Using the latest Nitrux desktop distro

[Erik Groothuijzen]

Fairly new member to Linux from years and years of Windows and decided to try Linux because of Windows 11 and all it entails. Nuf said. Tried Mint but ran into some hardware problems with my Lenovo ThinkPad W530 and installed MX. Still not satisfied with alternative software installations. Looking at the latest desktop distro of Nitrux. Any advice or pit holes that anyone can advise me of before I change? Had a look at it from a usb drive, but realise till you install it you cannot really tell.

 

[Brickwizard]

Nitrux

It is based on Ubuntu the same as Mint 21/22 are which are in turned based on Debian as is MX, do if your problems are the usual ones [wi-fi, keypad etc] these will need to be addressed after the basic installation

not satisfied with alternative software installations.

If a distribution doesn't have the Linux app installed you want. Then in most cases you can install it retrospectively. If you do not like the Linux alternatives to windows programs, then try running the windows ones in Wine, or running windows in a VM.

 

[Erik Groothuijzen]

It is based on Ubuntu the same as Mint 21/22 are which are in turned based on Debian as is MX, do if your problems are the usual ones [wi-fi, keypad etc] these will need to be addressed after the basic installation


If a distribution doesn't have the Linux app installed you want. Then in most cases you can install it retrospectively. If you do not like the Linux alternatives to windows programs, then try running the windows ones in Wine, or running windows in a VM.

Thanks for the advice. I could not get wine or VM to run and have Windows 10 on an external drive to keep my Garmin up to date. MX did not want to run Appimages either, so I am wondering if Nitrux will work. I did not get the same issues with my keybord in MX that I did get with Mint. Still don't understand why.

 

[Brickwizard]

Still don't understand why.

MX usually runs a much newer Kernel than Ubuntu and mint 21, LMDE is somewhere between the two.

 

[Erik Groothuijzen]

Snapshot created on: 20240727_1545
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-23-amd64 [6.1.99-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-23-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.3_x64 Libretto May 19  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:

Apparently Nitrux runs on the latest 6.9 kernel. I still do not understand what the differences are, but apparently with Linux a major upgrade means a new install anyway.

 

[Smilax]

Thanks for the advice. I could not get wine or VM to run and have Windows 10 on an external drive to keep my Garmin up to date. MX did not want to run Appimages either, so I am wondering if Nitrux will work. I did not get the same issues with my keybord in MX that I did get with Mint. Still don't understand why.

I just solved my Garmin update problems for my Drive 53 by switching to openmapchest.org as suggested by @GatorsFan. I have not actually driven anywhere with it yet, but all my saved routes are displaying correctly and everything else looks to be in order. The process is non destructive so reverting to the Garmin maps already installed on the device is accomplished with just a couple of check boxes in Settings/My Maps and a restart.

 

[Erik Groothuijzen]

I will look into that, but I recently got a firmware update for the Garmin itself, that you would miss out on then.

 

[Erik Groothuijzen]

They also have not done South Africa yet.

 

[Smilax]

I will look into that, but I recently got a firmware update for the Garmin itself, that you would miss out on then.

Unfortunately yes I would, but I'm okay with that because I wasn't getting updates at all. Ideally, I was hoping someone had figured out a method for updating using the official Garmin maps without Garmin Express, but this will do. In my fast growing area with lots of new construction, fresh updates are helpful.

Years ago I had a colleague who called me "The Frittermaster" because I wouldn't let go of an issue until I figured it out. I gave up on Garmin Express.