Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-20
Votes: 0
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MX has to be one of the best distroes around - for quite a while now. It's very stable, very fast and very appealing.
To MY experience everything seems to work.
Thanks MX team.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-02-19
Votes: 2
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I am enjoying this distro on two Acer Cloudbooks with 2 GB RAM and limited EEMC drive space.
Not being an enthusiast, I also use Endless OS and have used Ubuntu.
This boots faster than both and is light on resources.
Perhaps I am missing it, but I do not see a user-friendly way to uninstall programs.For example, I would like to see a list of installed apps with a one-click uninstall.
Also I do not see a battery level on the default desktop. I do like the conky display.
I was surprised to find that WINE worked well with a couple of Windows apps that did not work well when I tried them with other distros.
On these Acers, I used Legacy boot to get it t work. The Acer BIOS seems a bit tricky wit Linux. Again, I am not a big Linux tinkerer.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-19
Votes: 3
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Excellent. It is the best OS ever.
It just works very, very fast and you dont have to configure a lot.
I am very impressed.
Thanks MX team!
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-19
Votes: 3
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I've worked with 25 different Linux distro's and many of them multiple times. This is the best distro I've seen, fast fast and stable. Not quite sure how they get it to boot up so quick but that is a big plus to me also.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-02-18
Votes: 0
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Reinstalled 18.1in a test hard drive on used box with a Xeon CPU E5507 @2.27Ghz, 4gig of ram with a FirePro3d Graphics card. I had never used a Xeon processor before with any Linux distro. No problems with installation and recognized the video card with the correct monitor resolution. A beginner can install this distro.
After the hard install, I expected this distro to boot faster from ON button to desktop using the Xeon processor but no, it still takes about 1:30 which is the same in my i5 box.
Tried various included applications and all seemed to work fine. I am not a fan of Xfce primarily because of Thunar; however, this seems to be a good distribution for a beginner and for more advanced users as well.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-18
Votes: 0
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Rund with a Celeron 1.5GHz with 512MB RAM w/o Issues.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-18
Votes: 0
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Nice and intuitive distro for beginners. Installation is easy, good default software selection.
It's a kind of semi-rollling distribution.
I adore it!
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-17
Votes: 0
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I was a former opensuse user ... with a lack of speed, but mxlinux is my distro in this time. Its very fast, has everything an average user needs. With its tools it works out of a box. It just works very, very fast and you dont have to configure a lot. I am very impressed. Much thanks to the dev-team of mxlinux!!!
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-02-16
Votes: 0
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Can't dedect correct resolution. Tried to add resolution with cvt and xrandr, but I didn't get a result.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-16
Votes: 0
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I am using it more than 3 months. It is the best OS ever. Bugless ,Very stable and blazing fast. MX LINUX is my primary os. End of distro hopping.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-15
Votes: 0
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MX is stable and works fine here. The installation process is easy and have a good hardware detection and a good repository as well.
Thank you for this software and keep working on it.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 6
Date: 2019-02-14
Votes: 0
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A little faster than vanilla Debian on low-spec hardware. But the snappiness comes with a price: It's quirky and probably not suited for beginners.
Synaptic is fine, but MX lacks a decent, user-friendly software center.
Thunar, the XFCE file manager, is dated and terrible.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-02-14
Votes: 1
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Just switched from Debian to MX as my daily driver.
After running MX in a VM for a while I began to realise the out of the box experience is more or less what I was striving to achieve with Debian Stretch.
It's quick, the Xfce implementation is crisp and visually appealing and it includes some decent quality of life features without leaning towards bloat. Being a Windows user for work I had to change the Xfce panel from vertical to horizontal. This was surprisingly easy. Not that it's ever been difficult as such but at least with Xfce 4.12.3 panel items seem to logically place themselves with no unexpected tinkering required.
No driver issues, no random hangs, flawless bluetooth mouse pairing and included applications that work.
As much as I love Debian for the fact it spawned (IMO) the greatest consumer ready distros, I did find some annoying quirks that left me scratching my head.
For the average user I believe for now that MX sits in the goldilocks position. Snappy and bloat free but with the included tools to make it as lean or bloaty as you like without much effort. Plus of course .deb gives you the option of old school double click Windows style installing if you really can't be bothered.
I agree with the previous review though. It can't be a perfect 10 without a nice GUI software center. Synaptic will hold it back from appealing to the Mint camp.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-14
Votes: 0
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I absolutely LOVE MX.
On a USB, MX is a great distro, and built upon the wonderful Debian.
Fantastic work on this one!
Thank you for the hard work!
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-14
Votes: 0
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Pros:
Configurability. Snappiness. Have it looking like Elementary with cpu, ram, swap, hdd, and network monitors in the toolbar. Beautiful and efficient. Very small footprint, and running with no issues on a very old desktop with low specs. Has given it new life, literally. Was about to be thrown out by our IT director, and i saved it instead with this gorgeous, lightweight distro.
Cons:
Not a fan of Thunar
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-14
Votes: 0
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Despite having an old laptop (2006 Dell inspiron 1318) it installed and worked like a charm. Gave like to a dusty throwaway.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-13
Votes: 0
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Excellent.
it's a great distro!!
