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Reader supplied reviews for MX Linux
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8.0 from 768 review(s)
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-03
Votes: 13
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Just installed MX Linux 25 Fluxbox SysVinit version OVER my old MX 23 Xfce version using a new "experimental" installation option. This in place of choosing an existing partition to replace when you have multiple installations. Also had the option to keep the /home directory, which made lots of things easier later. This was the best installation experience I've had in recent months!
I know there are some strange glitches re-using an old /home, at least for old .config directory (etc.) files but it's still a great time-saver. The most obvious glitch for me was when installing the Vivaldi browser and trying to import my old Brave browser bookmarks and such, Vivaldi considered that the Brave browser was currently "running" and wouldn't import the bookmarks from its .config info. I had an HTML bookmarks file already saved, so it wasn't a big problem, but it does point out possible issues. So far, that's the ONLY one. I presume TLP and Audacious were already installed in the MX Linux setup, but I still was surprised that they both were ready to go, already having my old configurations available.
The wealth of extra controls the MX folks put into this distro make it one of the best all-around that I've used (and am currently using).
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 19
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Installed by way of my desktop MX snaphot to replace an Ubuntu based distro that was not handling one of my essential programs very well. It was a surprisingly painless installation and all my programs are working as they should.
The installation is the KDE desktop running perfectly on Wayland and not X11. Video and audio is smooth and crisp. The latptop memory idles at around 1.1G on boot.
This distro is so perfect for this laptop, that it will never be replaced or upgraded...this is it for the life of this laptop...
Highly recommend....great job by the devs..
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 6
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My daily driver for a decade. Desktop, multi-OS bootable laptop, revamped old Chromebooks, you name it. Efficient and stable. Not as flashy as less technical people like an interface, but so usable. Traditional keyboard shortcuts work. Rarely used tools are put into usable MX groupings.
My key features are stability, ability to work on older hardware, and good package management. The Debian base provides a lot of the compatibility. The thoughtful assembly of controls into MX applications makes it much easier to find the controls to change interfaces and manage all aspects of the system. When I have to use or fix Microsoft Windows, I feel I'm taking a step down from what MX has brought me to expect from a PC operating system. All of that goodness before brining up the fact that its free!
Testing v25 now but have loved MX's XFCE distro since the teens. Keep up the good work!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 13
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Have been using MX-Linux for quite a few years. Very stable. I had a problem of trying to get Nvidia drivers to work with Nvidia graphics card. Solved that problem by pulling out the Nvidia card and putting in a AMD Radeon graphics card. I'm not a big gamer, but the AMD Radeon card worked right out of the gate with the supplied AMD drivers. If I truly wanted Nvidia graphics to work, I would have downloaded and installed an Ubuntu based distro, but I don't like Ubuntu based. I have tried many other distros for the past 20 years and I have always come back to a Debian based distro and finally settled on MX Linux and I have not looked back. They make a fantastic distro.
As far as MX Linux 25, I will wait for awhile until they get all the kinks out of it before I decide to install it, if I decide to. I also prefer to stay away from any distro that uses SystemD as an init. What's nice about MX Linux 23.6, I can boot into sysv init or systemD if I so choose to. Some after market applications, such as, Citrix For Linux, now require SystemD as an init in order to install it. I just boot into MX Linux with SystemD from the Grub Menu, install it, then reboot back into MX Linux with sysv init.
Overall, can't think of any other Linux dsitro that's stable and works great.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 13
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The main reason for me to use MX is the ability to snapshot a running system and generate a new iso from here.
This allows me to use MX on a usb drive on (almost) amy computer, which is great for recovery and access in case of failure of the installed system.
Another usecase is to install software for testing without modifying an installed system which leaves no traces or config chunks in case of uninstall or rollback as I run MX with the copy2ram functionality.
Having done different isos with different software(-topics) like online-banking, audio, video, office, desktops, ... allows me to have small isos with specific usecase small enough to run in ram ( which I consider especially useful for online-banking to leave no traces at least on my pc )
So I created a USB stick with ventoy which at boot shows me a list of my isos and allows me to select which one I would like to boot.
Using MX since MX17, I did not find any other distro that fits my needs as described above, especially when it comes to configure installed packages, browser bookmarks and configurations in my personal iso.
My personal rating is 10 of 10, as I don't miss anything and I did not run into any issue.
Christian
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Version: 25
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 2
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Equipment used: Thinkpad X1 Carbon (2023) dual boot with Win 11.
Objective: replace previous version of MX Linux (23.6) with version 25.
Distribution iso used: KDE Plasma
MX Linux has a new installation choice called Replace where you can choose to replace a previous version of MXLinux.
The installer correctly identified the previous version but it should be mentioned that MX Linux cautions us that this feature is still experimental and advised that things could go sideways.
And it did. Unfortunately, the Replace option did not work for me. The Home directory from MX Linux 23.6 was preserved as advertised but the desktop was badly broken especially the menu and panel. I gave up trying to fix things and decided to start over from scratch. I chose the custom install option and things went more smoothly from there.
Note: MX Linux is not for beginners unless you choose the installer option to take over the entire disk. Someone coming over from Windows would come to a screeching halt at the installer partitioning screen and try to figure out what symbol stands for root or manually have tell MX Linux where the EFI partition is. The installer could not detect or choose unallocated free space on my drive. I think this part of the installer needs work. Give the user simpler options to choose from.
Considering this is the KDE Plasma edition there is no mention of KDE's package manager Discover. It is not on the taskbar and a beginner would be steered to use the somewhat utilitarian MX Linux package manager. However once you pin Discover to the taskbar it was nice to see the option of enabling Flatpaks and Snaps with a couple clicks.
PROs: blazing fast install times and bootup times and generally snappy performance.
CONs: installation process is not beginner friendly.Would advise to be wary of the Replace option for now. Use backups prior to clicking that button.
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Version: 25
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 0
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Relative newbie. Had used Red Hat at work, and Mint 32 bit on ancient hardware at home in the 2017-2020 era. Since then, Win10. Processor Intel Core I5 2500, 8GB, Intel integrated graphics.
In preparation, I had switched to Libre Office and Thunderbird in Win10. Firefox has been my default browser for over a decade. Opening a Mozilla account allowed me to transfer all my Firefox and Thunderbird settings, passwords, etc, pretty seamlessly to Linux.
Tried Mint Cinnamon and XFCE, Ubuntu Budgie, Zorin Core, Pop OS, and MX Linux 25 KDE.
MX Linux 25 is my #1 due to GUI system utilities, ease and understandable settings, standard software matches my preferences. Wish it had a tiling screen manager, but Zorin's tiling didn't work.
Zorin and Pop OS had limited configuration options - at least that I could figure out. Pop OS defaulted to my inclinations so Pop OS was my 2nd choice. Zorin had touted features like tiling that didn't work. Or got in my way.
Ubuntu Budgie was OK, but much more difficult to find what I wanted. Discovered Ubuntu support is actually quite fragmented across its different flavors. Wanted to try Ubuntu Studio, but realized my hardware wasn't really good enough for that kind of work. Nor is long term support for some of the flavors a given.
Mint, although highly touted, seemed limited in configuration options unless one learned and practiced command line. Same with Mint support, you really need to know and understand command line to understand what support is telling you.
None of the 5 could find make my 2 wireless USB adapters work out of the box. Getting nowhere on installing Linux drivers from command line, I gave up and bought a PCIe wireless card from ThinkPenguin, which worked great on both Win10 and all flavors of Linux.
Same was true of my ancient USB HP 1020 Laserjet. Fortunately, updating to HP unified drivers in Win10 came across to Linux, and printer now works with all distros.
Bottom line: the GUI understandable configuration options and system utilities, along with included well-written manual makes MX Linux better than Win 10. System is faster, no crashes. Points taken off rating for inability to work with USB wireless cards.
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Version: 25
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 0
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I am disappointed with version 25, because I have found, that there are developmental errors and programming, in this version.
I use MX linux since 2021 and I have seen several versions and the progress and evolution of the operating system, I really like the version of 2023: (version 23.0 to 23.6), it was very well designed and worked wonderfully.
Aside from a few improvements that would need to be done like: (making the hard drive management better manage to stop all the time leaving to read and write more to finish for genre between 15 minutes 60 50 minutes to read. After copying a file left her and it was long before it stopped.
And also there are the vulnerabilities of the system that would have been to be corrected.
If the ZRAM would have been activated in version 23.6, I would continue to use it again, put since it is not the case, I seek to find an ultra light distribution: (between 500 MB and 1 GB of RAM use), in Debian of preferences or which supports Debian and that I also be able to install the Discrord client and the STEAM client and my other Linux software in (.
The problem I had with version 25 of MX linux is, a problem with the settings of power management and screensaver settings.
I play on STEAM and I chat on Discord every day, I am online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The problem with power and screensaver settings is that the screen turns off on its own, even if it has l,just so that it does not turn off the session disconnects alone after two hours, even if it has the use.
I was playing on STEAM and I all lost my game progression, I was about 30 seconds to save the game, but the session is disconnecting on its own automatically and that closing the game, the STEAM client, the Discord client and all the rest that was open. That really upset me.
When it is produced, I tried to fix the problem, but nothing to do, only the developer can correct the problem, I know nothing about development and programming, to fix this.
So after it happened, I decided it was time to start again for the second time, after a few years since the first time.....recommend to go around all the list of distributions on: Distrowatch, read and download and test all the best on the list.
To find the rare pearl that will correspond to all my needs. I'll find out...when they search found...( Searching and you will find, knock and have opened you, ask and you will receive).
There you go! all I had to say, thank you very much for reading and having a good day to all those who will have read my message;)
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-16
Votes: 18
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I've been running MX Linux 23 with XFCE since its original release. Like every piece of software, it had its rough corners at the start but the team polished out everything within first weeks. Since then, it's been flying on my old Lenovo T450. It is very likely that MX 23.x is going to outlive the device it has been installed on.
Boot up time is fast (I did increase the Grub selection menu myself for personal comfort). Systemd or init, well... I am not technically experienced to notice the difference between the two. Software repositories are rich and if there is something missing, flatpak editions do the work for me. All in all, MX as a daily driver for basic office tasks is stable, reliable and gentle towards this old piece of hardware I am using.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-16
Votes: 21
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I've started using Linux since 25+ years ago when I thought Knoppix was the coolest kid on the block. Now, since Covid, I've been on MX Linux since then till now. MX Linux is the most stable and runs on all my machines. Really impressed with the developers and their rock-solid support and performance. I've run MX on all old and new machines, and I've upgraded all the MX23+ machines to MX25, and so far no issues. The experimental upgrade works well to easily move from MX23+ to MX25 without too much effort. Using the user-installed packages to save/restore apps, and then install the delta manually - works really well.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-15
Votes: 5
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It is my first linux for daily use. I used ubuntu before as second system on my laptop just used it to get acquainted with Linux.. This disro just work as expected. I use it about one year and I faced two bugs of de(kde plasma) duaring this period and its disapear after reboot. Now this is my main system, and win 11 for games in dualboot. In comparence to ubuntu it is more frendly. MX-tools are grate. Installer are very good, it is detect widows bootloader and there is no problem to make dualboot mx-linux and win11
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Version: 25
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-15
Votes: 1
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Running MX25 with systemD. using since some years now since MX-19. Almost no troubles, specially since MX21.
Thanks for making this. Running it on all computers, MX25 lost the synaptics touchpad on one of the computers unfortunately, but nevermind - mouse is always working. Forum admin is very active and always trying to help.
System is surprisingly fast with pulling up browsers as compared to e.g. fedora.
XFCE DE is a wonderfully practical thing to operate for everyday activities like browsing, e-mail, fileworking etc.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-14
Votes: 11
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As a long time user of this excellent distro, I am pleased to say that the latest iteration, MX25, is absolutely first class. I did a fresh install (previously running MX23 to good effect) and very pleasingly, all of my devices etc were either auto detected or easily set up. The overall impression one gets immediately after installation is that this is a very polished and solid distro. All credit must go to the developers and maintainers. I can highly recommend MX Linux and especially this latest (and greatest IMO) version.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-13
Votes: 8
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This distro is simple to use and reliable. I recently upgraded from 23.6 to 25 using the latest .iso and the very thorough instructions for migrating without needing a complete reinstall. The process was flawless. I use their flagship XFCE edition because the performance is just amazing. For me, an OS is really just like a "cardholder" for the different apps I use. MX has many themes and great tools, but most of all, it doesn't make things complex. It keeps everything simple and clean. Very easy to use if you're coming from Windows.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-12
Votes: 8
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Best version of XFCE I've used so far. As Linux Mint is to Ubuntu so MX Linux is to Debian. It takes what is good and makes it better. The new themes on version 25 make it look very slick. This was probably what was missing in the last version but no more. It looks very nice with the new themes such as MX Matcha.
This is a very efficient distro to use in a work/office setting. Very dependable and reliable and it has many tools unique to MX. My favorite is the snapshot tool which you can use to make an image of your entire system and then install it on any other machine. Get it and chances are you won't be disappointed.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-11
Votes: 6
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Thanks a lot to the MX Linux Team! It's a great Linux Distribution. I just installed the new version MX 25. Everything works great, all my Hardware was detected, even the scannerpart of my HP MFP M281 works out of the box. I'm using the xfce-desktop environment. It is clearly designed, and fast.
As even Remmina works fine, I dropped my old windows 11 and replaced it with MX Linux 25.
A very fantastic Distribution, try it and you will love it! Up to now I tried a lot of linux distros, but MX Linux is just the best of all. Again: Many thanks to the whole team.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-10
Votes: 7
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Just works! Thanks for the team for this great distro. Instead of following the Mint Hype try MX instead!!
