What are you “here” with today?

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Thanks for the additional update h2.
I can see the value and the strategy now:
Basically since the vast majority of hardware, even in inexpensive mobile technology, now has multiple processors and efficient operations it makes sense to use more pins to operate parallel network connections to increase speed and presumably reliability too.

I’ve not read up on USB 4.0 but now it sounds like it can indeed be beneficial for speed and reliability.

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I’m doing my “Morning dance”, (not Spiro Gyra, just the routine of updating my various distributions) on my HP-14.
This morning I started with Endeavour OS. Usually it’s as solid as a rock, but this morning I was having problems connecting to the Internet.
Yesterday Spectrum, the network services provider in our facility, was having intermittent issues; maybe they are STILL going on.
Once it finally resolved, good ole’ Endeavour OS is running GREAT as usual.

I used to have this particular one set up with Xfce, but I decided, just for the exercise of it to set this up with KDE Plasma – DEFINITELY NOT because I need it, simply because 1) KDE Plasma represents the polar opposite to what we do here with antiX and 2) because KDE was the first desktop environment I used on a Linux system. The first window manager I EVER used with a Linux distribution was fvwm on Slackware in 1995, and later, when I got an improved graphics driver, I added fvwm-crystal; it was a couple of years later when I was using Red Hat, Mandrake, SUSE, and Libranet (a Debian variation) that I got interested in KDE. At the time, it was a nice desktop, and it was actually nicer looking than the commercial version of CDE that I had been using earlier in the nineties on some of the UNIX systems I worked on professionally at the time…

Anyway, that’s another one of my “historical digressions”… on with the day and the dance through the various distros I happen to have installed at the moment.

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My wife’s next door neighbor (when we were growing up), and my university roommate, neighbor, and the one I’d travel between our neighborhood home in Fraser, Michigan and our university home (~560 miles away) in Houghton, Michigan (WESTERN Upper Peninsula of Michigan) passed away today.

He was my age, would be turning 67 this year, and has been suffering since January 2023 with Stage 4 Cancer.

Anyway, when we traveled, in those days there were no smart phones, no wide area networks, and very few radio stations with decent reception, so my neighbor and roommate had a few Elton John cassette tapes and we’d listen to them over and over on our long journeys.

So Kevin z. Mason, this is “Your Song” (Elton John): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT3D1Cu6g10&list=RDEMtu8TSn01ATwUIqXnxfa6zQ&index=3
and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy709iNG6i8&list=RDEMtu8TSn01ATwUIqXnxfa6zQ&index=2

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Bennie and the Jets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBUW433Porw

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Crocodile Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75r0nQu-hMs

Rest in Peace, Kevin!

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re: https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/what-are-you-here-with-today/page/87/#post-104847

pinxi -Jazy1 --vs
pinxi 3.3.26-16 (2023-04-16)
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1
    info: hi-speed hub with single TT
    ports: 4
    rev: 2.0
      speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
    Device-1: 1-2:2
      info: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) Trackbar Emotion
      type: mouse
      driver: hid-generic,usbhid
      interfaces: 1
      rev: 1.0
        speed: 1.5 Mb/s
      power: 100mA
      chip-ID: 0458:0007
      class-ID: 0301
    Device-2: 1-3:3
      info: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera
      type: video
      driver: uvcvideo
      interfaces: 2
      rev: 2.0
        speed: 480 Mb/s
      power: 500mA
      chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1
      class-ID: 0e02
      serial: <filter>
    Device-3: 1-4:4
      info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio
      type: bluetooth
      driver: btusb
      interfaces: 2
      rev: 1.0
        speed: 12 Mb/s
      power: 500mA
      chip-ID: 0bda:385a
      class-ID: e001
      serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1
    info: super-speed hub
    ports: 2
    rev: 3.1
      speed: 10 Gb/s
      lanes: 1
      mode: 3.2 gen-1x2
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1
    info: hi-speed hub with single TT
    ports: 4
    rev: 2.0
      speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1
    info: super-speed hub
    ports: 2
    rev: 3.1
      speed: 10 Gb/s
      lanes: 1
      mode: 3.2 gen-1x2
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900