You simply install it and it works.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-02-13
Votes: 5
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Yes, it was install easily. But after reboot after installation system was not boot with initramfs error. I tried on a few different PCs, I encounter the same result.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-13
Votes: 0
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One of the easiest and fastest distros I have played with.
Using it on my production machine daily.
Runs well on my old X131.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-02-12
Votes: 1
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Radeon HD 4500 not working perfectly. I tried a lot of different configuration options, but neither the performance problem nor the tearing problem was solved. I continued to use it for a while. But after the update the system can't boot. Sorry, I am not recommending new users. I'm going back to Fedora, system was working very well with Fedora.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-02-12
Votes: 1
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very newbie friendly, good learning curve, to fast for me! very stable... .... ...
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-02-12
Votes: 1
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Have found the distro over the past year of use serviceable with mostly flawless function and easy upgrading, easier to use than Ubuntu flavors or Mint Linux and with many pluses including MX Conky and ability to seamlessly make USB install downloads.
A minor glitch, likely common to all Debian systems would be best improved though this business of ALSA Bluetooth loading to get consistent functioning of audio awaits resolution, probably from the Debian upstream quarters. I had managed to find a solution to the Bluetooth problems initially for use of headsets, but whether it was a quirk of chance or whether it was subverted by software upgrading is unclear to me as Bluetooth audio reception was only available a bit over 2 weeks. Supposed fixes noted on support sites result in futility with none acting as supposed. In a pinch, I can use wired headsets, but why Debian Linux in general continue to have this issue seems to me unclear.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-02-11
Votes: 5
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Since I installed MX a year ago, I didn't feel the need for another Linux distribution.
The highly configurable Debian stable/XFCE duet is perfect, both for older and newer computers. MX repositories provide extra software. MX Team is very responsive and always ready to packaging software you need (if not in the repos).
I'm not a huge fan of the MX default xfce configuration, with the left vertical bar. But this can be easily changed via MX tweak tools. MX provides a lots of themes, and nice wallpapers.
Nothing lacks with this distro. Thanks to MX/antiX teams.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-11
Votes: 6
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This distro is just fantastic!
Thanks for the great linux distribution. MX Linux is my desktop linux at work.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-10
Votes: 6
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MX-18.1 is an exemplary distribution, very impressed, especially with MX tools. Very much content with AntiX but had installed a secondary SSD in my main PC desktop and now using MX Xfce, super install easy and guided.
Pros: Great collection of themes, icons, and custom wallpaper.
Not over bloated with unwanted applications.
Guided install, very easy.
systemd-free
Low CPU and memory usage while idle.
Awesome collection of alternate conkys.
Debian 4.19 kernel
Cons: None
Like I mentioned use AntiX, so know the community and MX is simply a great addition for multimedia use and graphics in which I intend to use it primarily.
Give it a shot and try it out, don't think you will be disappointed.
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Version: 18.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-10
Votes: 1
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quick to install quick to run no problems with updates
windows goodbye
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Version: 18
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-02-09
Votes: 8
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I tried a little. I don't like the panel design. I've had trouble with the RTL8187 wifi device. There is a problem connecting to wireless networks. I install legacy-304 driver and restart system, but can't reach to X server. System speed is not bad, but performance is good in Xfce versions of almost all distros. This is not a special case of MX Linux. I do not recommend to a new Linux user. It's just the Xfce version. Not suitable for those who care about appearance. The MX Linux repos is less than the Ubuntu repository. Also, disadvantage of not being able to use PPA repositories.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-07
Votes: 5
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Τhe perfect Linux distro!
Elegant, Fast and Reliable, to install and to work with.
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Version: 18
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-02-06
Votes: 10
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Can´t install in EFI even that it is boot in UEFI.
In installation no partition is under /boot when you choose were things vill be installed.
Works fine in both Slackware and Arch Linux, but not in MX Linux.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-06
Votes: 6
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Everything works the way that I like it. If you are looking for a rock solid, user-friendly, Debian based, awesome distro, look no further than MX!
Amazing work team.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-06
Votes: 5
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MX Linux is undoubtedly the best distribution I have tried. I am using it as my daily drive for sometime now (after having used Mint and later Manjaro) and I don't have any intention to look further. Everything has been working on my system since day 1. It's a reliable, stable and easy to maintain system. And it comes with a unique set of handy tools for tweaking and maintaining your system.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-05
Votes: 6
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Wow, can't believe the functionality,
bye bye to windows.
The most stable distribution with an unmatched number of ready-to-use
packages at your disposal.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-05
Votes: 7
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Everything looks modern and works, easy to install software and everything I need to work.
Overall a great system that works and is stable.
Amazing work team.
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Version: 18
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-02-05
Votes: 6
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After installing and running `apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade` system is going to be in a broken state.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-04
Votes: 4
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One of the best distros I have tested so far. I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Stable, fast, nice!
Thank you.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-04
Votes: 1
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No issues with wifi or printer as the distro spotted them easily.
