MX-Linux_Raspberry Pi respin “Ragout2” released

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Download: https://rb.gy/lqm584

Intro video: https://youtu.be/xANQ91C_OIo

Documentation: Ctrl+F1, or “?” icon on dock

Feedback: https://rb.gy/cuxayj

It is a great pleasure to announce the release of MXRPi_220307 “Ragout2”, a personal respin with strong MX Dev support that unites Raspberry Pi with MX-Linux and offers two lightweight window managers: Fluxbox and Openbox.

Features

  • 32 bit Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Full compatibility with Raspberry Pi
  • Major applications
    • Browser: Chromium
    • Email: <none installed by default>
    • Terminals: xfce4-terminal, xterm
    • Text editor: Featherpad
    • Media player: VLC
    • Music player: DeaDBeeF
    • File manager: Thunar
    • IDEs: Geany, Thonny
  • Convenient configuration dashboards
  • 20pp documentation available in 14 languages
  • Set of adaptions for use on Raspberry Pi’s Official Display: virtual keyboards, modified dock and panel for easy raising, right-click menu with long press, larger menu fonts, adjustable-width scroll bars, etc.

Changelog from Beta (MXRPi1_22.02.01)

  • replaced dhcpcd with Network Manager to stabilize wireless
  • localized Openbox menu and adopted new localization mechanism
  • removed Firefox, leaving Chromium as default browser
  • removed “Default session” from Session Manager list to avoid system failure
  • switched to slick-greeter in order to render the session manager more visible
  • backported a settings manager for slick-greeter
  • fixed MX Date & Time and installed NTP servers by switching to ntpsec
  • corrected Help videos desktop link, removing two other links
  • switched default window theme to mx-comfort-dark
  • fixed autohide toggles
  • eliminated xfce4-clipman xsession-errors
  • updated skel folder and corrected its links for new-user accounts
  • switched to native default dock to simplify management
  • fixed automatic screen inversion when using Official Display
  • added terminal emulator to default panel using xterm
  • revised and localized MXRPi2-Manual
  • cleaned out development files
  • installed latest upgrades

Details

  • Installation, setup etc.: consult the MXRPi2 Beta Blog https://rb.gy/vmayot
  • Technical
    • RAM usage after login using default Tasks app: about 200 for both WMs after login, 350 after web browser (without additional extensions) has settled down
    • Tested compatible with Pi 3b (sluggish), 4 and 400
    • GPIO ports remain available to program through Scratch and Python
    • Camera port works
  • Revised localization mechanism
    • menu-mx.xml for openbox used for localization
    • localized menu based on existing menu.xml
    • located at /usr/share/mxfb-menu/openbox/menu-mx.xml
    • localized menus created on the fly during login

Credits

  • Special thanks to MX Dev fehlix for careful attention and creative contributions
  • Great appreciation to leepspvideo and commenters for a helpful review of the Beta: https://rb.gy/ojuhew

v. 220307

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