It is a very stable distro with lots of features which is a bit to much for new users but helps them a lot.
Also the Snapshot feature is really good for beginners. If something goes wrong you have a snapshot and you are backed up and running in no time!
Also the debian base has a lot of working apps. Not the newest versions but stable which is important if you want a reliable system.
For other users which try to experiment and wanna struggle with all kind of problems --> choose another distro.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-10
Votes: 3
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I use multiple versions of linux on my computers which allows a lot of space to compare these systems on multiple devices.
MX is undoubtedly my favorite. It always seems to cover all the angles of my needs on these many devices, has less iritations (such as not being able find the way to connect on a hidden wifi isp without visiting a forum to figure it out) and allows me to cover the various angles of my software interests without compromise. All of this, plus reliability, efficiency and speed, and the mixes of desktops which I enjoy using. Not to mention the pioneering use of repair tools to keep me going.
When the beta of 25 came out, I immediatly put it on my machines... And never turned back. To be actually using a Beta version and find youself completely comfortable and delighted with how it is working with your hardware says quite a lot. There is no other system which has given me this experience, and I try a lot of systems. For me, it has been a system I can count on for the long term. I would recommend it any day to novice as well as advanced user.
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Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-10
Votes: 3
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Every now and then a true gem emerges from a group of devs, be it SUSE, Debian, Mint, or any distro.
I wanted to ditch Windows 11 (and 10 for that matter) for eternity, after having explored a big lot of a lot distros for the last 26 yrs.
This time the MX team nailed it, at least for my HP Fury G7 Mobile Workstation. It's a beast of a laptop, yes, but any Arch-based throws me off with all those updates, LMDE 7 worked fine but was very sluggish even after a lot of optimization and with openSUSE's Tumbleweed, LEAP 16 and SlowRoll I could not get the modules to function properly on my system.
This day, november the 10th, I was pleased to welcome MX Linux version 25, as I have a soft spot for MEPIS back from the old days.
Yeezzz, it's lightning fast, looks nice and it works, it just works, I love this.
Thumbs up for such a great OOTB experience!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-09
Votes: 10
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Absolutely blown away by the ease in which MX allows the creation of Live USB with encrypted persistence as well as the MX tools that come preconfigured with the distro.
Mate is well configured and slick with no bloat and KDE makes MX feel like any other plasma based system, until you find the MX tools which are so much more useful than you find by default on most other distros.
However, the absolute stand out feature for me is the encrypted live USBs - the ability to run on pretty much any hardware, but with full encryption for personal data; something from the antiX side of the fence that utterly rocks. Outside of Kali and Parrot OS I haven't found another distro that can do this currently (fedora and ubuntu don't currently do this).
V25 will bring systemd to replace sysv and whether or not you think this is good or bad, it will bring benefits for the distro. It's now my daily driver and I simply can't see any reason for this to change.
One point to note about the encrypted persistent USB is that there's a minor "feature" that when using KDE it doesn't auto login. However, it takes less than 10 seconds to log in and startx and you're away.
And now that KDE (or personally for me xcfe) can emulate Windows so well, there's pretty much zero reason for the Win 10 left behinds not to switch! MX supports both flatpak and snap - still behind the app stores of mac and windows, but these are the future of linux app distribution.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-07
Votes: 2
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MX is my daily driver for 2 years now and the rolling release dist-upgrade to the new versions seamlessly for the past two major versions. Only problems when the system goes to hibernation it doesn't comeback gracefully. Otherwise no problems using system/softwares and am pretty happy with it.
My Laptop is a 10 year old Dell with built-in intel graphics. Quite satisfied with the SysV init and the rest of the softwares, especially the builtin MX-tools works wonderfully. Some more features with the Grub tool would be nice.
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Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-07
Votes: 11
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The new installer has an improved function to "replace" existing Linux installations, making it easier to upgrade without having to manually manage partitions. This has pleasantly impressed me since I limit myself to using Linux as an operating system for browsing and office automation on a daily basis without delving much further and I have found it very tedious to have to remember every time I update the topic of partitions and what each one of them means. I have also been able to maintain, from the version 23.6 that I had installed to the new 25, all the aesthetic configuration of the desktop which saves me having to modify everything. I had a home partition already made in 23.6 and I think that's why. This kind of details are very much appreciated.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-05
Votes: 0
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MX Linux 23.6
No Thanks i will stay with 21.3 for now.
Installer does not work with network installer, got stuck at configuring stage.
so downloaded full image and install was a success.
but the system is very unstable, Xfce works ok but someting wrong with internal system.
multimedia does not work, NO PACKAGE MANAGER.
unable to install NON GUI SW from terminal.
Myrln and Myrln as root does not work either, apply/accept option is greyed out.
only flatpak works.
every mx things does not work.
not sure how this was passed to us as Stable system.
Xfce/ firefox/ flatpak works as usual.
core system does not work, mx team has not done any work and just packed and shipped.
bogus Distro!
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Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-03
Votes: 15
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I have been distro hopping for over 20 years and MX comes closer than any to an ideal user friendly experience for me. They pay a lot of attention to providing easy to use gui tools for configuration that many distros simply leave out. Installing and removing packages is usually a breeze unless installing something that is not in the default repositories. Take NoMachine for example, while it's easy enough to follow the instructions provided by NoMachines' vendor site to get it installed, A newbie will get super frustrated jumping through the few extra hoops that a bit of experience helps with.
Having said that, after a little learning curve, MX is simply a rock solid amazing OS.
My only real frustration is that it comes configured with SysVinit which is fine and does have the ability to change to systemd, doing so can make some of the MX Tools (one of the best things about the OS) to not work correctly.
So, it's either stick with SysVinit and deal with deb based scripts not working (that call systemd commands) or swap to systemd and deal with default OS functionality being funky.
Overall though, for me, it's the closest thing to perfection I have seen yet.
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Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-10-28
Votes: 0
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I listed the same complaint when trying to install 25-rc1 on my old Dell Vostro 1500 laptop. Since it still hasn't been fixed with 23.6 I reduced my rating to 1. Without internet any distro is pretty much worthless except under unusual requirements. When I boot using the install DVD everything looks OK until I realize it STILL doesn't connect to the internet with either the ethernet cable nor WiFi. Every other install DVD (other distros) works fine as far as connecting to the internet both during installation and after rebooting from the hard drive. I decided to go back to version 21.3 since it had worked on an old 4GB RAM Compaq tower I gave to a friend. On that computer it worked fine with an ethernet cable connection. However, even that didn't connect on my laptop. I am surprised MX Linux would put out such a flawed version. With every other install DVD with other distros working fine I doubt there is a problem with my computer.
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Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-10-28
Votes: 13
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When MX Linux 25 installs easily and correctly loads Nvidia drivers, it's my favorite distro. I've installed and used MX Linux 25 successfully on my computers that have integrated graphics. However, on my computers that have NVIDIA GPU's, MX Linux 25 is hit-or-miss whether it can correctly install the NVIDIA drivers. I've tried several of the MX Linux 25 different distros, and the NVIDIA driver challenge occurs regardless of the particular distro I'm working with. If it weren't for this problem, I would have rated the distro a 10; however, given the inconsistency I've experienced, a rating of 7 is more appropriate.
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Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-27
Votes: 34
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Just installed MX-25-rc1 on my old system last evening, so far everything is running great.
ASUS mobo B75M-A, ATI Radeon GPU4300, SeaGate SATA 1tb HDD, Western Digital SATA 500gb desktop storage, Epson ET=2840 scanner/printer, & a Brother HL-L2305 B&W Laser printer which all were recognized and installed as turned on.
Have run various other Linux OS's with all different DE's from Arch, Debian, Hybrid's and Independents. I've liked MX-23.6 AHS in the past due to it's ease of installing and no-nonsense list of included software.
I've also tried the new version of Linux Mint Debian Edition, LMDE7 and find that MX-25-rc1 is just slightly ahead of LMDE7 in the package comparison charts. That being said I find that I like the look and feel of MX-25-rc1 much more than LMDE7 at this time. There's a good reason why they're both in the top 5 hit's per day. You won't go wrong checking either of them out for that Great out-of-the-box comfort feeling.
What are you waiting for all you ex-Window's 10 users, get out of your old comfort zone and move on up to either of these great Linux OS's. I sure you won't be disappointed. And by the way, I'm a 71 year old retired mechanic and even I'm having fun with them.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-23
Votes: 12
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I've been a user of linux based systems since it first arrived on the scene. MX Linux has been the best I've used so far. I love the Xfce desktop. Its very stable, fast, highly customizable, and very resource frugal.
The major problem I have is with the upgrade process between major versions. It can be done but its a pain. Hopefully the team can address this issue.
I've tried the 25 beta 1 to get a sense of how it integrates systemd which a lot of newer software requires to work properly. Booting into systemd with version 23.6 is an iffy proposition.
I use version 23.6 on 3 laptops and 2 desktops. One desktop is an Intel i3 and the other is an Intel i7 and its hard to tell the difference in speed between the two.
Keep up the good work!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-20
Votes: 17
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I’ve been using MX Linux for several years now on both my desktop and my laptop for everyday tasks, development work, and a bit of gaming. It’s an awesome distribution.
What I especially like is that it’s a real Debian, enhanced with lots of small graphical tools that make tasks normally done in the command line much easier. I also love that it’s based on Xfce — my favorite desktop environment, no matter how powerful (or not) the machine it’s running on.
NVIDIA driver integration is excellent, which is pretty rare on Linux. Even if you want to install them directly from the NVIDIA repositories, it’s all set up and supported. The team, though small, is very responsive. The few bugs I reported were fixed really quickly.
The package installer offers a ton of options, including proprietary software from third-party repositories — super convenient — as well as Flatpak and backports.
Its weaknesses are the same as Debian’s: it’s stable, but you shouldn’t expect to get the very latest versions of libraries and software. Another drawback is the lack of a built-in upgrade process between major versions. It’s doable, but a bit tricky. Fortunately, it’s easy to create a list of installed packages using a built-in utility and reinstall them just as easily after reinstalling the system.
For laptops, power management setup could be made easier. I managed to get much better battery life by tweaking TLP, but you have to dig into some pretty obscure config files.
Aside from those few flaws, it’s an excellent system. I’ve tried a lot of distributions, and MX Linux is one of the very few that I’ve truly enjoyed.
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Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 15
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Using their newest beta release: Infinity, KDE edition, and I must say it's technically helps recalling my good old memories of windows 7 and 10. The new wallpapers are beautiful, the one I like is the blue infinity that kinda looks like the old windows 10 wallpaper. About the usage, everything works, and finally they made the right choice of making KDE a systemd only iso, cause Plasma has many moving parts that required systemd, and now finally MX supports it out of the box. I'm gaming mostly, and I have Nvidia, everything is going smooth Wayland and Plasma. So if people looking for a way, cause of the windows 10 EOL few days ago, MX KDE is the way. You will never have to open the terminal, I guarantee you that, cause MX Linux has their most useful stuff: MX Tools. It's basically a windows 7 control panel but better. And it makes every command for you in the background so all u see is a nice GUI. 10/10 operating system. And the snapshot tool omg is another good stuff. You can basically clone your current OS and install it over the same programs and stuffs to your friends and family. Even wallpaper stays if you tell it so. 10/10 I say, 10/10! Installer? Very detailed, and very easy with lots of useful stuff like reinstalling MX but keeping your personal datas even if its on same partition. Yepp. Or zramswap helper and LUKS setup is cool also! And now their swap setup is smarter than Debian's cause it actually scales it to your current RAM. These guys are true hackers (in a good way) and know what theyre doing
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Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 5
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Using their newest beta release: Infinity, KDE edition, and I must say it's technically helps recalling my good old memories of windows 7 and 10. The new wallpapers are beautiful, the one I like is the blue infinity that kinda looks like the old windows 10 wallpaper. About the usage, everything works, and finally they made the right choice of making KDE a systemd only iso, cause Plasma has many moving parts that required systemd, and now finally MX supports it out of the box. I'm gaming mostly, and I have Nvidia, everything is going smooth Wayland and Plasma. So if people looking for a way, cause of the windows 10 EOL few days ago, MX KDE is the way. You will never have to open the terminal, I guarantee you that, cause MX Linux has their most useful stuff: MX Tools. It's basically a windows 7 control panel but better. And it makes every command for you in the background so all u see is a nice GUI. 10/10 operating system. And the snapshot tool omg is another good stuff. You can basically clone your current OS and install it over the same programs and stuffs to your friends and family. Even wallpaper stays if you tell it so. 10/10 I say, 10/10! Installer? Very detailed, and very easy with lots of useful stuff like reinstalling MX but keeping your personal datas even if its on same partition. Yepp. Or zramswap helper and LUKS setup is cool also! And now their swap setup is smarter than Debian's cause it actually scales it to your current RAM. These guys are true techies and know what theyre doing
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 3
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MX Linux is my daily driver and even using it on my gaming PC, very clean Xfce desktop, no issues upgrading, everything is smooth and reliable. My opinion is this distribution is the goldie locks zone using the advanced hardware support, everything is user friendly in changing the system and the MX package installer has everything any type of user will ever need. The MX tool set are the best I've ever seen.
All network options work, ethernet, wifi, sound mixer, installing Nvidia drivers are painless if you're into gaming.