Anyone from novice to expert will enjoy this distro and i hope you will give it a try.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-04
Votes: 7
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I was initially so-so about this distro, and have tried it out a few times while distro-hopping. There are SO MANY settings that there is a bit of a learning curve. You would think something as simple as changing the background on the lockscreen would be simple to find by clicking around. Nope. had to Google it, and the answer is nothing I would have ever found on my own in a million years.
...that being said, I put in the work to learn the quirks over the last couple of weeks and am liking this distro more and more. Although it is very different from anything I've used before, I have configured it to the point that I can be extremely efficient now. Rocking three panels, and a totally reconfigured look from initial install, and it is gorgeous and snappy.
Pros: Configurability. Once configured it can have a very efficient DE. Speed. Light on resources (running on an old desktop with an i3 and 4gigs of RAM flawlesslly). Apt package manager.
Cons: Learning curve is steeper than some other distros, although for me it is a good medium between the overly simple ElementaryOS and the overly complicated Arch.
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-02-04
Votes: 1
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Runs better than vanilla Debian stable with XFCE on my '06 era desktop, and so far is more reliable than OpenBSD with fluxbox on the same rig. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that, while it ships with systemd installed, it is disabled by default in favor of sysvinit (relevant wiki article here: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/systemd). This makes MX stand out from the common rabble, and might explain the performance boost over its parent distro.
My USB bluetooth adapter paired with my headphones out of the box, but it needed a reboot before Pulse (which ships enabled by default in MX version 18) would recognize them. This kind of rough edge is par for the course in my opinion.
I dislike any distro that ships with custom management tools (e.g., SUSE's YaST), and MX is guilty of this. However, they do (partially) integrate it with XFCE's settings panel, so I'll (partially) forgive them. Hence the -1 on the rating.
In all, great distro for mid to lightweight systems.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-03
Votes: 1
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Low CPU usage; Very stable and very fast.
Easy to install and easy to use.
No Bugs
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-03
Votes: 6
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A really, really great distro.
The perfect Linux distro :
- Simple configuration
- Lightweight operating system
- Fast response
Great job, MX devs and contributors!
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-02-03
Votes: 5
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I use MXlinux since the 16th release.
The best just got better.
This is a fine distro. Fast, stable, easy to install, easy to use, and powerful. It has everything you need.
Thanks MX team for a great distro!
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Version: 18
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-02-03
Votes: 10
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I can't print with Canon LBP6310. I also install CAPT driver for printer, but I didn't get any output from the printer. After this I install Nvidia-340 driver and reboot PC. But I couldn't reach the desktop. I did not like the desktop layout and color scheme. The vertical panel layout is very repulsive, and location of the menu is very unusable. Maybe available for an old PC, but there are already many alternatives. Not suitable for modern PCs, very boring.
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-31
Votes: 1
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Pros: Easy, fast, very trouble-free installation, roughly 15-20 minutes from first boot of the live media to having an installed, updated and working system that lets you just use your computer instead of having to fix show-stopper problems. Most of the apps that most people will need are already included. It runs surprisingly well on older hardware, even 32-bit, making ye olde computer seem almost new and peppy again. It's fast and stable. Almost everything needed that's not yet installed is available in the repositories and "just works" upon installation even though not the latest and greatest versions. Support by fellow-users (and the MX developers too) on the MX forum, if you even need any help, is fast, excellent and quite friendly.
Cons: being based on Debian Stable, some of the packages are a bit out-of-date including the version of XFCE and its associated pieces, some of which have minor bugs and irritants that were already fixed in the later XFCE versions. The user interface, desktop and panel look a bit dated and aren't as aesthetically pleasing as KDE and Cinnamon (which is the price you pay for having a lighter-weight desktop manager than either of those two are, which also equals having a faster OS. Some of the widgets and components aren't as configurable as they are in other desktop managers, and if they are their configuration locations can be difficult to find at first (though the additional MX tools, tweaks and utilities created by the antiX/MEPIS devs help a great deal.) The panel being on the left-hand side takes some getting used to (though it's easily moved elsewhere within its configuration settings.)
Summary: If Linux distros were auto companies, MX would be Volvo or Saab, producing a dependable, fast-enough, comfortable-enough daily driver for the entire family that will last a long time and cause you a minimum of trouble, though it may be a bit boxy-looking and not all that beautiful to look at.
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-31
Votes: 1
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Pros:
Light on resources. Hardware detection/support better than all distros I have tried so far. Big community for questions. Configurability.
Cons:
XFCE doesnt have a way for a launcher to double as task manager for running instances. Too many settings/tweaks apps. It would be nice if they were all combined into one settings app that was searchable.
Overall:
Excellent distro with minor areas of improvement necessary. Good choice if you like configuring your own desktop.
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-31
Votes: 3
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I have been a Mint user for many years. tried all Mint flavors, even the LMDE3. I tried many other Debian, Ubuntu based and Arch based distros. Never found a so simple, fast and pleasant distros till I tried MX linux ( and AntiX-mother before for experienced user)
Pros:
Really Fast install.
