MX Linux

How to install Node.JS v10

• Copy the content of https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x
• Create a new text file and paste the content
• Add the following lines:

check_alt "MX" "Continuum" "Debian" "stretch"

check_alt "mx-linux" "Continuum" "Debian" "stretch"

• Save the file as setup_10.x and make it ejecutable: chmod +x setup_10.x, then:
• sudo ./setup_10.x
• sudo apt install -y nodejs

How to install Gatsby

• Install Node.JS as per instructions above
• Then, issue the command:

npm install -g gatsby-cli

How to increase/decrease brightness in MX Linux (XCFE desktop)

Find out the connected display:

$ xrandr -q | grep ' connected' | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f1

In my case, the connected display is HDMI-3. You can now set the brightness with this command (values between 0.0 and 1.0):

$ xrandr --output HDMI-3 --brightness 0.8

How to create a command to change brightness in Debian and alike (MX Linux, etc)

Xrandr allow us to change monitor brightness between the ranges of 0.0 and 0.99 values, being 0.0 total darkness and 0.99 total brightness. We can make a command to set the brightness.

Note: For this work on Fedora, you must disable Wayland and enable Xorg as default GNOME session. Please read intructions here.

• Create a bin directory on your home directory:

$ mkdir bin

• Create a file with a text editor inside the newly created bin directory:

$ vi bin/mycommand

• Add the following code:

#!/bin/bash

display=$(xrandr -q | grep ' connected' | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f1)

xrandr --output $display --brightness 0.$1

• Make the file executable:

$ chmod +x bin/mycommand

• Edit the file ~/.bashrc and add the following line:

export set PATH=$PATH:~/bin

• Reboot

Usage example

Set brightness to 0.75:

$ mycommand 75

Geany virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)

In order for Geany to load the VTE, we must first create a symbolic link:

• # ln -s /usr/lib/libvte.so.9 /usr/lib/libvte.so

Note: If Ge

More info at https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#virtual-terminal-emulator-widget-vte