'Hands down the best distro I've ever used.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-10
Votes: 5
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I'm a NOOB in Linux but have delved in a few distro's but the last was Mint XIA on a Lenovo 81CW with 4GB ram 2-1 with Touch screen and a Pentium Gold processor. With XIA the touchscreen did not work but with libretto it worked from the get-go. Libretto is so much faster then XIA in all functions/applications so I can share this 2-1 with my 4 Y.O. granddaughter so she can play/learn GCompris. Took a chance with MX after all the reading trying to find a Distro that would work with TS and everywhere said if you've got a distro with an up-to-date kernel they should all work. NOT! Just installed on a DELL Precision M4800 as Dual Boot so after a couple years of trying minimum of 5-7 distros I've settled.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-10
Votes: 0
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I am currently using another distro but have used MX Linux for many years. The computer I have is not new but has an I5 processor and 16GB ram. The video card is a RTX 1020, an older but reliable graphics card. I have been currently running Zorin OS and could not be happier. It just looks better and I understand that most users are running MX Linux not just for its ease of use but for the hardware reasons. I still give it an 8 out of 10 rating but Zorin has been running error free, looks great, and runs all the programs that I use on my computer without issues. The interface is a custom version of GNOME and it runs great and is better than the original GNOME. MX Linux has something that many other distros lack and that is the ability to create snapshots of the OS. It remembers all your settings and you have the choice of just backing up the OS and settings or all that and your files as well. Its without a doubt, a good choice for anyone whether experienced or not.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-03
Votes: 39
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One of the few distros that always installed themselves without errors booting the installation media, the installation process and the installed distro booting itself.
It inherits all the standard Linux issues of all distros (e.g. app permission granularity, huge kernel, excessive layering, etc.), but it's my favourite distro, at the moment, and I even prefer it to Arch and derivatives, lately.
MX Linux, at the moment (23.6) is not as up to date as some other distros (e.g. kernel versions, KDE ones etc.), but it uses more stable versions (with its own tweaks and configuration), so it may be a better choice.
Only Debian 12 comes close, but it's not quite at the level of MX Linux for smooth use experience (fewer bugs) and MX Linux also has easier access to newer software; however with Debian 13 things may have changed and the difference may be smaller, now (but I haven't had a chance to test Debian 13 extensively, yet).
When MX Linux 25 is launched, though, I hope it's gonna be even more advanced than Debian 13 on software.
I always had errors with all the other mainstream distro I tried in the last few decades or so and the only other distros that never misbehaved during installation were one text based and one graphical, both in the '90s.
I use custom PCs, so I can't expect the best integration with drivers and the likes, but none of the errors I got were due to hardware faults and drivers were working on other kernels, so it should have been possible to install without workarounds or juggling with consoles and manual tweaks.
I am not going to comment on looks and customising options, because they are subjective and you can tweak any distro to any look and layouts (within reason), while I choose distributions based on structural differences (i.e. atomic updates, what init system they use, how they control the system and processes etc.). For example, MX Linux can use systemd or not.
As usual, your mileage can vary.
PS: Of course most/all Linux distros are miles ahead of any mainstream commercial excuses for a desktop/workstation/server "OSs" (particularly the top 3 and all their versions/derivatives).
Thanks to all who makes it possible!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-10-03
Votes: 0
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After achieving good results from MX 18.3 and 19.4 and less so from the 21.x series, I have been greatly disappointed with the latest releases. I have tried to install MX 23.2 multiple times on my Lenovo Thinkpad T490 (32 GB/500 MB) and MX 23.3 on my Dell Latitude 7490 (64 GB/2.0 TB).
Bugs appeared even before I could get the install set up the way I wanted. I could not restart or shutdown from the desktop and had to use the ON/OFF button to restart. It kept going back to the login screen. The options in the upper right corner of the screen were grayed out and inoperable. Again, an infinite loop became apparent at that point with no way out.
The only way I could install 23.3 was to do an upgrade step by step from MX 21.3 to 23.0, then to 23.1, 23.2 and finally 23.3. This is really a ludicrous way to do things and another statement for the poor state of today's Linux landscape.
Also, MX it is very dated, especially the ugly, notorious installer, and it has become a real memory hog compared to earlier releases. Just like so many other Linux distros, it has fallen off dramatically, especially since 19.4, which I believe was their very best work.
I have been having so much more success and satisfaction with Ubuntu 24.0 with Snaps removed and registered the Ubuntu Pro option on three of my five laptops with updates until 2036. Linux Mint and LMDE have also both stood the test of time. I plan to be using all three of them for the foreseeable future.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-02
Votes: 18
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I just LOVE it - thx MX-Team!!!!
... coming from Windows this is so easy and good - to me even a lot more comfortable than Linux Mint.
I is NOT as fancy, but still beautiful, plain VERY functional!!! hadn*t guessed that.
Installation of MX Linux, Just WOW, honestly - fast, easy and smooth - honestly a joy !
Installing software after system installation- easy and big variety!
Whole system very intuitive!! Excellent documentation and help for starters too.
... bye bye windows :-)
JUST GREAT - thx again!!!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-10-02
Votes: 0
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I tried MX-23.6.1_x64 KDE; installation was pretty simple and quick. After installation, my wireless Logitech keyboard wasn't recognized and started printing completely incorrect characters. Because of this, I couldn't update any software because I couldn't enter the password. I also couldn't change the keyboard configuration because I couldn't enter the required password. I had high expectations for this version of MX with KDE, but in the end, it was a terrible experience and a huge waste of time.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-29
Votes: 13
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I give it a 10 out of 10 because it is a better debian in that it makes debian into a user friendly operating system. I have installed and used several linux types over the years and the one I have used in a production environment is MX/Mepis. I liked others such as plain debian stable, debian testing(sid), Mint etc. All linux versions are affected by developer philosophy and preferences. A big issue for me is that many of the permissions issues that create hurdles in other systems are handled or a way is provided to handle them in MX. In particular networking is better. This makes it usable more quickly than others. If you want to use it productively then it's hard to go wrong with MX.
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Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-09-24
Votes: 0
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I tried 25 beta 1 of KDE - Installed and ran fine, but when I tried the nvidia installed it crashes every time. I then tried to download MX-25-Xfce_ahs and it comes of with error bad shim signature and error you need to load the kernel first. ???? I redownloaded and installed to a different flash drive and same problem. I even booted to Mx 25 KDE and made the iso from there and it refuses to the system. I will try MX-25_XFce_ash_sysvinit_beta1_ 64 next although not familiar with that version that makes it different.
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Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-23
Votes: 16
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I too downloaded and installed MX-25_Xfce_ahs_sysvinit_beta1_x64. It runs on a 2TB portable USB hard drive connected to HP 8GB, Intel I3 CPU dual core processors laptop (distro-hopping only). I selected the whole partition as a install option. It ran without any issues. I checked Gparted afterwards, it setup a 250 MB EFI boot partition with the remainder of the 2TB with an ext4 partition. I was able to installed Firefox-ESR, Librewolf, and Torbrowser-launcher from the MX Welcome screen. I was also able to uninstall Firefox from the MX Welcome screen.
The only problem I encountered was with the wallpaper not changing every 10 minutes in random order. i did not change it manually, I am waiting to see if an update will fix this. I updated this MX beta version without any issues. Everything works as a beta version should.I will run this as a test daily driver and upgrade to MX 25 AHS XFCE SysV edition when it comes available.
Thank you for the fine support and work you put in this MX version. Keep up the good work !!!
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Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-22
Votes: 16
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Down loaded and installed MX-25_Xfce_ahs_sysvinit_beta1_x64. No problems out of the box. I have followed the Forum in comments about MX-25 and find other users having problems, but this particular BETA is without any on my computer. I have no complaints or advice considering my experience. It is stable and well put together. I would not use SystemD. Having tried it on Debain 13, it has not proven efficient or fast as they suggest. Having run MX Xfce ahs for awhile I found it covers all of the modern computer's initial drivers for the hardware.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-19
Votes: 26
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MX Linux Is stable, and well made.
It is more than a spin of Debian, It is a reimagined desktop,
here what it have.
1. the mx tools ( a graphical tools that makes any user a power user )
2. a very polish XFCE system.
3. the Light weight system due to the fact it is based on the xfce environment, yet MX Linux is a complete system with all the essentials and the tools.
4. the many tools like boot loader fixed, graphic NVIDIA installer, and the MX App Store ( which is a not flashy but perhaps the best app store i ever used) , also MX Linux still have the synaptic package manager as well.
5. MX Linux Like Debian is solid.
I been an MX Linux user for a long time using it on older and limited machines mostly, but recently I moved it to one of my production machines and I am so glad i did, for my computer is 3 years old but MX linux made it a super computer that is stable and light yet with no sacrifices.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-09-09
Votes: 27
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I entered the Linux world with great curiosity, and MX Linux was the second distro I wanted to try. Having abandoned the first one due to unresolved graphical issues, I installed this one with KDE Plasma, and it was love at first sight, due to its ease of use and practicality. Its tools are very effective and useful; in short, I can't live without it. Wherever I tried it, my MX live stick worked perfectly. There are certainly other distros more appealing for various reasons and different tastes, but I always end up saying: what do I do without MX's graphical tools? I highly recommend using it for newbies and those unfamiliar with the command line shell. Easy, stable, secure, intuitive, customizable, very simple snapshots and therefore the ability to backup the entire system... Here are all the advantages of MX, backed by the solidity of Debian.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-09-08
Votes: 3
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This is my second review, I have been using MX AHS for a few years not.
The good: stable, very fast, all packages I have tried from their repo are well done with clean install. The UX is (KDE) is generally awesome.
The bad: After the point upgrade from 23.5 to 23.6 bugs in discover drove my system into the ditch. Had to reinstall to eventually recover. Bug happens but discover is the package pointed to by the upgrade notifications system, it should work. Not an MX issue exclusively, other distros report problems. Time for a change.
More good. Following the little mishap, tried 2 other distros, they suffered from funky UX with low productivity to obvious problems with localization. In comparison, none of that type of error in MX.
Some more good. The forums are good, there is an enormous amount of goodwill on display. Also, I used the MX tools to install the notoriously troublesome NVIDIA drivers and it worked flawlessly.
All in all, I am sticking with it. Well done.
P.S. To bypass the discover problems, the initial upgrade (big batch) should be done via apt-get. It just works and it is really fast. I also accidentally blew out my dual boot windows partition but this was just a minor inconvenience.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-06
Votes: 7
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MX has always been PERFECT for me. I have used it since 19 on eeePC 2G ram. And newer laptops.
I like that it has OPTIONAL systemd.
BTW Fcitx5 IS clearly available for MX. Just do a web/AI search!
To install and configure Fcitx 5 on MX Linux, use the MX Package Installer to search for and install fcitx5 and its associated language modules, such as fcitx5-mozc for Japanese. Then, run im-config from the terminal to launch the configuration wizard and select Fcitx 5 as your input method engine, followed by logging out and back in to complete the setup
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-09-03
Votes: 0
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With Windows 10 support ending, I've been considering migrating to Linux. After researching various options, I found Fedora and Arch too complex for a beginner like myself.MX Linux seemed less complicated and stable, so I thought it might be suitable for a novice like me and decided to try it.
However, it appears MX Linux still hasn't implemented Fcitx5, even in its latest version.
As I'm not from an English-speaking background, this is regrettable. It seems I have no choice but to explore other migration options, which is very disappointing.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-03
Votes: 28
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MX Linux is the only distribution I recommend to absolute beginners. Whilst its based on Debian its amazing array of tools really defines it as being an operating system in its own right. So much truly hard work and thought has gone on here to make it as easy as possible for newcomers to circumvent issues with GRUB/boot loader failures, kernel panic and a raft of other complex technical issues with a USB stick and few simple clicks from a GUI interface.
More GUI tools inside the OS make tasks like back up, personalisation/theming and installing popular everyday use software, such as Chrome or Firefox browsers and office suites, absurdly easy. There's also a forum which I have used that's extremely friendly and helps beginners with other issues or concerns they may encounter.
What I also like about MX is its not strictly speaking systemd, they emulate it but use init most of the time. That said, again if you want systemd, they offer yet another tool, to enable it. MX is also one of the increasingly limited number of OS's to support 32 bit in addition to 64 bit offerings. Yes you can download 32bit versions of MX Linux OS for those really, really old laptops you have a sentimental soft spot for. Its a shame Mint does not offer this.
More than that, I like the fact MX Linux is predominantly light weight focused. They are clearly considering people who have older hardware they want to keep using but have found Microsoft no longer supports. The lightweight XFCE is the flagship for MX Linux but if that's not enough, you have Fluxbox desktop which is even lighter again. One the other hand, if you have a more modern system, they sensibly offer a sophisticated KDE Plasma option.
The only downsides I can see with MX Linux are somewhat subjective and reflect my personal bias. I'm a Cinnamon desktop user and I would like to see that desktop option implemented in MX as its very stable and nice to use. I also don't like the vertical panel that's a default in MX XFCE. Yes, I know you can place it along the bottom of your screen with some work but why not set that as "default". I find this choice on their part eccentric.
Perhaps the only other obvious downside to MX is you may not learn much about Linux. That said, for someone who just wants to use Linux and isn't interested in what's going on under the hood, as is the case with, I suspect, most Microsoft or Apple end users, its a fantastic free alternative, that respects your privacy and works on older and newer hardware alike.
In summary, MX Linux is a fantastic choice for beginners and people who just want an operating system that works on older and newer hardware without any technical fuss.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-28
Votes: 32
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I am running MX Linux 23.6 using XFCE.
The system is fast and feels really light weight.
I have a old computer so that really helps.
I am a Linux beginner, but the included MX tools makes the system easy to use right from start.
I have tried Linux Mint and Lubuntu, but MX Linux feels even faster and has all the features I need.
I come from Windows 10 and I mainly use my computer for office work and browsing.
