Linux is installed & running nicely. Here's what I need to figure out now

I run KeePass on my Linux computers. It needs mono to be installed. I tried KeepPassX but it is lacking in features when compared to KeePass; notably the ability to create password creation profiles. I also use KeePass2Android on my cell phone.

 

@reasonablePrivacy -- Your helpful & well-researched post re Autokey strongly denote that it is NOT truly a stand-alone app but, instead, merely a dependency for a front end. If so, the MX Package Manager's listing for Autokey was very misleading because it described Autokey as follows

That description sure sounds like a full-on app to me, but your research shows that it is not one. Thus, I am the victim of a writer's puffery. Perhaps he used to write ads for Crest Toothpaste. Ah well, upward & onward, right?

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@chrisretusn in P.I. -- More not-so-good news. Uhhh.. you said that KeePassX needs "mono" to be installed. What's mono & where can I get it? (Mono, I mean -- NOT mononucleosis! )

 

Right, our friend needs to install autokey-gtk.

@bellgamin, whoever told you that linux is easy and intuitive might have been guilty of false advertising.
In any case, MX Linux is not a distro designed specifically for beginners. Linux Mint would be a typical place to start one's linux journey.

 

I considered AutoKey once but decided to go with Rofi instead. Of course, Rofi requires user initiative. Fortunately, I was pointed to Linux is not Windows pretty early on after I decided to try Linux and so I was quite grounded in my approach and expectations.

 

Me & MX are getting along much better today. I installed autokey-gtk & now Autokey is on MX's app list & it DOES execute.

I installed MX Dec 28 & now, 3 days later, I have spent about 2+ hours, all told, working with it. Thus far I now have a functioning macro-writer (Autokeys), a functioning Password Manager (KeePassx) that works great with my 200+ passwords, a speedy internet connection, & a functioning Chrome-clone browser (Brave). And I can motor around in the XFCE GUI pretty good now.

I have no problem using MX's Libre as my word processor but I'm not a fan of do-everything office apps. I much prefer a no-bells-&-whistles word processor such as the one I use on Windows (PolyEdit Lite). Finding such a one is my next goal.

Thanks everyone for your help & encouragement. Have a healthy New Year!!!

 

@bellgamin

You can also test linux distros online. It's useful if you want to test different distros and their Desktop Environments(DE).
Check Distrotest.net
When testing, mouse movement is quite slow(it was for me) and internet is disabled.

 

LOL, it's not that mono. If you don't use the Password Manager's Profiles I'm guessing KeePassX is fine. I using it for several site that have specific requirements for passwords. Make it easy to make sure I can generate a new password that meet those requirements. I have one site that requires new a password every 150 days.

I'm downloading MX-21 KDE right now to see if I can install it. I look at the MX repos and could not find mono or keepass2.

 

Instantly moves to linux, if my steam games works with it. Some games does works, with reduced framerates and it took too much fiddlin around so i'll stay with windows for gaming.
And some Word documents what i open does not work with linux. Oh, i do have to install some fonts, codeks etc....come on damit...

 

Well I installed MX-21 KDE, nice! MX Package Installer, Stable Repo, search for keepass2, that will install everything you need. Unfortunately the version that was installed from the Stable Repo was two versions (4.7) behind the released version of KeePass 4.9.

 

You can try downloading a deb installer from the dev's site, to get the latest version of your software. It has a 50/50 chance of working on MX, even though it was probably compiled with Ubuntu in mind.
However, beware of adding Ubuntu PPAs to MX. It is liable to pull in dependencies that will break your system. Ubuntu is significantly different.

 

Thats why stay at windows, too many pullin'shittin your own foot

 

I was just testing for @bellgamin. I installed MX-21 KDE to see if was available it is.

Not sure what you mean by dev's site. MX's? I went there was not able to location any thing related to keepass2, hence the reason I installed MX-21 KDE.

 

Sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant to download a .deb installer file from the official site for keepass2 or whatever software it is that you want to install. If you want to get your hands dirty, you can also try to install from source, but also there, your success is far from guaranteed.

 

KeePass2

https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/09/keepass-2-49-released/

https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/997/how-to-install-keepass-2-in-ubuntu-desktop-18-04

 

It's not recommended to add a Ubuntu PPA in MX linux. I think it's number one on the "how to break your system" list.

 

Since MX Linux is Debian-based: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_FrankenDebian has the PPA caution.

 

100% agreed with @shmu26 and the link provided by @vasa1 is excellent advice. In my case using MX-21, the lone exception is I've added the repository for Microsoft Edge beta browser, which has caused no issues. Otherwise it is best to stick with the default-enabled repositories.

 

Agreed, Edge is not a problem.

 

Oh... that went over my head LOL. gotcha! I might actually give that a try and see what happens. I'm not to familiar with installing from source of deb type systems. On the other hand with Slackware creating packages from source in routine for me, 90% of my third party packages are of my own making.

 

So you are a pro already. As you know, the biggest problem with installing from source is dependencies, because MX (or whatever distro it may be) might not have packages for them. And adding incompatible packages from external sources can sometimes create a Frankenstein system.

 

I wouldn't say I am a pro. LOL KeePass basically points to Debian packages. The latest Debian (bullseye) version is the same as the MX version.

On Slackware64-current the only dependencies needed to install KeePass is libgdiplus, mono and keepass.

 

MX 21 is close to debian bullseye but with some differences. The most important difference I know of is that MX is systemd-agnostic (it can run with or without systemd) whereas Debian is fully systemd. So some key components of the system are different. The devs on the MX forum can explain it better.

 

https://www.keepassx.org/index.html%3Fp=636.html

I just switched to KeePassXC: MX Package Installer-> Stable Repo. It was seamless to import the KeePassX database, and then generate a new key file as recommended, since the old keyfile may not work in future releases.

 

I just read about this today on another forum.

 

Thanks, I read that on their web site the other day, it one of their QA's, it is turned off by default. With KeePass and Mono it shouldn't matter if systemd is enabled or not. At any rate, I only installed MX-21 KDE to get a look at it. Slackware is what I use. I'm using the up to date KeePass version with Slackware.