux system. These environmental variables are used by system libraries and locale-aware applications on the system. To see the ones installed on your system, open a … Read moreLocale
HELP: MX System locales
In case the user neglected to select system locale during installation or from the Login menu, missed setting it up on the Live session, or just needs to make a change, this little app provides an easy way to carry out that operation from the Start menu. To use a terminal instead, enter the command: … Read moreHELP: MX System locales
HELP: MX System keyboard
In case the user neglected to select system keyboard during installation or from the Login menu, missed setting it up on the Live session, or just needs to make a change, this little app provides an easy way to carry out that operation from the Start menu. It could also be changed in a terminal, … Read moreHELP: MX System keyboard
Thunderbird
Default browser not opening when link is clicked In some recent TBird versions clicking a link in emails no longer opens a page in the default browser. It is often possible to fix that with the following procedure (details in the last part of this blog post.): Click Preferences > Advanced, General tab: click the … Read moreThunderbird
Microsoft office
Microsoft products are not FOSS, yet many users need or want to have access to the, especially for business, institutional and other such contexts. Although Microsoft Office suit applications can’t be natively installed under Linux, Microsoft’s Office365 (paid service) or On-line Office (free) are just regular web pages that run fine inside any modern browser … Read moreMicrosoft office
Wacom
Introduction Wacom is a Japanese company that produces graphics tablets that enables a user to hand-draw images, animations and graphics, with a special pen-like stylus. Installation [Debian Wiki] Wacom tablets are auto-detected and natively supported on Debian. Check if the device is detected correctly: xsetwacom –list dev You should get something like this: Wacom Co.,Ltd. Cintiq … Read moreWacom