Thank you MX Linux for making this.
My hardware:
Laptop: HP elitbook 2560P
CPU: i7-2620M
Ram: 8GB (DDR3-SDRAM 1333 MHz)
iGPU: HD Graphics 3000
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-08-23
Votes: 0
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MX used to be a decent distro but on the last releases has shown a lack of polish and care that, in my honest opinion, makes it totally unreliable.
It uses sysvinit, which seems ok; but, while it does use Debian repos, there are several packages that demand enabling a service that just won't work. For example, input-remapper is unusable on sysvinit sessions. There are several other examples.
Also, the maintainers have done a poor job on their ISO's. Their most recent one for the KDE version was utterly broken. I could not get a graphical interface booting it. After that, they released a fixed monthly snapshot, keeping the older corrupted ISO version for download.
Finally, there is no secure boot support. While it seems somewhat irrelevant, that is unjustifiable considering that Debian, its base distro, does have that out of the box.
The documentation seems ok, but it is filled up with grammatical errors, which shows a lack of care.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-22
Votes: 6
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let me start with the few cons,
1. I wish MX Linux have an easier proxy setting, for I was not able to run my internet in a proxy setting except through firefox ( this is not just an MX Linux issue).
2. On very old hardware it was hard to wake the computer if it to go to sleep, I simply disabled that feature.
The pros..
1. reliable I ran MX Linux for years on many machines and I can't think of a significant issue.
2. the MX tools, which make you a power user and allow you to config the system as you please.
3. The lightness of the system, I install it on 15, 18, 11 years old systems and never got disappointed.
4. support for old hardware features that is no longer in support, like older trackpads for example.
while no Linux system is perfect, MX Linux does the work, it is a stable and powerful distro
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-22
Votes: 2
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My daily system on most of my machines is Linux Mint. I got an 16 year old laptop with a M9600 Nvidia GPU. Most distributions do not support too old hardware. I tried different debian based distribution which are designed for older machines. I also tried MX Linux which runs fine on the old laptop LG P310 which was introduced in 2009. I replaced the old HDD with a SSD and the reaction time was sufficient short. I was surprised to find a comfortable installer for legacy Nvidia GPUs. The installation went very easy and after a reboot the Nvidia driver was working without problems. Very well done, MX team !! For older machines I can recommend MX Linux which has some very comfortable tools.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-21
Votes: 7
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After more than two years of using MX Linux, I can only say positive things. It’s stable, dynamic, easy to use, and doesn’t lack tools or a software center to enhance a distro that feels complete right from the first boot. The Debian repositories and the ability to test new kernels make it a truly appealing distro for the average user and ready to use out of the box. Its lightweight nature and completeness make MX Linux one of the best distros ever made.An excellent and powerful linux distro.You have to give it a try and there will be no lack of satisfaction. The synchronisation between pc and usb is excellent.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-08-20
Votes: 0
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After using MX Linux from version 17.1 through the latest versions, I've found that 19.4 locks up about 4 to 5 times per hour, version 23.3 locks up a few seconds after bootup. I've used the xfce version, it freezes less but still enough that using that software is not worth the frustration of freeze-ups. I have erased all my bootup disks, and will be using another distro. Due to having to shutdown my PC using hard power off, all the boot drives (SSDs) are corrupted. Overall, my experience of MX Linux is it’s buggy, slow and has been a pain because of so many errors - trying to update the system and software, trying install and uninstall problems, it’s a frustrating mess, and not worth your time at all to use.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-14
Votes: 4
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hey everyone
I had to switch to linux because my old tablet didnt run with the windows 11 updates.
while most channels recommanding you to go with zorin os or cinamon,
both of them just look like a windows wanna be systems with with less friendly installation process.
After trying out more than 10 live versions of decant linux distros i tried the mx and when it comes to mx linux the whole installation process was simple and straightforward if you are coming from windows the GUI is vey friendly and familiar
runs great with old software or low end tablets.
anyone who want a modern look system and high perfomance should look no further :)
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-10
Votes: 66
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MX Linux is a solid desktop Linux distro for those wanting something from the Debian family but with more utilities and newer kernels and better hardware support than stock Debian stable.
MX stands out for its MX Tools.
Especially the MX Snapshot utility makes it possible to (very) easily create a live USB (with or without user environment), with an installer. This makes it great for fast deployment.
The installer is very suited for (LUKS) encrypted installs on a laptop, without the need for LVM.
BTRFS can very easily be installed with @ (root) and @home, so Timeshift lets you revert to an earlier state.
And all this out of the box.
For the most part it is Debian (bookworm), with the Debian repositories. On top of that it has MX repository.
MX team Keep up the good work!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-06
Votes: 11
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Standard desktop environment with enough non-Englsh/Chinese language support,
without uncustomizable bloated systemd.
For full CJK keyboard support, you still need the X11 server, which also enables mature an stable VNC remote desktops for headless servers such as Raspberry Pi home networks. I am running headless file servers with remote desktops.
The installer was buggy and broken, but mostly worked fine. I had to chmod the EFI directories in order to install MX Linux as my third OS, in order to work around the "unwritable error" bug.
This version is shipped with popular browsers such as librewolf, chromium and brave, installed from network.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-08-05
Votes: 0
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MX used to be a great distro but on the last releases has shown a lack of polish and care that, in my honest opinion, makes it unreliable.
It uses sysvinit, which seems ok; but, while it does use Debian repos, and not Devuan's ones, there are several packages that demand enabling a service that just won't work. For example, input-remapper is unusable on sysvinit sessions. There are several other examples.
Also, the maintainers have done a poor job on their ISO's. Their most recent ISO for the KDE Plasma version was utterly broken, what was acknowledged by them. I could not get a graphical interface booting it. After that, they released a fixed monthly snapshot, keeping the older corrupted ISO version for download.
Finally, there is no secure boot support. While it seems somewhat irrelevant, that is unjustifiable considering that Debian, its base distro, does have that out of the box.
The documentation seems ok, but it is filled up with grammatical errors, which shows a lack of care.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-08-04
Votes: 6
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MX is my working OS now, I am not a pro, just a long time Linux user (since 1998).
I am not using Mint because it don't have a KDE release. After using Kubuntu for 3yrs I decided to give a try on MX KDE.
After 3 months... I regret nothing...
MX has the same level of Mint "smoothness", not a single problem until now.
The defaults (software and configuration) show a special care with stability, security and freedom (no Snaps or Appimages imposed by default)...
Only flaw (small!) is the MX tools organization and layout, it gives a "chaotic" feeling.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 13
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Installed the KDE desktop version of 23.6 on my computer and was pleasantly surprised of how smooth and responsive the system is. All my devices connected automatically including my scanner. Normally I would have to connect my printer and scanner by ip address over wi-fi. But MX connected them automatically. This was a pleasant surprise. All my software installed and are functioning as they should.
The only negative was the option to boot to system D does not work, but is not a biggie, as the system is fully functional in SysVinit mode.
Highly recommend...
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-01
Votes: 12
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Best general use distribution in my opinion. Strong, stable, and versatile. Debian based so it's familiar to most users. Probably not the most new-user friendly, but still accessible for those who go in without fear. Best point: It doesn't try to be Windows. Worst point: Not everything is intuitive. Honorable mention: A Raspberry Pi distribution is available and works well on RPi 5.
It is available with KDE Plasma, but the basic install is Xfce. I know Plasma is more popular with some people, but Xfce really isn't any less flexible. Perhaps just a little harder to configure. But this is true of most distributions. If you want absolute lightweight you can run Fluxbox, or even Mate. I think Xfce is just a better compromise.
Perhaps the best feature is the collection of MX Tools, most of which come directly from Antix. They make system administration easy.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-07-24
Votes: 0
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Pros:
Very good apps manager with great selections of apps that are optimized for MX Linux
Polished look and finish.
Cons:
In high demand CPU usage, it hangs and freezes on my Dell Intel Xeon 4Ghz desktop tower running multiple Firefox tabs while watching videos.
VLC playback doesn't work smoothly or at all.
nVidia driver is outdated.
I don't recommend it, after testing it for a few days. I am now switching back to Xubuntu. It may not have as good as package manager as MX Linux but it seems to work without any of the cons above.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-23
Votes: 32
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I cannot speak highly enough of MX Linux (XFCE). Every aspect of it, from installation through configuration to function, are so close to perfection that I cannot think of anything to criticise.
In addition to the excellent performance and speed of this OS, I am also impressed by its stability.
While I used Mint when running my company I am now retired and found that Mint was prone to freezing on my older hardware. So as I mainly use my computers for communication and entertainment I have switched entirely to MX.
I will add that the MX forum is very reactive should anyone need assistance with any aspect of installation or operation of this OS.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-18
Votes: 8
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MX Linux has the potential to be the perfect distro.
Here’s why:
MX Package Installer: It organizes popular apps into categories, which is super handy, and simplifies Debian’s complex Synaptic package manager. It’s a real time-saver.
XFCE Desktop: XFCE is my top choice when it comes to desktop environments, but the MX Linux Deksbar panel is vertical by default. This almost made me reconsider the distro entirely. After a lot of tweaking and trial and error, I was able to modify it to resemble the LXQT or LXDE desktop environments, which I love.
nVidia Installer: It includes an easy-to-use installer for updating from the Nouveau driver, if needed, making graphics management straightforward.
Before customizing the XFCE panel, I’d rate the distro an 8/10. But after my tweaks? Definitely a solid 10.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-17
Votes: 17
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I'm using Linux for over 6 years. I had an old LAP top with 1 GB of Ram memory, so I used Antix about 2 years until I bought a new and stronger lap cannon. Antics worked very well on my old Lap Top. With the new LAP cannon, I wanted to try new distributions, so I installed Linux Mint LMDE 5, but LMDE 5 crashed after 2 months of use when a new kernel was update. I moved to Linux Mint based on Ubuntu and he worked well for almost 2 years when he also collapsed during the Kernel update. I went to Debian 12 with Gnome de and I used it for 2 years and never crashed but I erased it by mistake. At that time I looked at MX Linux because I was interested in his tools. I'm not a fan of XFCE so I wanted to try the MX KDE version. KDE is not my favorite desktop environment but in a combination of MX + KDE it looked great. I liked that combination a lot. I switched to Systemd and I stayed at the X11 window manager. The MX KDE pleasantly surprised me and now my main district I use everyday, really nice looking, doing great and it is incredibly fast.
All Praise for the MX team!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-01
Votes: 34
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MX Linux is light weight and still have all the functions I need.
I am using a old laptop with a i5-4200M and it feels snappy and runs fine.
I have tried Linux Mint XFCE and Linux Lite, but they are not really light.
MX Linux is alot snappier.
Also, MX Linux looks great in my view.
I have changed a few things, like the task bar, but other than that MX Linux has the best looking XFCE version I have ever seen!
So for me MX Linux is the perfect combo of light weight and easy to use and it just works out of the box.
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Version: 21.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-07-01
Votes: 35
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MX Linux Review
MX Linux is fast, efficient, and remarkably easy to install. Right out of the box, it delivers a smooth and responsive experience, even on older hardware. I’ve been using it on a not-so-recent notebook, and I’m genuinely impressed by how well it performs. Previously, I was using Linux Mint with the MATE desktop environment, which was good—but MX Linux with XFCE feels noticeably quicker and more lightweight.
What really stands out is the polish of the default configuration. Everything just works. The system tools provided by MX are intuitive and helpful, especially for users who might not be comfortable diving into the terminal for every little tweak. It also comes with a solid range of pre-installed software, making it usable from the get-go without feeling bloated.
The community support is also worth mentioning. The MX Linux forums are active and friendly, and most problems I encountered were already addressed in detail by other users.
While some might prefer flashier desktop environments, I personally appreciate that MX sticks with XFCE by default. It strikes the right balance between performance and usability. I don’t want to spend time experimenting with what desktop environment will or won't work well—I want a system that just runs reliably, and MX does exactly that.
If you're looking for a stable, responsive Linux distro that breathes new life into older machines, MX Linux is absolutely worth trying. It’s now my daily driver, and I couldn’t be happier with the switch.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-20
Votes: 25
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I recently installed MX Linux on my 14-year-old Acer TravelMate 8473TG, and I have to say – I’m genuinely impressed. The laptop originally ran Windows 10, but over time it became painfully slow. Even basic tasks like launching a browser or opening a folder took forever. I had thought about switching to Linux several times, and while I had tested various distros like Ubuntu, Mint, and Zorin in live sessions, I never actually committed to installing one permanently.
MX Linux became my first “real” Linux installation – and I haven’t looked back since. The installation process was smooth and straightforward, and to my surprise, everything worked out of the box. The system runs incredibly fast compared to Windows 10, even on such old hardware. One thing that really amazed me was that the network printer in our community house was automatically detected without me having to install any drivers or do any configuration.
Not everything worked immediately, though. Getting Wi-Fi to work took a bit of effort. I had to dig into some settings and try a few commands, but eventually, I got it running reliably. Now it connects automatically every time I boot up – no issues at all.
The XFCE desktop environment took a little time to get used to, but I now appreciate how lightweight and customizable it is. The MX Tools also make system management much easier for Linux beginners like me.
Overall, I’m very happy with MX Linux. It has breathed new life into an old laptop and made it feel useful again. I can highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fast, stable Linux distro for older machines.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-19
Votes: 13
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I started using S.u.S.E. 4.2 for work in 1998 with KDE and have never left this brand.
Since 2007 I've been using openSUSE Tumbleweed both on desktop and laptop, always with KDE.
Yesterday I bought a new HP laptop, deleted Windows and... Tumbleweed doesn't recognise the microphone, and has various other minor shortcomings (small info: even Windows 11, preinstalled, didn't see its microphone among the embedded devices).