Hardware detection is quite good.
Debian Stable based, but with backports though.
Lightweight with XFCE
Responsive.
Easily tweakable.
For new Linux and experienced users.
Live-USB with Persistence is really awesome for those who go from one PC to another.
Cons:
some parts of the menu is a little bit crowded and need to be rearranged, but nothing really important.
Globally: i would put a 10 but let's put a 9 for future improvements.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-30
Votes: 6
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Wow! This distro smokes 'em all. Easy install on hard drive or stick, fast boot, solid performance, looks great. Tried a bunch of the distros over the years and had a couple of favorites but MX18 has surpassed all those for me.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-29
Votes: 6
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What a nice find! Over the years I've looked at a ton of distros with all sorts of desktops. Some were pretty good while many more were ill thought out losers. MX-18 is one of those distros you pray you come across in your search. It's awesome! Being a Debian based xfce distro it's very fast, resource friendly and incredibly stable. It installs easily and comes with a boatload of cool features. I especially like the set of MX-Tools it comes with. They are very handy. MX-18, with its XFCE desktop, is highly customizable and tweaks out nicely to give the user one very attractive interface. The distro has a friendly and helpful forum and the 171-page help manual is first rate. It comes with dozens of links, a glossary, numerous illustrations, and a number of instructive videos. This is a distro both newbies and experienced users could be comfortable with. When I first tried MX I was skeptical, but after using it a while I can see why it is garnering so many favorable reviews. It's a winner!
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-27
Votes: 0
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One of the best distros I have tested so far - light, modern, responsive. :)
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-24
Votes: 2
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After upgrading from version 17.1 to 18 I can definitely say MX is my favorite distro so far.
Pros: fast, stable, simple, solid and reliable. Boots on a 2007 Black Macbook 2,1 without need of rEFInd / OSX partition.
Cons: multimonitor support is not the best, automatic audio switching is not implemented, Mac foreign (ITA) keyboard not working correctly (3 things that were working for me in Mint 18.3)
Globally 9 out of 10.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-01-24
Votes: 0
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MX-17 not 17.1 has a screen dim problem on booting. Screen stays dim and must be manually adjusted brighter every time you boot. May have been fixed with 17.1. I don't know. Ver. 18 does not have this problem. Wiped 17 off my disk and went to MX-18 which is a separate review.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-24
Votes: 0
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Just downloaded and can't believe I waited so long. Everything worked out of the box, quick to start up, and has all of the packages I need.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-23
Votes: 5
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Installed MX on a 12 year old upgraded Lenovo R60 that I installed an Intel T7200 64 Bit processor with 2 Gig of faster RAM and a super fast SATA 60 GB 6.0 Gig/sec SSD HD. If you are use to running Linux software packages MX is easy to install. Runs very very fast. There are infinite ways to modify the views of this operating system. I definitely found MX to be easy to install and easy to use. You can learn to run MX quickly. I have installed many different Linux systems to try them. I saw so many positive feedbacks that I needed to try MX. This is a Great operating system for multiple experience users or new users. I was able to install Chrome or Chromium which is a positive. Installation including creating a bootable USB to a final running operating system on the R60 was maybe 2 hours total. I was tempted to revert to Mint but MX works so well and I like the feel MX needs more attention so it is staying installed on my old lap for more Use. Boots up and shuts down quickly. Looks like MX runs great.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-22
Votes: 3
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Rock solid, fast and user friendly distro based on Debian stable + extraordinary representative MX repo with huge selection of useful backported apps ...
I've been looking for something like this for a long time. And now I finally found it!!!
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-22
Votes: 5
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Finally, I found a distribution that gives me what the last few years I can not find elsewhere:
- Debian stable based
- Lightweight operating system
- Fast response
- Simple configuration
- repo with third-party applications
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-22
Votes: 5
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It works well from live disk to hard drive install. It is dependable. Everything just works. It is fast. Low cpu usage. I like the vertical left side tool bar. It saves space on my desktop. I like the ability to right click to get the application menu. No linux distro ever matches my monitor correctly, but I just change it in display settings. One thing about MX-18 is it changes the resolution and does not restore after a number of seconds the original if something goes wrong, such as you cannot see anything. But it does change the resolution properly. All my usual applications are there. My video, internet ... work without problems. It downloads packages quickly and easily. I like to see the scrolling messages during boot up. It lets me know if there are problems. I don't like watching a blank screen on book as in other systems. I like the simple tool windows. They take less resources. I like the efficiency of the entire mx-18 system. It does not feel bloated. Everything is fast, simple and I have most of the resources I need, out-of-the-box.
