I upgraded to AntiX16 but did not reformat my separate home partition. I copied the files in / etc/skel to my /home/username directory and my initial problems cleared up (except for a wallpaper halo effect).

A new small problem has now popped up. I used the Control Center to turn on the firewall. However, it does not stay on. If I open the item again it is shown to be off.

Thanks,
Andy N1KSN

This is a common misperception. The gufw gui has a lock feature. The gui doesn't show the status until.you unlock the interface. It's a silly and confusing feature but I can confirm that the firewall sEttinger do survive a reboot.

Thanks, DO. Another mystery solved.

Andy

to test your firewall do the following as root (from CLI):

ufw status verbose
(this will show the details of your firewall)

You may also want to adjust the firewall slightly with (as root):
ufw default deny
ufw deny ssh (unless you need it)