I downloaded MX Linux (with KDE) and... everything works. I've installed everything I need (compilers, LibreOffice, Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, etc. etc.) and I'm very happy with how things work.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-17
Votes: 12
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Best distro for my old laptop compaq cq40-338tu. It can detect and load drivers wifi b43. I use another distro have an problem with wifi and slow booting (need to update grub and add setting tsc=unstable to booting), but MX Linux can smooth no problem. Usage of RAM is good too, after installation it below 1 GB. Storage use is belom 10 GB before any update. So if you have an computer with 4GB Ram and have 15-20GB storage, i recommend this distro. If you are windows user, you need to tweak into bottom of panel, because default is in the left
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-14
Votes: 19
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Awesome system. very stable and frequent updates on xfce. Cannot recommend highly enough. None of that unwanted bloatware that comes with most distros so system is fast and stable.
Very low resource use so ideal for those with older tablets or laptops. However it works on most computers either 32 or 64bit
Just get a live usb drive and trial it out without the need to install it to see for your self. installation instructions are very clear and no experience is needed
MX team Keep up the good work! You have absolutely nailed it
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-10
Votes: 7
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While I'm a big fan of Mint and Puppy Linux, I was having problems trying to use Mint in my new PC (an AMD Ryzen 9 7900), with compatibility issues because not being available a newer kernel in the Mint ISOs, and the same testing others distros. None worked flawlessly out-of-the-box, until...
MX Linux AHS! Powerful, versatile, fast. Extremely customizable, and stable while testing things.
My only "CON" right now is that I can't find a cohesive desktop GUI option and configuration to my liking. But that may be my own fault.
It's the only distro that worked great and fast on an old netbook, and saved the day on a new PC. That's MX for you: a bridge between old and new. And a great bridge it is!
If I find a way to make the desktop finally work to my needs and what I like, it surely will be the main O.S. on my new System. If not, it rightfully earned a place on my top personal distro list nevertheless, among my favorites.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-10
Votes: 9
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I just wanted to give props to how underrated and nice this distro is.
As a newcomer to Linux, I spent a lot of time worrying about which distro to choose for my older laptop. Some of the more convenient distros were off of the table because of a few hardware issues, and some others due to my primarily Windows based computer journey. I chose to install MX just to test it out on this...not so great computer (Dell inspiron 11)
In the months I've used it since, I haven't come across any major problems that I could not either find or come up with a reliable solution to. While I haven't been able to get used to the terminal...well...at all, I am still having a relatively positive experience compared to running Windows 10 on this same machine. While it is unlikely that this will forever remain my main distro for everything, I can at least say that this distro is one I would be able to proudly recommend to new(er) users.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-10
Votes: 7
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First distro for me that has just worked. Using it for development work and all my hardware including BT worked out of the box.
All software (deb, appimages, curled, flatpaks) has worked with a single exception (a java app that I could not get running without some more extensive fiddling).
It is excellent even on new hardware if you just want a solid stable experience.
Before MX i ran openSUSE thumbleweed (nice but my linux knowledge was to limited to get all software I use up and running). Also tried Kubuntu, Neon (I have since got the memo that this distro is not for a work-machine), Fedora KDE and a few more.
All had some problem, could not install/run openvpn3 was the biggest hurdle on a couple of them.
As a relative noob on linux that just want things to work and is not really into fiddling around, MX has been the best so far.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-06-10
Votes: 5
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MX excels for when you have an okay computer with some things left to be desired. It is not the fanciest or most polished. I would consider it a customized Debian stable and not a fork of it. I'm an intermediate linux user who's tried everything but leans more toward the Debian way. MX is to Debian what Mint is to Ubuntu
I know, Ubuntu was conceived as a Debian with an easier install, more updated Desktop, and focused on having a subset of the packages more updated than Debian (the rest of Ubuntu is just a snaphot of Sid that doesn't get updated). Playing with more obscure FOSS stuff, it was always better on Debian than Ubuntu. Then Debian became easier to install (although the installer isn't cool and flashy). I used Ubuntu when every six months a new Gnome desktop was released that had game changing improvements. Now that all desktops are more mature, Ubuntu desktop really lost it's originally purpose, and Ubuntu seems to be looking for new purposes with things that aren't that helpful. Debian took a little bit of knowledge and more work to set up than Ubuntu, but it always performed better than Ubuntu for me. And Ubuntu never ages as well. A year after installing Ubuntu it would always perform a lot more poorly than a year old Debian install.
I consider MX to be Debian, but in the ways that MX is different than Debian, it's actually useful (unlike Ubuntu). The included MX tools are extremely useful. I use the ahs (advanced hardware support) Xfce version. You have a Debian stable base but the latest Xfce, backports and multimedia codecs enabled, and I have the latest kernel (the stable kernel is still in my boot loader menu should I want it). I can boot with or without SystemD should I choose. I could set this all up myself on a Debian install, but the MX developers have added a lot of functionally useful components to the Debian stable base, even more than I could think of adding myself. The MX installer is not the Debian installer. I would call it a little better, but it's not as slick as Calamares. (I have problems using Calamares on my laptop, especially with the boot loader whereas MX installer causes no issues).
I've used Debian Sid a lot, but just like Arch, every now and then an update will hose everything. I have openSUSE Tumbleweed installed on my gaming PC, and at least TW does some quality assurance on their rolling release. I have MX ahs on my 8 year old Acer laptop. I can say that gaming performance on MX is on par with TW, which is considered one of the best distros for gamers. But with TW about twice a week I have a distro-upgrade of around 1GB of updates, whereas with MX ahs, the updates are mostly just the latest kernel. MX gives you the latest kernel you need for gaming without having to update a ton of other stuff on your system.
I've grown to like the MX appearance, but I know it's not the slickest or most impressive out there. That's where I knock a point off. I like Mint and might recommend it more for a newbie, but the reason to choose MX is that with the ahs version you have the latest kernel.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-06-03
Votes: 21
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When Microsoft introduced Windows 10, I was not ready to take that step from Windows 7. Therefore, I switched to Linux. At first, it was Linux Mint. In 2019, I discovered MX Linux. And I have been using MX Linux ever since. This lightweight distribution is ideal for my PC. All components work flawlessly and everything feels fast and lightweight. The MX Tools are excellent and help with administration and maintenance tasks and in case problems arise. Since version 23, I have been using the KDE version instead of Xfce. Everything is still fast, but also in a modern design. All in all, a highly recommended distribution.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-29
Votes: 31
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Great distro, I have is installed on an 19 years old laptop and every weekend I work in that machine and I can't believe that my Dinosaur laptop runs better that my 2 year old windows computer. I never experienced crashes and the laptop runs fast and smooth, the mx machine runs on 2.4 GHZ dual core cup and 4 gig of ram.
I really liked the package manager, the mx tweaks tool, the stability of the system over all.
as for the installation : perhaps is the fastest insulation program I experienced and I am someone who is a Linux hopper.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-05-24
Votes: 0
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Used to be a great distro but on the last releases has shown a lack of polish and care that, in my honest opinion, makes it unreliable.
It uses sysvinit, which seems ok; but, while it does use Debian repos, and not Devuan's ones, there are several packages that demand enabling a service that just won't work. For example, input-remapper is unusable on sysvinit sessions. There are several other examples.
Also, the maintainers have done a poor job on their ISO's. Their most recent ISO for the KDE Plasma version was utterly broken, what was acknowledged by them. I could not get a graphical interface booting it. After that, they released a fixed monthly snapshot, keeping the older corrupted ISO version for download.
Finally, there is no secure boot support. While it seems somewhat irrelevant, that is unjustifiable considering that Debian, its base distro, does have that out of the box.
The documentation seems ok, but it is filled up with grammatical errors, which shows a lack of care.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-23
Votes: 30
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I had used Linux Mint since 2010 and always found it a good Distro. I ditched Windows, and Linux is my only OS. In 2024 I thought I would try MX and have been running it now for around 12 months. I have a total encryption of my drive and MX is perfectly suited to this as it is so simple to do during the install. I have no problem with the installer. This year I inherited a newer (but used) PC as I found that my ageing Dell with 4GB Ram was getting a bit slow. My newer PC has 16GB RAM and an SSD.
At first I thought I would try Mint again, but I had problems with waking from suspend. It sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. I just ended up with a blinking cursor. I also found that during the installation process there was only an option to encrypt my home/user folder and not the whole disk (unless I missed something). I installed MX and all worked fine. I am using a swap file instead of a swap partition as my SSD is only 256GB. This option was not available from what I could see with Mint. So I now running MX again and am very pleased. It races along and is brilliant. XFCE is very configurable.
What I also like is the included apps with the OS. They are the ones I like to use and include VLC and LuckyBackup. The only issue I have found is that with HPLIP, I don't have the option for borderless printing on A4, whereas with Mint I did. That is a minor issue that doesn't really concern me. Great distro.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-18
Votes: 25
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Install is a bit cryptic -- particulaly if you are not familiar with the terms -- ESP partition is not explained anywhere but if you don't select it, installer complains that you don't have efi partition defied!, Minor stuff.
MxLinux did a nice job or removing KVM from 6.14 so virtualbox can run out of the box ..
other nice things is that most of what you need is installed by default - and it works out of box better than debian sid -- which will break virtualbox as of today.
I had used Mepis .. and went with Debian for years -- and then came back to Mx because debian is either too dated at times or if you use Sid you can waste a lot of time with stuff not working because no one really tests it!
Mx is a better choice all around -- I wouldn't touch anything with Ubutu virus!
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-18
Votes: 7
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Windows, Kubuntu, Mx-Linux KDE are the Stations. Since 2021 a stable and fast Os with the alternative systemd or not. No means no in that case.
MX Tools and Tweaks are very, very helpful. (Since Kernel 6.12 my VirtualBox was not working because of System preloading the KVM Modules during booting)
Made my a tweak myown, but after finishing i looked into MX-Tweaks and there already was a a checkbox to handle it)
Top Notch Linux. Great Devs.. Very Happy, very Thankful. Keep up the good work. All The Best from Germany
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-14
Votes: 24
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Fast, light and powerful. I have installed it in my Asus laptops win 8 and 16 GM of RAM. I often use Matlab and Intel compilers. I have never had an serious issue with MX-Linux. The installation process is really easy and faster than other distributions and it is easy to customize, in particular when the screen is 3K. I also use dual boot with Windows 11. I consider that Audacious, Only office and VLC are the best software you can run in MX.
I have tried Linux Mint, Ubuntu, but they sometimes crashed.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-10
Votes: 30
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using at first time MX-linux 17 and later Win 7 but now i'm back to the new version 23.6. In my opinion, there are no better and faster alternatives, at least I haven't found any. The main thing for me: 1 - to make it easy to install nvidia from the nvidia website, 2 - it's very cool that the system takes system snapshots and can be installed on the same PC, 3 - Debian base (one of the oldest distributions), 4 - Stability of the distribution itself, 5 - on a 2012 PC msi z87-g45, i5-4670k 16 rom ddr3, nvid-660 2GB, ssd 100GB, hdd 1TB, that's what I need. I really liked MX-Linux
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-05-03
Votes: 0
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system crash most frequent more than three time a day especially when open chrome and similar web browser .
update daily but the problem still without solve .
the conky still need a lot of development and improvement especially for multi core central processing unit and theme .
need for small lite distro of mx linux for older personal computer .
the older version was better than the latest .
stable and lite and fast boot up smoothly .
very disappointed and hope to solve the problems soon .
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-02
Votes: 26
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I installed MX on two 13 year-old Dell computers with 8MB of RAM -- a desktop and a laptop -- and have been using them for several months. I have some experience installing and using linux distros but this is my first time using MX and I'm very impressed. I am not doing anything super complex, but I need stability, good encryption, and a learning curve that is not that steep.
The install was incredibly easy in both cases. All the hardware was recognized right off the bat. And both computers are now functioning quite perfectly for what I need. The fact that I can reclaim two old computers at nearly no cost is a real bonus.
The only issue I had was that Zoom broke after the last upgrade, but I'm sure it'll get ironed out eventually.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-05-01
Votes: 2
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I have tried 10-15 different Linux distros and I would consider myself to be a beginner to LInux.
I've liked MX Linux a lot, but it is very difficult, and very inconsistent, when it comes to installing it. A couple of times I had a seamless installation with various installation options offered similar to the Ubuntu and Linux Mint distros.
However, on many other installation attempts it stalls out and forces the user to go into a routine for partitioning the disk. When it did that, I successfully partitioned the disk, but then I got caught up in a loop with the partition program that I could not get out of.
I finally gave up and installed Kubuntu instead. I have found Kubuntu to be very easy to install, is very stable, and offers very similar features and a user experience to MX Linux.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-04-30
Votes: 1
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I don't mind "ugliness", it's not even a thing that I process alongside actual important things like user-friendliness, reliability, community and dev support. Things that actually matter.
MX is reliable. Not perfect or it will attend your every need possible, but will suffice any major demand without pushing you towards something more complicated than it needs to be. People will actively try to help and answer your questions.
I like it, I use it and its Debian. AHS helps a lot if you need something close to the newer kernels, modules and such.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-28
Votes: 15
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Perfect for my old Apple iMac 20" (late 2006). MX Linux installs and boots perfectly and after little adjustments to make the iSight working correctly the PC works fine. I choose KDE as my DE and everything is smooth and very usable. Many modern linux system dropped support for Hardware that have 64bit processors but 32bit EFI, like this beautiful iMac and due to newer graphic cards that needs a lot of memory and energy, it is not easy to find a good distro that fits older iMacs. I think MX Linux is a great chance without compromise between usability and modern apps...