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Version: 18
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-01-21
Votes: 6
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Pros:
- Very attractive and relatively light
- Installs easily
- Good implementation of xfce
- For me, the default vertical configuration of the dock is similar to that of Ubuntu
- Nice setup screen for information and installation of other programs
- TLP, for reduced battery use, is installed by default
Cons:
- Thunderbird froze several times on my laptop (this doesn't happen in Ubuntu)
- Window resizing is very difficult (may be an xfce flaw)
- No obvious way to get a Google-calendar app, at least not in the xfce version
- No other full featured dedicated calendar app seems to work in it (Gnome-calendars wouldn't work,
Calfornia wasn't available and I don't consider Orage to be suitable)
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Version: 18
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-01-21
Votes: 5
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Installs quickly and easily. With Xfce desktop is fast and efficient on resources. However the default is to remember passwords and this causes a user to run as root (if they don't uncheck the remember passwords checkbox) when first typing password to use features such as the synaptic package manager. There's no obvious way to reverse this problem without logging out and then back in again. Also, the most useful feature, MXTools configuration utilities is not found on the the default desktop. I don't know why MXLinux would want to hide this feature in the menu. It should be on the taskbar or on the desktop shortcut at the very least. Also, there seems no way to create a user with admin privileges to access the package manager or installer, so again, the user must logon as root, creating another opportunity to accidentally run your whole session as root. The conky feature displaying date and time and other information is a nice feature and very customizable.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-21
Votes: 2
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What a breath of fresh air! Sophisticated yet simple and straight-forward install. Winner!
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Version: 18
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-01-21
Votes: 6
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doenst use systemctl and cant install snap. So no way using this system. npm doesnt work either.
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-20
Votes: 2
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i have tried lots of distros, some of them are really good, the downside for me the ones i like usally have issues freezing ,wifi issues ,shutdowns ect. NOT this one mx works flawlessly , booting on an old laptop isnt lightning fast but its not unbearable. once up and running its fast,everything runs smooth from the word go. PROS good os for beginer to seasoned pro no drama running on old machines no system d NEG hard to think of any maybe could be more privacy focused (not that im saying its not) i just mean things that can be installed by the user anyway,would be nice if the devs firejailed,torified,browser config, virtualbox ect for novice users. as is this ones hard to beat hats off to the mx devs
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-19
Votes: 10
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Been using MX since the beginning of 2016, dual booting with Win7 on all my portable PCs. The side bar is appropriate for any laptop, notebook, or netbook screen smaller than 15" as it wastes less screen real estate, which ANYONE could learn to appreciate if they gave it half a chance. Indeed, I have modified all of my Win7 installations putting the panel on the Right side instead of the bottom. MX's panel can also be configured to disappear until you bump the edge of the screen with your mouse pointer. The best thing about MX though is the developers' pragmatic philosophy that a Linux distro should "Just Work" without fiddling or tweaking. It DOES--on every system I have ever tried to install it on. Cannot recommend it highly enough !!!
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-19
Votes: 1
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After trying at least 5 other distros, MX Linux is now my everyday system. Really fast install, and fast, reliable distro. Used MX17 for a month, now have been using 18 since it arrived in December 2018. MX Tools and and MX Package Manager are great innovations. Make it easy to install and remove software as needed. Adding flatpak support is also very helpful. Not clear why team thought side panel was a good idea. But was easy to move panel to top or bottom and rearrange icons as desired. I also appreciated the tools for mounting and accessing other drives. Makes easy tasks such backing up to remote drives and accessing files on remote drives. Other distros make this much more difficult.
The only negatives I have found so far involve trying to run etcher, anbox and other software.But those are minor to me.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-19
Votes: 5
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Been using it for a couple months now and have it installed on a 64Gb sandisk cruiser usb 3 stick. It's amazing that on the stick it loads into ram in about 15 seconds. It is actually faster than my Antergos Cinnamon on an SSD drive as in instantly responsive. It took a while to get used to all the controls and there are a lot of them but once I got it setup the way I liked it it's simple fast and decent looking OS. I have everything I need using this OS. I was worried about my usb storage drives because virtualbox can never use them but all my drives even the drive with Antergos on it are totally accessable so if anything happens I can use this OS to fix the other OS. It's amazing and unlike Puppy with JWM this one finds my hdmi audio on my led TV. I also have a great loading screen when booting. Everything is just so configurable, they tossed the kitchen sink into this distribution.
If you want to try it then put it on a dvd or better a usb 3 stick "FASTER" and load the live session. Then set up your entire desktop the way you want it, add wallpapers to usr/shared/backgrounds, install icon sets and cursors. Remove all the stuff you don't want and for me that was libreoffice and vlc and a few other small things and add the programs you regularly use on a normal disk installed OS. When you completely done then click the install icon on the desktop they give you and have another bigger USB ready. It will then install the desktop you just created onto the other usb completely including settings and make it so it loads into ram and is persistent also. I do recommend having at least 4gb or ram. I have 8 and run it for days without a reboot. I've been running now for about 4 hrs. and I have used no of the 2GB swap on the stick and my ram is at 1.19GB of 8GB used. It's go up a little then the system frees up the ram. I'd give this OS a 12 if I could because they did an outstanding job with everything.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-19
Votes: 5
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Very fast, I can depend on for work and Joy. Strongly for all.. I had no crashes and little bugs fixes. Not like manjaro bad issues or Microsoft. Please keep it free of poor examples . No google and no facebook tracking No NSA U.S. government Spying . More Hacking software. This best I have seen keep it up! Thank you.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-19
Votes: 2
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Maybe the best, faster and rock solid Distributions around, especially without the bloated SystemD.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-18
Votes: 2
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A really, really great distro. So good, functional, stable.
