Category Archives: PostX

Spin FM (Python3 filemanager) RC2 released

The filemanager has reached its RC2 stage.

This release contains many minor and major code fixes.

Coding syntax is cleared.
Addressbar issues with differentiating files and folders are fixed.
Error handling is increased.
Theme issues fixed.
Delete function issues fixed by introducing an action list functionality.

The code is available on the repository:

https://github.com/postman721/Spin-Fm/tree/2x-series-development

Spin-FM 2.0 RC1 released

The Python file manager has reached its next version. RC1 brings:

Moving to Pyside2:

sudo apt install pyside2-*

Close tabs button added: This will always close the latest opened tab.
Copy, paste, move to functionalities improved.
More tabs added.
Green theme added.
Removing permanent delete, due to its risks
Please notice that on all file & folder actions, the addressbar object name tells what is being processed.
Back and forward store only the most recent locations.

When the content of the folder or location changes and does not seem to refresh, remember to refresh the tree via addressbar navigation. For example: Type /home and hit return/enter from the keyboard.

Do not paint your selections for copying, moving or deletion with a mouse: This will likely cause issues. Press CTRL and point and click through the objects.

After selected, right-click and choose a proper menu action.

For copying and moving: Select for copying or moving. For deletion: Delete objects.

After copying or moving selection, navigate to your target location and choose Copy to.. or Move to… from the right-click menu.

Full list of features and the program itself can be found from my Github:

https://github.com/postman721/Spin-Fm/tree/2x-series-development

Finally, here are some screenshots:

Getting external screen to work on Lenovo Ideapad 1 laptop (Debian based systems)

External screen might not work out of the box with Lenovo Ideapad 1 laptops.

The following steps were performed on PostX Gnu/Linux (based on Debian 11) to remedy the situation.

Remove nomodest entry from grub config file:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub sudo update-grub

Reboot the system.
Install arandr to identify & setup the (external) display:

sudo apt install -y arandr

Save configuration to an sh file(screen.sh here) and make it autostart. Openbox as an example:

nano .config/openbox/autostart

bash screen.sh & exec openbox

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 released

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 has been released. The distribution is based on Debian 11 and is amd64.

Disclaimer: You use PostX Gnu/Linux at your own responsibility. The author of techtimejourney.net (JJ Posti) or any other party is not responsible if any kind of damage or harm will occur . NO WARRANTY is given and the user therefore agrees to use this software at his/hers own risk.

AMD status on Debian 11: Things got a lot better with AMD graphics cards on Debian 11. However, some issues still persist with newer cards when booting into a freshly installed system. For example, the dm (Lightdm) might not show up or things might not function at all on xserver. If you are in any doubt when it comes to your graphics card´s functionality, use something like Virtualbox with extension packages to experience the system.

Size of the image is about 1012mb.

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 download: https://techtimejourney.net/postx08_images/

Package repository: https://techtimejourney.net/postx08/

Sources repository: https://www.techtimejourney.net/postx08-sources/

Always backup your data before proceeding to installation.

Live environment: username: postx password: live