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I’m here with antiX 22 using the Midori Web browser today –

pinxi -b
System:
  Host: brian-antix-hp-14fq1025nr Kernel: 6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64
    bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.3.3 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum
    30 October 2021
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
    v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%)
CPU:
  Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz):
    avg: 2041 min/max: 1400/4056
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.49.0
    6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1)
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 30.56 GiB (12.8%)
Info:
  Processes: 259 Uptime: 28m Memory: 7.1 GiB used: 1.16 GiB (16.3%)
  Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.26-16

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pinxi -b
System:
  Host: antixBeta-hp-14-fq-1025 Kernel: 6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64
    bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.3.3 Distro: antiX-23-beta1-runit_x64-full Grup
    Yorum 21 March 2023
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
    v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%)
CPU:
  Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz):
    avg: 2041 min/max: 1400/4056
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
    15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64)
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 20.93 GiB (8.8%)
Info:
  Processes: 248 Uptime: 16m Memory: 7.08 GiB used: 1.35 GiB (19.1%)
  Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.26-16

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free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.1Gi       1.4Gi       4.0Gi        14Mi       2.0Gi       5.7Gi
Swap:          7.8Gi          0B       7.8Gi

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After using the system a while and switching browsers, resource usage has increased slightly (for this system with plenty of resources):

free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.1Gi       1.6Gi       3.2Gi        23Mi       2.6Gi       5.5Gi
Swap:          7.8Gi          0B       7.8Gi

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Back with antiX 22, similar configuration to antiX 23 Beta 1 –

pinxi -b
System:
  Host: brian-antix-hp-14fq1025nr Kernel: 6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64
    bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.3.3 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum
    30 October 2021
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
    v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%)
CPU:
  Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz):
    avg: 1905 min/max: 1400/4056
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.49.0
    6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1)
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 30.85 GiB (12.9%)
Info:
  Processes: 252 Uptime: 28m Memory: 7.1 GiB used: 1.33 GiB (18.7%)
  Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.26-16

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While I was on antiX 23 I went through several Web browsers, updating their versions, and in a few cases, adding a few other configuration changes.
I’m currently doing the same and more on antiX 22, including investigating the configuration of links2.

blur13 is probably our current expert regarding links2 configurations so if you have questions or comments about that, look in the forum post
“Replace Dillo with links2 GUI in off-line help links in antiX” or contact blur13.

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I’ve had my fill of forums, Web browsers, searching, and “screens” today.

Best wishes to all; be back in action soon!

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antiX 22 cruises pretty fast on my HP Z400.

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Back this morning with antiX 23 Beta 1, running well –

pinxi -v4
System:
  Host: antixBeta-hp-14-fq-1025 Kernel: 6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64
    bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.3.3
    Distro: antiX-23-beta1-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 21 March 2023 base: Debian
    GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
    v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 12.8 min: 11.3 model: HP Primary status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2042 high: 2100 min/max: 1400/4056 boost: enabled cores:
    1: 2100 2: 2100 3: 2100 4: 2100 5: 1412 6: 2100 7: 2100 8: 2100 9: 2100
    10: 2100 11: 2100 12: 2100 bogomips: 50306
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 bus-ID: 03:00.0 temp: 39.0 C
  Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-3:3
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
    15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.2.11-3-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852ae v: kernel
    port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: d8:80:83:b7:f8:bd
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 20.84 GiB (8.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Toshiba model: KBG40ZNV256G KIOXIA
    size: 238.47 GiB temp: 28.9 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 47.76 GiB used: 20.79 GiB (43.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 56.1 MiB (21.9%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Info:
  Processes: 246 Uptime: 1m Memory: 7.08 GiB used: 654.1 MiB (9.0%)
  Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: 1718 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.2.15 pinxi: 3.3.26-16

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