Maybe a little bit bloated, but not much.
MX Linux surely has a good & great future. They're doing the right thing, compared with "Ubuntu".
Go ahead MX Linux and thanks for your great work! ;-)
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-18
Votes: 5
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I was looking for something small to put on a second hand thinkpad x240 I just bought and this looked ideal to fit on the 16 GB m.2 SSD it contains.
Obviously the side bar positioning is total anathema to most people, but luckily it is easily changed to a more familiar top or bottom position. I love the uncluttered feel of it and the lightning quick response.
As a reformed 'distroholic' this is easily the fastest ever install and as an IT tech who regularly gets asked to pump some life into ancient hardware, this is going to be my go to choice now for sure.
In fact I'm looking at an old Dell now that's going to get treated :)
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-14
Votes: 12
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This is the best distro I've found to date, I feel my distro hopping days are over. I use KDE and even though this distro comes with a different desktop it was easy enough to use the MX package manager to add my KDE, one click to download everything I wanted, sit back sip some coffee and watch MX work, it's amazing! then a simple reboot into my KDE and boom I'm ready to do my work with my favorite desktop environment. I wish I could give more than a 10 rating because this team deserves much more for such a great distro. Thanks MX team, keep up the good work! :)
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-14
Votes: 8
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The perfect Linux distro : Simple, Fast, Elegant, and Reliable.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-13
Votes: 34
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This is the way a Linux distro should be. It's really fast, faster than the previous version. It's rock solid stable. You install it and it just works, even WiFi works. It even has full disk encryption option when you install it. My only criticism is the default panel location is on the left vertically which it's ashame because it would scare away those new to Linux even though the developers have added this really nice Tweak tool that makes it so easy to move the panel to the bottom where it should be in the first place. I really like the Tweak tool and all the MX Tools which makes it easy for operating the computer. Those MX Tools come in handy. Another nice thing is it's built on Debain Stable but they have some newer software and the latest 4.19 kernel. The support forum seems to be well run and not toxic like you see on some other distro's forums. Very nice Linux distro that I could recommend to everyone. Brovo to all those that have created this really nice Linux distro.
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-13
Votes: 2
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Excellent out of the box in a Dell Latitude E6400.
Coming from MX 17 I realized Liquorix Kernel is currently not recognizing integrated wifi adapter Broadcom Limited BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY, so for the moment I'm stuck with the default kernel.
Other than that MX18 is awesome, I'm very happy with it. 9/10
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Version: 18
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-01-12
Votes: 0
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Just testing MX Linux 18 and I'm surprised how well it works. Normally, I'm give up a distro inside a few hours, because it doesn't work for me. MX Linux is the only one that I could imagine to work with, if I had to choose another distro. It would deserve a 10, but there are some downsides.
I don't like the Whisker Menu. It reminds me on Windows 7 and honestly, I didn't switch to Linux to get the old fashioned Windows 7 look back.
I don't like the file browser. The Mate Caja browser is much better.
Also, I can't find the setting to change the one-click mouse behaviour. It's annoying when I click on a folder and it opens immediately. I'm not great in looking for hours in the internet to solve a puzzle.
I had some issues with Seamonkey (my favourite browser), didn't keep the installed theme and had display issue after minimizing the window.
Everything else is nice and working.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-12
Votes: 12
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I use MXlinux since the 15th release.
For pragmatic people, the problem with windows is not its look or the started menu, it's malwares, viruses, bugs, freezing, fragmentation, slowness, updates, cost etc. Xfce is the most configurable and intuitive. so is the whysker menu. that said, for double click; in Thunar; preferences; behavior ... and see also desktop settings; icons...
Mxlinux is the most stable distribution I've ever seen. Very light, fluid.
libgoa for example, can be deleted without dependency. which is not the case under Mate or ...
Installed on my laptop for various daily use. I also use it on my usb flash drive created with mx-live-usb-maker for persistence for banking mode; with just firefox well configured.
I first check the updates, if any, install them, and restart immediately; and I accept the persistence yes (y)
If no updates, I restart and put no (n) for persistence. and I put no (n) after each visit to the bank site.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-12
Votes: 4
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Five Stars. What can I say that hasn't already been said. -If you're using Linux, you should be using MX Linux.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-11
Votes: 2
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Stable, fast, nice and ... Just the best distro currently available
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-11
Votes: 8
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This is a great distro. It's very fast, runs great on older machines and the tools that help the user to create remastered or personalized versions of MX are just fantastic. I just installed it on all of my extended family's computers.
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Version: 18
Rating: 6
Date: 2019-01-11
Votes: 0
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ENGLISH:
Mx Linux is perfect for normal computer use:
-Surfer on the web, read mails, use Libreoffice, watch videos online ...
-You will have access to the most recent updates of the usual software (Firefox, Libreoffice, etc ...) and the Kernel.