Lets give a chance and don't forget to recycle, reuse and reduce.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-23
Votes: 11
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MX Linux is a beautiful balance between control and user friendliness that I've never seen in a linux distro before, I'm not a great programmer or linux user by any means but many distros always feel like they are focused on one of those two traits entirely and so they either end up missing features or packing in way too many needless features, but MX Linux seems to be running pretty fast and stable while having lots of decently accessible customization, builtin utilities, and easily interpreted documentation. Its not as simple as something like ubuntu but I think if you're on this website reading this your probably more than capable of handling it because its certainly easier than something like a base debian install even with a preinstalled Desktop Environment.
One of the cool features is the mx package manager because it allows you to install packages from a few different repositories like debian-testing and once its done installing it'll automatically disable the repo so if you install with a different method you don't have to manually update the sources list. I tried both the kde and xfce version and personally i prefer the kde version because it looks a little nicer but the fact they support/maintain the xfce version is awsome aswell for older hardware where ever bit of resource usage.
I think these people deserve all the support and and encouragement they can get and hope they stick to their curent philosophy unlike some other big linux distros because its been very relieving to finally find that balance between function and form :)
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-04-18
Votes: 1
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Just tried 32 bit versions, main Xfce and fluxbox. I'm very impressed with Xfce , looks promising, lot of tools, htop shows around 460mb of ram after live session boots. With that left side panel looks bit like Ubuntu, nice conky monitor design, powerful aps out of the box. That's for the Xfce. Fluxbox edition is bad, needs lot of work and I recommend to look at Sparky minimal and take some inspiration there - much better lightweight distro based on Debian - MX fluxbox is using lot of apps written for different desktops and that makes it heavy. Can imagine using this distro with Xfce as daily. But my potato 2005 Acer needs lightweight system and that's why I'm staying with sparky minimal.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-16
Votes: 41
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MX Linux is a solid desktop Linux distro for those wanting something from the Debian family but with more utilities and newer kernels and better hardware support than stock Debian stable.
For new Linux users coming from Windows I would say it is suitable for those with more technical knowledge and experience of using computers, and operating systems such as DOS, as it does require more typing at the command line interface than say Linux Mint, which i would say is better for those who are less experienced at computing as it has better GUI tools.
For users coming from Windows, it also requires more tinkering after installing to get it to look and behave more like the Windows user interface in order to be familiar and easy to use, than Mint. Watch youtube videos on how to set MX up and customise it after installing.
One area in which it is better than Mint is in the Linux kernels available for it in the MX Linux repositories. These are newer and may afford better support for newer hardware than those in Mint, including the Debian edition of Mint. For example, MX Linux lets me use my Intel AX200 wifi card whereas LMDE (and also stock Debian) does not support it. MX Linux currently has a version 6.14 Linux kernel available, whereas Mint is still stuck at 6.11 .
MX Linux also has newer kernels that have security fixes for known vulnerabilities (eg. CVE-2024-53150 and CVE-2024-53197 which are used by authoritarian regimes to hack devices of journalists and civil society members) whereas Ubuntu LTS and Linux Mint lag behind in this area (as of April 2025 still no safe kernels in those distros).
One of the strengths of MX is the set of utilities it comes with. It has useful utilities for deleting unnecessary files to free up more disk space, for tweaking the user interface, and so on.
The flagship edition of MX uses Xfce desktop environment and this is the version I like best as it comes with a very good set of utilities such as the Xfce screenshot app which is one of the best I have used, and Xfce very easy to customise. Xfce is also relatively light on system resources like RAM.
Other editions include a KDE edition (which will use more RAM than Xfce and in my opinion offers no significant advantage over Xfce to make up for this), and one using Fluxbox (lighter on system resources than Xfce but possibly less user friendly also). If you have an old computer with a slower CPU and less RAM, I would recommend MX Linux's sister distro AntiX instead of the fluxbox edition of MX, as it is designed for that use case with smaller kernels and so on. I would say MX is best for computers built during the last 15 years with at least 4 GB of RAM to the hardware made in the last year.
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Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-14
Votes: 7
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Well, you see, it's like this:
I have had MX Linux since 23.4 and have been content enough, mostly. But I have been in the habit of following the releases of all of the -buntu/Ubuntu series that comes out twice a year: October and April, hence the 24.10 and depending on the "flavor" of the -buntu distro, it is either already released, (as of April 13, 2025), or in the last week of beta. Since 2017, I had been updating my releases of Kubuntu because I love the customizing abilities of KDE Plasma. I had had enough of a wee taste of Qt that went along with Plasma and so, when Plasma hit version 6, it came at a really bad time, or so the Powers That Be had told us, which explained the repeated versions and re-versions of 5.27. Supposedly. So, when I noticed that Kubuntu had once again asked us to swallow that bitter "Pill/worm-on-a-hook," one more time, once again, I switched to MX. So, holding out hope that KDE or Canonical or some other entity might finally switch to Plasma 6.xx, I was terribly disappointed. Again.
Oh, I know: what does all of this have to do with MX Linux? Simply this: I finally realized that even though I was running LXQt on Linux MX 23, everything that I really wanted in a distro or OS, if you will, was already here! I did have to do a bit of tweaking beyond the usual on-hand resources (there were not that many, as can be evidenced by the mile-and-a-half-long menu of every MX Program or Application under the sun). Seriously! MX should adopt the motto, "If we ain't got it, you don't need it!" Still, I can't shake the feeling that something is still missing! I haven't a clue what that might be but until I can think of something else that I want but likely don't actually need, MX will already have made it an option!
Yes, fine. But would I recommend MX Linux to someone who still uses Mac or Windows? Absolutely! Actually, I already have, a few times! So what are you doing still reading this? Go download MX right now!
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-13
Votes: 4
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My experience with MX Linux has always been above average, no matter what the version number. I am a C language programmer and one thing I like is that you can associate files to be opened by programs of your choice. So if you click on a NNN.exe file, and you've associated those types of files, for example to "DOSBOX" then when you click on the file, DOSBOX will open that file. I wish that MX Linux would offer some of the other desktops. I'm using xfce. I've recently switched from Zorin 17 pro. I like it also but when I'm programming, I have to find work arounds to run those programs in DOSBOX.
The file manager and program loader is much better than the distro's that run GNOME. They are so slow.
I also wish that MX Linux would make the file manager keep the files being copied open so that you know what you are loading to a thumbdrive, or any drive for that matter. If I close that window out, there's no way to get it back and you just have to wait until the file operations have completed. You have no way of knowing what the status of that is. One work around is you can go to the file manager and look at the preferences and see if the folder you are concerned with is growing in size or not.
Thanks to the MX Linux team for making such a nice distro. Really like it and will continue to use.
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-04-11
Votes: 6
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MX stands out for its MX Tools.
Especially the MX Snapshot utility makes it possible to (very) easily create a live USB (with or without user environment), with an installer. This makes it great for fast deployment.
The installer is very suited for (LUKS) encrypted installs on a laptop, without the need for LVM.
BTRFS can very easily be installed with @ (root) and @home, so Timeshift lets you revert to an earlier state.
And all this out of the box.
For the most part it is Debian (bookworm), with the Debian repositories. On top of that it has MX repository.
MX's own package installer can add automagically repositories for some popular applications (Chrome, Earth, Onlyoffice, Signal...)
Downside: it uses the Debian stable repositories. Changing to testing or unstable creates a mess, unlike in pure Debian.
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-05
Votes: 24
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Got my Intel CPU MacBook Pro 2009 up and running with WiFi straight 'out of the box' which is usually a very complicated thing that other distros cannot do without a bunch of post install work and tweaking. It's Debian so I am used to the commands and works great. Boots really fast and clean UI makes this a joy to work with. Looking forward to see how this runs and so far the fan is not blowing like crazy and uses minimal resources so even on an older battery this will run for a few hours. Excelling work from the distro team and I don't have to throw away an old 'friend'.
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-01
Votes: 18
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The best system for beginners, everything is done graphically. I think the developers should modernize it a bit visually, but that's the only thing I could find fault with.xfce is even better than win7 in every aspect of support, cpu usage and memory. I say this as a former windows user, what more could you want. So if you want to start playing with linux, mx is the best for it. For programmers, if anyone is even reading this, you need to keep up with the times and improve it a bit visually, because it's really worth it, kudos to you for your work, best regards.
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-23
Votes: 21
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I have been using MX Linux as my daily driver for about four years now. I started with 19.4 and it worked great until it reached EOL. Since there's no direct upgrade path between fixed releases, I recently installed 23.2. I had some problems with WiFi but kept at it. (I am almost always mobile and usually run it off the hotspot on my phone.)
It took me a few weeks to figure out why the network manager would sometimes say "Device not configured" or "Device not managed" but I accidentally discovered that it only happened when I booted up with the power cord plugged in. (I have a 3-year-old HP laptop. Issue did not happen with 19.4. No, I haven't reported the bug yet but plan to soon.) (And yes, moving MX Linux to a new laptop is a breeze with snapshots and the live USB maker! Really awesome!! Every distro should have it!!)
That has been the only problem I've had with MX Linux in four years. In fact, today I decided to wipe the dual boot I had been messing with for over a month trying out other distros again and gave the whole machine to MX. I think it's the first time in maybe 15 years that I haven't dual booted. I have a habit of doing so in case one distro crashes, or because one might not quite do everything I need it to do. (I love you, OpenBSD, and one day soon I promise to put you back on a separate backup laptop.)
Anyway, I know we're mostly nerds here and I could throw a bunch of technical data at you, but others have already done a better job of that than I'm willing to do, so I'm just trying to give the vibe of using MX Linux as best I can. And that is, MX Linux is very stable, usable, and reliable, with tons of great tools, capable of doing pretty much every kind of daily task that I use computers for. I'm sticking with it. It has actually replaced OpenBSD as my favorite, which I never thought I'd say about any other distro. I can highly recommend it.
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-23
Votes: 16
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New pc HP Z2 tower. Took a Xfce live-usb from snapshot, installed the system on an partitioned ssd bootdisk. Added some secondary HD's and running great with my data!
Tiny obstakel: at boot I always did a full bootlisting, but it has a halt, a pause, a gap in it in MX23 and than some not too old diplays for instance HP and Fusjitsu say "stop, go to sleep and don't awake, black screen!" So I did a less full listing and all went right.
I'm extremely happy because in a few futile moments I have a new very flashy MX-system on another rather powerful pc.
That's the power of a snapshot transformed to an installable livemedium. Great backup too next to Clonezilla for instance.
This was why in 2017 I tried MX-Linux after other flavours of Linux and for years now I use it day-to-day.
MX looks so nice and functional classic.. It is so adaptable and configurable. Not a shop with candybars! But a serious desktop!
I know, some think it is legacy.. But it is not in my humble opinion. It is functional. Installed on that HP Z2 pc was another OS installed from the computershop when it arrived here. Which I formerly used to love and used very much, Mint. Now I prefer MX Xfce.
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-22
Votes: 18
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I am linux user since 2005 and I'm rating MX with 10. Here is why.
On my 4 machines, it works as good as Debian, but I have to modify very little on it to different uses. You have useful and powerful tools out of the box. Its installer is fast and gives you useful options.
It has a versatile installer which works fine to manage test repos, flatpacks, and more. However, Synaptic and Apt are available in case you need them.
Community is active, responsive, and friendly. Its documentation is comprehensive and helpful.
I would recommend it to windows people over Mint since in my experience, MX has a better stability and performance. (Mint is a great distro in my opinion)
Hope this is useful, cheers
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Version: 23.5
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-03-19
Votes: 0
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Booted with only 1 who-cares error. I like the screen layout on laptop with too-wide-screen. Response is quick, but something is hogging CPU ! Trimmed plenty of un-needed fat, then noticed something is hogging the disk.
Next day - Booted with same error. Screen popped up much leaner & faster. Tested browser - OK. Tested eMail - then noticed something hogging the disk. Then,,, the Time-to-upgrate box appeared with 525 things to fix !!! Are you kidding ?
In 48 hours, the sweet-little-baby is suddenly on life-support !!!
No way,,, I let it "apply" and watch in horor as it destroyed itself !
Next day - nothing flashing. Dead-end boot. Back to filthy old GRUB, where I tried the 'other' systemD boot.
It worked ! Its a black screen with cursor arrow, that I can mouse aaround. Nothing else is functional.
Grand job boys ! I'll come back in 2030 and give it another try !
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Latest Reviews
Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-03
Votes: 13
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Just installed MX Linux 25 Fluxbox SysVinit version OVER my old MX 23 Xfce version using a new "experimental" installation option. This in place of choosing an existing partition to replace when you have multiple installations. Also had the option to keep the /home directory, which made lots of things easier later. This was the best installation experience I've had in recent months!
I know there are some strange glitches re-using an old /home, at least for old .config directory (etc.) files but it's still a great time-saver. The most obvious glitch for me was when installing the Vivaldi browser and trying to import my old Brave browser bookmarks and such, Vivaldi considered that the Brave browser was currently "running" and wouldn't import the bookmarks from its .config info. I had an HTML bookmarks file already saved, so it wasn't a big problem, but it does point out possible issues. So far, that's the ONLY one. I presume TLP and Audacious were already installed in the MX Linux setup, but I still was surprised that they both were ready to go, already having my old configurations available.
The wealth of extra controls the MX folks put into this distro make it one of the best all-around that I've used (and am currently using).
