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Posted: 02:24pm 03 Feb 2026 Copy link to clipboard	JohnS Guru

Fantastic!

And well done.

John

Posted: 05:39am 04 Feb 2026 Copy link to clipboard	Bryan1 Guru

Keepis here is some info on the distro I have here and a bit of info on this computer

System:
Kernel: 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.63+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter>
ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 with: xfce4-panel
tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-25.1_Xfce_x64 Infinity January
18 2026 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 9020 v: 00 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 15 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0XCR8D v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 05A4
uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A25 date: 05/30/2019
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-4770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3

Got that info from the system quick view and the next step is downloading Arduino and get that working as I do think I need to connect to the nano on the brainboard for my inverter to setup the inverter.

Posted: 06:21am 04 Feb 2026 Copy link to clipboard	KeepIS Guru

I agree with John(S) great find with the i7 PCs.

It's crazy that corporate users are scrapping PCs just a few years old because of the MS Win upgrade path requirements. This may be even worse for MS than they realise, as the memory/SSD and some hardware supply sources for the whole of 2026 are already pre-allocated and bought out by big tec AI. I hope it bites all of them BIG TIME in the you know where, only time will tell - what utter stupidity.

The HW restrictions by MS for Win systems may have been hit with a perfect storm of upgrade supply demand doom.

Bryan, that looks really good, the only difference is the ahs release Kernel is at 18.8-1 and waiting for the official release of 6.19 in a few weeks, but with the version you installed (or any version) it will be a great system with the i7 PC, I doubt you will notice any differences between the releases.

Posted: 06:36am 04 Feb 2026 Copy link to clipboard	Bryan1 Guru

Well downloaded the Arduino software and programmed a nano with the inverter code which did work first time too

Well nothing showing in the code where further settings need to be done and found the serial monitor was blank.

Anyway what is a good terminal program for MX as I reckon connecting via that may show a different story.

Now using the USB-format app did format the 32gig disk drive but I did find with the 32gig SDCard it kept falling over with an error so will try again tomorrow. Win10 did stuff this SDCard up failing to load the ISO properly.
Edited 2026-02-04 16:40 by Bryan1

Posted: 07:06am 04 Feb 2026 Copy link to clipboard	phil99 Guru

Quote Win10 did stuff this SDCard up failing to load the ISO properly.

Have had that too. Used Linux gparted to wipe it and create a new FAT32 partition.

Posted: 10:50pm 04 Feb 2026 Copy link to clipboard	KeepIS Guru

Quote Anyway what is a good terminal program for MX as I reckon connecting via that may show a different story.

gtkterm or

GFXterm by forum member robert.rozee

These are uncluttered and simple to get running for USB coms with things like the Arduino Nano etc.
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Edited 2026-02-05 10:10 by KeepIS

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