-By cons for gaming, the proprietary graphics drivers are not at all up to date, and the free driver is not good for gaming: for me it's eliminatory, I return to Manjaro which has its updated graphics driver ...
FRANCAIS:
Mx Linux est parfait pour l' usage normal d 'un ordinateur:
-Surfer sur le web, lire des mails, utiliser Libreoffice, regarder des vidéos en ligne...
-Vous aurez accès aux mises à jours les plus récentes des logiciels habituels (Firefox, Libreoffice, etc...) et du Kernel.
-Par contre pour le gaming, les drivers graphiques propriétaires ne sont pas du tout à jour, et le driver libre n' est pas bon pour le gaming : pour moi c' est éliminatoire, je retourne sur Manjaro qui a son driver graphique à jour...
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-10
Votes: 17
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Hello good people, I'm Mike Lovin coming from Linux Mint 18.3 KDE since the Mint team decided to drop KDE. I tried to install the Mint 19 and 19.1 to add the KDE myself with the distro hanging every time during install process, even tried to get help on the their forum, so no luck there . So I started looking around for a replacement for my Mint 18.3 KDE after the LTS support is dropped. Luckliy I found this distro, I am very happy to say it works GREAT! I understand now why it's going up the distro watch list so fast and now at number 2, while Mint is sliding down. I feel like most people will like and enjoy MX 18 like I do, since the full install on a 32G USB drive was easy and everything worked right out of the box on a 2010 Dell Inspiron N5010 with a Intel I5 processor, 4G of ram, onboard intel graphics, broadcom wifi, 640G Samsung HDD. I find myself using it more and more already, I might not wait til the LTS support is dropped before doing a full install on my internal HDD.
Thanks MX team for a great distro!
~ Mike
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-10
Votes: 5
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Very good on flash drive. Has everything needed. Great!
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-10
Votes: 4
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For years i used Linux Mint, a very good distro, but lately has changed some things that make me find an alternative. MX linux is the best i found between many distro i tried, it's simple, out-of-the-box, very stable, easy to use, the main programs are updated. It's important for me: easy, stable, updated.
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-09
Votes: 6
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Excellent.
Great home for those who want a polished Debian distro with no Ubuntu nor Systemd.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-08
Votes: 5
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It responds with alacrity on older hardware (it's as fast as Puppy, but with more stuff included). Also it is very well thought out. As an MX user, I would guess that some of these lower-rated reviews are left by the competition...
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-08
Votes: 14
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Until recently my main OS was a KDE distro, but when I tried MX-18 I decided to make a switch. Why did I move to it? Well, it's quite fast, very stable, easy on system resources, has a complete and well thought out 172-page user manual and a forum full of helpful folks. On top of all that, MX-18 was easy to install and came with a fantastic set of tools to help the user address all types of system issues from a single window. The tools are second to none! After using this distro a bit it's easy to see why it has been garnering so many good reviews. MX-18 is flat out awesome! I could see newcomers to Linux and experienced users alike feel at home using it. The Debian based XFCE desktop employed is sharp looking and very customizable. Over the years I've tried quite a number of XFCE distributions but none has equalled or bettered this one. If you haven't given MX-18 a try and are looking for a solid, well thought out medium weight distribution look no further.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-06
Votes: 12
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Easy to install, plenty of options for the creation of USB with persistence, default XFCE theme use the desktop space efficiently, RAM usage very low., good selection of video tutorials explaining functionalities and how to configure them, no problem recognizing new and old hardware (I installed it in a 10 years old computer in less than 15 minutes)
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Version: 18
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-01-05
Votes: 33
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I use MX 18 on a USB stick for a portable backup/rescue pruposes. It runs great that way but for me it is not suitable for a permanent installation on my main PC because the current stable version of WINE is not available. I found this out after installing MX on the hard drive. I tried to install winehq-stable using using Debian Stretch repo on winehq.org and it failed. This was a deal breaker for me so I went back to Xubuntu.
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Version: 18
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-01-05
Votes: 24
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A very buggy distro! I'll stick with Linux Mint MATE and Ubuntu MATE.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-05
Votes: 4
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one of the best distro i have ever tried, it's super fast and everything is ready to go after install.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-05
Votes: 2
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Only few stable os work with my labtop, MX Linux mu daily use.
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Version: 18
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-01-04
Votes: 20
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MX Linux had been a breeze to install and use on two previous installation for my nieces, though Antergos Linux is my main laptop system. However, I beg to differ on the latest version 18. The new ver. 18 has a nice background and colour theme (which I think is better than the previous ver.) running off the USB stick. Problem came when I try to install and wasted 4-5hrs until I decided to give Linux Mint ver. 19 a try which works flawless unlike MX ver. 18.
The issue is MX ver. 18 CANNOT DETECT a new M.2 NVME drive, which I plan to install. UEFI is reading it on my mate's ThinkPad E585 (e585 bios does not have SATA to ACHI setting, which I presume ACHI should be default). I am a not-good-enough user which could be limited but I was terribly disappointed when Linux Mint 19 just work (of course, after the E585 firmware bug) and allowing it to be installed on the m.2 nvme drive!