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 6
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My daily driver for a decade. Desktop, multi-OS bootable laptop, revamped old Chromebooks, you name it. Efficient and stable. Not as flashy as less technical people like an interface, but so usable. Traditional keyboard shortcuts work. Rarely used tools are put into usable MX groupings.
My key features are stability, ability to work on older hardware, and good package management. The Debian base provides a lot of the compatibility. The thoughtful assembly of controls into MX applications makes it much easier to find the controls to change interfaces and manage all aspects of the system. When I have to use or fix Microsoft Windows, I feel I'm taking a step down from what MX has brought me to expect from a PC operating system. All of that goodness before brining up the fact that its free!
Testing v25 now but have loved MX's XFCE distro since the teens. Keep up the good work!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-25
Votes: 19
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Installed by way of my desktop MX snaphot to replace an Ubuntu based distro that was not handling one of my essential programs very well. It was a surprisingly painless installation and all my programs are working as they should.
The installation is the KDE desktop running perfectly on Wayland and not X11. Video and audio is smooth and crisp. The latptop memory idles at around 1.1G on boot.
This distro is so perfect for this laptop, that it will never be replaced or upgraded...this is it for the life of this laptop...
Highly recommend....great job by the devs..
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 0
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Relative newbie. Had used Red Hat at work, and Mint 32 bit on ancient hardware at home in the 2017-2020 era. Since then, Win10. Processor Intel Core I5 2500, 8GB, Intel integrated graphics.
In preparation, I had switched to Libre Office and Thunderbird in Win10. Firefox has been my default browser for over a decade. Opening a Mozilla account allowed me to transfer all my Firefox and Thunderbird settings, passwords, etc, pretty seamlessly to Linux.
Tried Mint Cinnamon and XFCE, Ubuntu Budgie, Zorin Core, Pop OS, and MX Linux 25 KDE.
MX Linux 25 is my #1 due to GUI system utilities, ease and understandable settings, standard software matches my preferences. Wish it had a tiling screen manager, but Zorin's tiling didn't work.
Zorin and Pop OS had limited configuration options - at least that I could figure out. Pop OS defaulted to my inclinations so Pop OS was my 2nd choice. Zorin had touted features like tiling that didn't work. Or got in my way.
Ubuntu Budgie was OK, but much more difficult to find what I wanted. Discovered Ubuntu support is actually quite fragmented across its different flavors. Wanted to try Ubuntu Studio, but realized my hardware wasn't really good enough for that kind of work. Nor is long term support for some of the flavors a given.
Mint, although highly touted, seemed limited in configuration options unless one learned and practiced command line. Same with Mint support, you really need to know and understand command line to understand what support is telling you.
None of the 5 could find make my 2 wireless USB adapters work out of the box. Getting nowhere on installing Linux drivers from command line, I gave up and bought a PCIe wireless card from ThinkPenguin, which worked great on both Win10 and all flavors of Linux.
Same was true of my ancient USB HP 1020 Laserjet. Fortunately, updating to HP unified drivers in Win10 came across to Linux, and printer now works with all distros.
Bottom line: the GUI understandable configuration options and system utilities, along with included well-written manual makes MX Linux better than Win 10. System is faster, no crashes. Points taken off rating for inability to work with USB wireless cards.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 2
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Equipment used: Thinkpad X1 Carbon (2023) dual boot with Win 11.
Objective: replace previous version of MX Linux (23.6) with version 25.
Distribution iso used: KDE Plasma
MX Linux has a new installation choice called Replace where you can choose to replace a previous version of MXLinux.
The installer correctly identified the previous version but it should be mentioned that MX Linux cautions us that this feature is still experimental and advised that things could go sideways.
And it did. Unfortunately, the Replace option did not work for me. The Home directory from MX Linux 23.6 was preserved as advertised but the desktop was badly broken especially the menu and panel. I gave up trying to fix things and decided to start over from scratch. I chose the custom install option and things went more smoothly from there.
Note: MX Linux is not for beginners unless you choose the installer option to take over the entire disk. Someone coming over from Windows would come to a screeching halt at the installer partitioning screen and try to figure out what symbol stands for root or manually have tell MX Linux where the EFI partition is. The installer could not detect or choose unallocated free space on my drive. I think this part of the installer needs work. Give the user simpler options to choose from.
Considering this is the KDE Plasma edition there is no mention of KDE's package manager Discover. It is not on the taskbar and a beginner would be steered to use the somewhat utilitarian MX Linux package manager. However once you pin Discover to the taskbar it was nice to see the option of enabling Flatpaks and Snaps with a couple clicks.
PROs: blazing fast install times and bootup times and generally snappy performance.
CONs: installation process is not beginner friendly.Would advise to be wary of the Replace option for now. Use backups prior to clicking that button.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 13
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The main reason for me to use MX is the ability to snapshot a running system and generate a new iso from here.
This allows me to use MX on a usb drive on (almost) amy computer, which is great for recovery and access in case of failure of the installed system.
Another usecase is to install software for testing without modifying an installed system which leaves no traces or config chunks in case of uninstall or rollback as I run MX with the copy2ram functionality.
Having done different isos with different software(-topics) like online-banking, audio, video, office, desktops, ... allows me to have small isos with specific usecase small enough to run in ram ( which I consider especially useful for online-banking to leave no traces at least on my pc )
So I created a USB stick with ventoy which at boot shows me a list of my isos and allows me to select which one I would like to boot.
Using MX since MX17, I did not find any other distro that fits my needs as described above, especially when it comes to configure installed packages, browser bookmarks and configurations in my personal iso.
My personal rating is 10 of 10, as I don't miss anything and I did not run into any issue.
Christian
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-24
Votes: 13
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Have been using MX-Linux for quite a few years. Very stable. I had a problem of trying to get Nvidia drivers to work with Nvidia graphics card. Solved that problem by pulling out the Nvidia card and putting in a AMD Radeon graphics card. I'm not a big gamer, but the AMD Radeon card worked right out of the gate with the supplied AMD drivers. If I truly wanted Nvidia graphics to work, I would have downloaded and installed an Ubuntu based distro, but I don't like Ubuntu based. I have tried many other distros for the past 20 years and I have always come back to a Debian based distro and finally settled on MX Linux and I have not looked back. They make a fantastic distro.
As far as MX Linux 25, I will wait for awhile until they get all the kinks out of it before I decide to install it, if I decide to. I also prefer to stay away from any distro that uses SystemD as an init. What's nice about MX Linux 23.6, I can boot into sysv init or systemD if I so choose to. Some after market applications, such as, Citrix For Linux, now require SystemD as an init in order to install it. I just boot into MX Linux with SystemD from the Grub Menu, install it, then reboot back into MX Linux with sysv init.
Overall, can't think of any other Linux dsitro that's stable and works great.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-11-23
Votes: 0
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I am disappointed with version 25, because I have found, that there are developmental errors and programming, in this version.
I use MX linux since 2021 and I have seen several versions and the progress and evolution of the operating system, I really like the version of 2023: (version 23.0 to 23.6), it was very well designed and worked wonderfully.
Aside from a few improvements that would need to be done like: (making the hard drive management better manage to stop all the time leaving to read and write more to finish for genre between 15 minutes 60 50 minutes to read. After copying a file left her and it was long before it stopped.
And also there are the vulnerabilities of the system that would have been to be corrected.
If the ZRAM would have been activated in version 23.6, I would continue to use it again, put since it is not the case, I seek to find an ultra light distribution: (between 500 MB and 1 GB of RAM use), in Debian of preferences or which supports Debian and that I also be able to install the Discrord client and the STEAM client and my other Linux software in (.
The problem I had with version 25 of MX linux is, a problem with the settings of power management and screensaver settings.
I play on STEAM and I chat on Discord every day, I am online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The problem with power and screensaver settings is that the screen turns off on its own, even if it has l,just so that it does not turn off the session disconnects alone after two hours, even if it has the use.
I was playing on STEAM and I all lost my game progression, I was about 30 seconds to save the game, but the session is disconnecting on its own automatically and that closing the game, the STEAM client, the Discord client and all the rest that was open. That really upset me.
When it is produced, I tried to fix the problem, but nothing to do, only the developer can correct the problem, I know nothing about development and programming, to fix this.
So after it happened, I decided it was time to start again for the second time, after a few years since the first time.....recommend to go around all the list of distributions on: Distrowatch, read and download and test all the best on the list.
To find the rare pearl that will correspond to all my needs. I'll find out...when they search found...( Searching and you will find, knock and have opened you, ask and you will receive).
There you go! all I had to say, thank you very much for reading and having a good day to all those who will have read my message;)
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-16
Votes: 21
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I've started using Linux since 25+ years ago when I thought Knoppix was the coolest kid on the block. Now, since Covid, I've been on MX Linux since then till now. MX Linux is the most stable and runs on all my machines. Really impressed with the developers and their rock-solid support and performance. I've run MX on all old and new machines, and I've upgraded all the MX23+ machines to MX25, and so far no issues. The experimental upgrade works well to easily move from MX23+ to MX25 without too much effort. Using the user-installed packages to save/restore apps, and then install the delta manually - works really well.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-16
Votes: 18
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I've been running MX Linux 23 with XFCE since its original release. Like every piece of software, it had its rough corners at the start but the team polished out everything within first weeks. Since then, it's been flying on my old Lenovo T450. It is very likely that MX 23.x is going to outlive the device it has been installed on.
Boot up time is fast (I did increase the Grub selection menu myself for personal comfort). Systemd or init, well... I am not technically experienced to notice the difference between the two. Software repositories are rich and if there is something missing, flatpak editions do the work for me. All in all, MX as a daily driver for basic office tasks is stable, reliable and gentle towards this old piece of hardware I am using.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-15
Votes: 1
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Running MX25 with systemD. using since some years now since MX-19. Almost no troubles, specially since MX21.
Thanks for making this. Running it on all computers, MX25 lost the synaptics touchpad on one of the computers unfortunately, but nevermind - mouse is always working. Forum admin is very active and always trying to help.
System is surprisingly fast with pulling up browsers as compared to e.g. fedora.
XFCE DE is a wonderfully practical thing to operate for everyday activities like browsing, e-mail, fileworking etc.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-15
Votes: 5
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It is my first linux for daily use. I used ubuntu before as second system on my laptop just used it to get acquainted with Linux.. This disro just work as expected. I use it about one year and I faced two bugs of de(kde plasma) duaring this period and its disapear after reboot. Now this is my main system, and win 11 for games in dualboot. In comparence to ubuntu it is more frendly. MX-tools are grate. Installer are very good, it is detect widows bootloader and there is no problem to make dualboot mx-linux and win11
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-14
Votes: 11
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As a long time user of this excellent distro, I am pleased to say that the latest iteration, MX25, is absolutely first class. I did a fresh install (previously running MX23 to good effect) and very pleasingly, all of my devices etc were either auto detected or easily set up. The overall impression one gets immediately after installation is that this is a very polished and solid distro. All credit must go to the developers and maintainers. I can highly recommend MX Linux and especially this latest (and greatest IMO) version.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-13
Votes: 8
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This distro is simple to use and reliable. I recently upgraded from 23.6 to 25 using the latest .iso and the very thorough instructions for migrating without needing a complete reinstall. The process was flawless. I use their flagship XFCE edition because the performance is just amazing. For me, an OS is really just like a "cardholder" for the different apps I use. MX has many themes and great tools, but most of all, it doesn't make things complex. It keeps everything simple and clean. Very easy to use if you're coming from Windows.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-12
Votes: 8
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Best version of XFCE I've used so far. As Linux Mint is to Ubuntu so MX Linux is to Debian. It takes what is good and makes it better. The new themes on version 25 make it look very slick. This was probably what was missing in the last version but no more. It looks very nice with the new themes such as MX Matcha.
This is a very efficient distro to use in a work/office setting. Very dependable and reliable and it has many tools unique to MX. My favorite is the snapshot tool which you can use to make an image of your entire system and then install it on any other machine. Get it and chances are you won't be disappointed.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-11
Votes: 6
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Thanks a lot to the MX Linux Team! It's a great Linux Distribution. I just installed the new version MX 25. Everything works great, all my Hardware was detected, even the scannerpart of my HP MFP M281 works out of the box. I'm using the xfce-desktop environment. It is clearly designed, and fast.
As even Remmina works fine, I dropped my old windows 11 and replaced it with MX Linux 25.
A very fantastic Distribution, try it and you will love it! Up to now I tried a lot of linux distros, but MX Linux is just the best of all. Again: Many thanks to the whole team.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-10
Votes: 3
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Every now and then a true gem emerges from a group of devs, be it SUSE, Debian, Mint, or any distro.
I wanted to ditch Windows 11 (and 10 for that matter) for eternity, after having explored a big lot of a lot distros for the last 26 yrs.
This time the MX team nailed it, at least for my HP Fury G7 Mobile Workstation. It's a beast of a laptop, yes, but any Arch-based throws me off with all those updates, LMDE 7 worked fine but was very sluggish even after a lot of optimization and with openSUSE's Tumbleweed, LEAP 16 and SlowRoll I could not get the modules to function properly on my system.
This day, november the 10th, I was pleased to welcome MX Linux version 25, as I have a soft spot for MEPIS back from the old days.
Yeezzz, it's lightning fast, looks nice and it works, it just works, I love this.
Thumbs up for such a great OOTB experience!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-10
Votes: 3
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I use multiple versions of linux on my computers which allows a lot of space to compare these systems on multiple devices.
MX is undoubtedly my favorite. It always seems to cover all the angles of my needs on these many devices, has less iritations (such as not being able find the way to connect on a hidden wifi isp without visiting a forum to figure it out) and allows me to cover the various angles of my software interests without compromise. All of this, plus reliability, efficiency and speed, and the mixes of desktops which I enjoy using. Not to mention the pioneering use of repair tools to keep me going.
