Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 03/06/2022 03:00 AM, Christian Britz wrote:
> On 2022-03-06 09:49 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > Thanks. I'll try that. At the moment I'm having some hardware problems
> > connecting the test machine to the internet. I use a Alcatel Linkzone
> > 4GLTE Hotspot from T-Mobile. Intermittently Debian doesn't recognize it.
> > Yesterday it was fine ;{
>
> If you have an Android phone (probably with iPhone too),

I don't have any smartphone. Due to elderly eyes, a laptop screen is 
barely large enough. Normally I use a 17" monitor.


> you could try
> to put the sim card into the phone and connect it via USB. USB tethering
> works out of the box for me on Debian stable.

I connect the Linkzone via USB. I have disabled its WiFi as I've not 
spent the time to understand how to have secure WiFi and in any case I 
only use one machine at a time.

After doing power off/on on both the laptop and Linkzone everything 
worked. I now have the desired minimal MATE DE.

For anyone reading this thread, my request for suggested reading stands.

Thanks.




> Regards,
> Christian