Hopefully, the issue will be addressed soon! Thanks!
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-04
Votes: 18
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It looks like I've finally found a distribution to upgrade to after Mint 18.3 (as all of the newer 19's are falling short). So far, everything that's been broken by systemd in Mint is working in MX like the LightDM guest accounts (without the containment, or lack thereof, security bug) and the successful unmounting of encrypted directories on logout (another systemd security fail). Although you do have to edit a configuration file to enable the LightDM guest accounts (hint to the admin tool devs). Both of these are very useful for public or shared workstations and these bugs have been outstanding for almost two years now (monitoring the bug reports makes it clear that systemd is very hard to debug without causing other problems, even by the maintainers - pay attention those of you that say the differences between the programming and philosophies of systemd vs. sysV init are irrelevant). I'm also noticing that packages are much newer. Also surprising is that the main developer of Mint personally likes the mpv media player, but has old versions of mpv and the GUI smplayer in the repositories that are missing very important new features and updates. I don't want to install a PPA for every application that I use. Aegisub really has no alternative but can't even be compiled on an Ubuntu derivative; however, it runs great on MX. Samba and other services are also extremely easy to setup on MX.
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Version: 18
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-01-04
Votes: 19
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its a great distro...
but alot of bloatware
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-04
Votes: 15
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This new release is stable and reliable even since its early (beta) introduction.
Yes, i had few issues but none related to Linux MX .. but rather my own beginner's faults.
The forum is very helpful and friendly and i learned from my own mistakes.
Coming from Mint 18.3 (yes, a reliable workhorse) unfortunately versions 19 and 19.1 were not up to expectation.
But, I admire the Mint team and no doubt Mint is a great DE.
Certainly version 19.3 will eventually turn out to be as stable as 17.3 or 18.3.
Then i found MX, its speed, reliability and special features (such as the iso snapshots) convinced me right away.
I tested MX for several months in daily life and when version 18 was recently introduced (which gave zero stability issues) i was finally convinced to make the switch.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-04
Votes: 2
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You simply install it and it works, it's always working great, always...
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-03
Votes: 4
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Stumbled upon this distro. Was distro hopping. This distro stopped me. This distro had the best out of the box experience. Every thing was working prefectly. No drivers issue. It is stable too. Only bad thing is that it is kind of ugly. But with dark theme it is manageable.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-03
Votes: 8
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Perfect !
I had MX 17.1
I have now MX 18 ... Without realizing!
Just a few more updates!
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Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-02
Votes: 6
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Easy install on 2012 15" macbook pro retina. No systemd! Mate and Compiz also an easy addition.
Current nvidia drivers did not work for external display. However, legacy-340xx works.
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Version: 18
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-01-02
Votes: 90
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Only another Xfce distro with some extra tools. There's no need to make such a big excitement. Xfce layout too bad.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-02
Votes: 25
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Very easy install. Everything worked straightaway, Nvidia drivers and all. I especially like that systemd is present but not enabled by default; you can choose to use it at boot up if you like. Otherwise you boot systemd-free by default.
You can tell a lot of attention has been paid to the user experience. MX-Tools is fantastic. I don't know why more distros don't have something like it, where users aren't sent to various places to do different things or don't even know they can actually do the thing. You can even change your desktop environment in the MX package installer with just a click or two, or pull soemthing else down out of synaptic. Don't like the panel on the left? A couple of clicks and you can put it wherever you like.
While based on Debian Stretch for stability, they do update their packages regularly so it's kind of semi-rolling in that regard. You also have access to other repositories. MX is a distro focused on polish, stability, and user experience. Friendly and helpful forums, too. Very nice.
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-01
Votes: 24
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Installed MX Linux on my old Macbook Pro laptop. It runs smoothly. Very satisfied with its stability, performance and small memory footprint. In addition, MX Tools provides a lot of cool utilities which make the system configuration/tweak so easy. Clearly, the developers behind this distro do care about its users' need and experience. This is one of the best Linux Desktop distros. Will install MX Linux on my other machines.
Thanks and happy new year!
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Version: 18
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-01
Votes: 19
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Français:
j' aime beaucoup cette distribution car là aussi il n'y a pas besoin d' utiliser "Terminal" pour mettre son système à jour :
-Possibilité d 'installer le dernier "Kernel" stable.
-le système nous avertis de nouvelles mises à jour à installer.
-"Steam" fonctionne assez bien.
-Le système pour moi est rapide au démarrage et très stable.
-Une bibliothèque logicielle étendue et il y'a aussi "Synaptic".
-Le management des fichiers se fait un peu comme "Manjaro" sauf que cet os est à base de "Debian"...
English:
I really like this distribution because there too there is no need to use "Terminal" to update his system:
- Possibility to install the last stable "Kernel".
-the system warns us of new updates to install.
- "Steam" works pretty well.
-The system for me is fast on startup and very stable.
-An extensive software library and there is also "Synaptic".
-The file management is a bit like "Manjaro" except that this bone is based on "Debian" ...
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