When the beta of 25 came out, I immediatly put it on my machines... And never turned back. To be actually using a Beta version and find youself completely comfortable and delighted with how it is working with your hardware says quite a lot. There is no other system which has given me this experience, and I try a lot of systems. For me, it has been a system I can count on for the long term. I would recommend it any day to novice as well as advanced user.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-10
Votes: 7
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Just works! Thanks for the team for this great distro. Instead of following the Mint Hype try MX instead!!
It is a very stable distro with lots of features which is a bit to much for new users but helps them a lot.
Also the Snapshot feature is really good for beginners. If something goes wrong you have a snapshot and you are backed up and running in no time!
Also the debian base has a lot of working apps. Not the newest versions but stable which is important if you want a reliable system.
For other users which try to experiment and wanna struggle with all kind of problems --> choose another distro.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-09
Votes: 10
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Absolutely blown away by the ease in which MX allows the creation of Live USB with encrypted persistence as well as the MX tools that come preconfigured with the distro.
Mate is well configured and slick with no bloat and KDE makes MX feel like any other plasma based system, until you find the MX tools which are so much more useful than you find by default on most other distros.
However, the absolute stand out feature for me is the encrypted live USBs - the ability to run on pretty much any hardware, but with full encryption for personal data; something from the antiX side of the fence that utterly rocks. Outside of Kali and Parrot OS I haven't found another distro that can do this currently (fedora and ubuntu don't currently do this).
V25 will bring systemd to replace sysv and whether or not you think this is good or bad, it will bring benefits for the distro. It's now my daily driver and I simply can't see any reason for this to change.
One point to note about the encrypted persistent USB is that there's a minor "feature" that when using KDE it doesn't auto login. However, it takes less than 10 seconds to log in and startx and you're away.
And now that KDE (or personally for me xcfe) can emulate Windows so well, there's pretty much zero reason for the Win 10 left behinds not to switch! MX supports both flatpak and snap - still behind the app stores of mac and windows, but these are the future of linux app distribution.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-07
Votes: 11
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The new installer has an improved function to "replace" existing Linux installations, making it easier to upgrade without having to manually manage partitions. This has pleasantly impressed me since I limit myself to using Linux as an operating system for browsing and office automation on a daily basis without delving much further and I have found it very tedious to have to remember every time I update the topic of partitions and what each one of them means. I have also been able to maintain, from the version 23.6 that I had installed to the new 25, all the aesthetic configuration of the desktop which saves me having to modify everything. I had a home partition already made in 23.6 and I think that's why. This kind of details are very much appreciated.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-07
Votes: 2
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MX is my daily driver for 2 years now and the rolling release dist-upgrade to the new versions seamlessly for the past two major versions. Only problems when the system goes to hibernation it doesn't comeback gracefully. Otherwise no problems using system/softwares and am pretty happy with it.
My Laptop is a 10 year old Dell with built-in intel graphics. Quite satisfied with the SysV init and the rest of the softwares, especially the builtin MX-tools works wonderfully. Some more features with the Grub tool would be nice.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-11-05
Votes: 0
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MX Linux 23.6
No Thanks i will stay with 21.3 for now.
Installer does not work with network installer, got stuck at configuring stage.
so downloaded full image and install was a success.
but the system is very unstable, Xfce works ok but someting wrong with internal system.
multimedia does not work, NO PACKAGE MANAGER.
unable to install NON GUI SW from terminal.
Myrln and Myrln as root does not work either, apply/accept option is greyed out.
only flatpak works.
every mx things does not work.
not sure how this was passed to us as Stable system.
Xfce/ firefox/ flatpak works as usual.
core system does not work, mx team has not done any work and just packed and shipped.
bogus Distro!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-03
Votes: 15
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I have been distro hopping for over 20 years and MX comes closer than any to an ideal user friendly experience for me. They pay a lot of attention to providing easy to use gui tools for configuration that many distros simply leave out. Installing and removing packages is usually a breeze unless installing something that is not in the default repositories. Take NoMachine for example, while it's easy enough to follow the instructions provided by NoMachines' vendor site to get it installed, A newbie will get super frustrated jumping through the few extra hoops that a bit of experience helps with.
Having said that, after a little learning curve, MX is simply a rock solid amazing OS.
My only real frustration is that it comes configured with SysVinit which is fine and does have the ability to change to systemd, doing so can make some of the MX Tools (one of the best things about the OS) to not work correctly.
So, it's either stick with SysVinit and deal with deb based scripts not working (that call systemd commands) or swap to systemd and deal with default OS functionality being funky.
Overall though, for me, it's the closest thing to perfection I have seen yet.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-10-28
Votes: 13
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When MX Linux 25 installs easily and correctly loads Nvidia drivers, it's my favorite distro. I've installed and used MX Linux 25 successfully on my computers that have integrated graphics. However, on my computers that have NVIDIA GPU's, MX Linux 25 is hit-or-miss whether it can correctly install the NVIDIA drivers. I've tried several of the MX Linux 25 different distros, and the NVIDIA driver challenge occurs regardless of the particular distro I'm working with. If it weren't for this problem, I would have rated the distro a 10; however, given the inconsistency I've experienced, a rating of 7 is more appropriate.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-10-28
Votes: 0
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I listed the same complaint when trying to install 25-rc1 on my old Dell Vostro 1500 laptop. Since it still hasn't been fixed with 23.6 I reduced my rating to 1. Without internet any distro is pretty much worthless except under unusual requirements. When I boot using the install DVD everything looks OK until I realize it STILL doesn't connect to the internet with either the ethernet cable nor WiFi. Every other install DVD (other distros) works fine as far as connecting to the internet both during installation and after rebooting from the hard drive. I decided to go back to version 21.3 since it had worked on an old 4GB RAM Compaq tower I gave to a friend. On that computer it worked fine with an ethernet cable connection. However, even that didn't connect on my laptop. I am surprised MX Linux would put out such a flawed version. With every other install DVD with other distros working fine I doubt there is a problem with my computer.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-rc1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-27
Votes: 34
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Just installed MX-25-rc1 on my old system last evening, so far everything is running great.
ASUS mobo B75M-A, ATI Radeon GPU4300, SeaGate SATA 1tb HDD, Western Digital SATA 500gb desktop storage, Epson ET=2840 scanner/printer, & a Brother HL-L2305 B&W Laser printer which all were recognized and installed as turned on.
Have run various other Linux OS's with all different DE's from Arch, Debian, Hybrid's and Independents. I've liked MX-23.6 AHS in the past due to it's ease of installing and no-nonsense list of included software.
I've also tried the new version of Linux Mint Debian Edition, LMDE7 and find that MX-25-rc1 is just slightly ahead of LMDE7 in the package comparison charts. That being said I find that I like the look and feel of MX-25-rc1 much more than LMDE7 at this time. There's a good reason why they're both in the top 5 hit's per day. You won't go wrong checking either of them out for that Great out-of-the-box comfort feeling.
What are you waiting for all you ex-Window's 10 users, get out of your old comfort zone and move on up to either of these great Linux OS's. I sure you won't be disappointed. And by the way, I'm a 71 year old retired mechanic and even I'm having fun with them.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-23
Votes: 12
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I've been a user of linux based systems since it first arrived on the scene. MX Linux has been the best I've used so far. I love the Xfce desktop. Its very stable, fast, highly customizable, and very resource frugal.
The major problem I have is with the upgrade process between major versions. It can be done but its a pain. Hopefully the team can address this issue.
I've tried the 25 beta 1 to get a sense of how it integrates systemd which a lot of newer software requires to work properly. Booting into systemd with version 23.6 is an iffy proposition.
I use version 23.6 on 3 laptops and 2 desktops. One desktop is an Intel i3 and the other is an Intel i7 and its hard to tell the difference in speed between the two.
Keep up the good work!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-20
Votes: 17
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I’ve been using MX Linux for several years now on both my desktop and my laptop for everyday tasks, development work, and a bit of gaming. It’s an awesome distribution.
What I especially like is that it’s a real Debian, enhanced with lots of small graphical tools that make tasks normally done in the command line much easier. I also love that it’s based on Xfce — my favorite desktop environment, no matter how powerful (or not) the machine it’s running on.
NVIDIA driver integration is excellent, which is pretty rare on Linux. Even if you want to install them directly from the NVIDIA repositories, it’s all set up and supported. The team, though small, is very responsive. The few bugs I reported were fixed really quickly.
The package installer offers a ton of options, including proprietary software from third-party repositories — super convenient — as well as Flatpak and backports.
Its weaknesses are the same as Debian’s: it’s stable, but you shouldn’t expect to get the very latest versions of libraries and software. Another drawback is the lack of a built-in upgrade process between major versions. It’s doable, but a bit tricky. Fortunately, it’s easy to create a list of installed packages using a built-in utility and reinstall them just as easily after reinstalling the system.
For laptops, power management setup could be made easier. I managed to get much better battery life by tweaking TLP, but you have to dig into some pretty obscure config files.
Aside from those few flaws, it’s an excellent system. I’ve tried a lot of distributions, and MX Linux is one of the very few that I’ve truly enjoyed.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 3
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MX Linux is my daily driver and even using it on my gaming PC, very clean Xfce desktop, no issues upgrading, everything is smooth and reliable. My opinion is this distribution is the goldie locks zone using the advanced hardware support, everything is user friendly in changing the system and the MX package installer has everything any type of user will ever need. The MX tool set are the best I've ever seen.
All network options work, ethernet, wifi, sound mixer, installing Nvidia drivers are painless if you're into gaming.
'Hands down the best distro I've ever used.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 5
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Using their newest beta release: Infinity, KDE edition, and I must say it's technically helps recalling my good old memories of windows 7 and 10. The new wallpapers are beautiful, the one I like is the blue infinity that kinda looks like the old windows 10 wallpaper. About the usage, everything works, and finally they made the right choice of making KDE a systemd only iso, cause Plasma has many moving parts that required systemd, and now finally MX supports it out of the box. I'm gaming mostly, and I have Nvidia, everything is going smooth Wayland and Plasma. So if people looking for a way, cause of the windows 10 EOL few days ago, MX KDE is the way. You will never have to open the terminal, I guarantee you that, cause MX Linux has their most useful stuff: MX Tools. It's basically a windows 7 control panel but better. And it makes every command for you in the background so all u see is a nice GUI. 10/10 operating system. And the snapshot tool omg is another good stuff. You can basically clone your current OS and install it over the same programs and stuffs to your friends and family. Even wallpaper stays if you tell it so. 10/10 I say, 10/10! Installer? Very detailed, and very easy with lots of useful stuff like reinstalling MX but keeping your personal datas even if its on same partition. Yepp. Or zramswap helper and LUKS setup is cool also! And now their swap setup is smarter than Debian's cause it actually scales it to your current RAM. These guys are true techies and know what theyre doing
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-19
Votes: 15
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Using their newest beta release: Infinity, KDE edition, and I must say it's technically helps recalling my good old memories of windows 7 and 10. The new wallpapers are beautiful, the one I like is the blue infinity that kinda looks like the old windows 10 wallpaper. About the usage, everything works, and finally they made the right choice of making KDE a systemd only iso, cause Plasma has many moving parts that required systemd, and now finally MX supports it out of the box. I'm gaming mostly, and I have Nvidia, everything is going smooth Wayland and Plasma. So if people looking for a way, cause of the windows 10 EOL few days ago, MX KDE is the way. You will never have to open the terminal, I guarantee you that, cause MX Linux has their most useful stuff: MX Tools. It's basically a windows 7 control panel but better. And it makes every command for you in the background so all u see is a nice GUI. 10/10 operating system. And the snapshot tool omg is another good stuff. You can basically clone your current OS and install it over the same programs and stuffs to your friends and family. Even wallpaper stays if you tell it so. 10/10 I say, 10/10! Installer? Very detailed, and very easy with lots of useful stuff like reinstalling MX but keeping your personal datas even if its on same partition. Yepp. Or zramswap helper and LUKS setup is cool also! And now their swap setup is smarter than Debian's cause it actually scales it to your current RAM. These guys are true hackers (in a good way) and know what theyre doing
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-10
Votes: 0
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I am currently using another distro but have used MX Linux for many years. The computer I have is not new but has an I5 processor and 16GB ram. The video card is a RTX 1020, an older but reliable graphics card. I have been currently running Zorin OS and could not be happier. It just looks better and I understand that most users are running MX Linux not just for its ease of use but for the hardware reasons. I still give it an 8 out of 10 rating but Zorin has been running error free, looks great, and runs all the programs that I use on my computer without issues. The interface is a custom version of GNOME and it runs great and is better than the original GNOME. MX Linux has something that many other distros lack and that is the ability to create snapshots of the OS. It remembers all your settings and you have the choice of just backing up the OS and settings or all that and your files as well. Its without a doubt, a good choice for anyone whether experienced or not.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-10
Votes: 5
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I'm a NOOB in Linux but have delved in a few distro's but the last was Mint XIA on a Lenovo 81CW with 4GB ram 2-1 with Touch screen and a Pentium Gold processor. With XIA the touchscreen did not work but with libretto it worked from the get-go. Libretto is so much faster then XIA in all functions/applications so I can share this 2-1 with my 4 Y.O. granddaughter so she can play/learn GCompris. Took a chance with MX after all the reading trying to find a Distro that would work with TS and everywhere said if you've got a distro with an up-to-date kernel they should all work. NOT! Just installed on a DELL Precision M4800 as Dual Boot so after a couple years of trying minimum of 5-7 distros I've settled.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-10-03
Votes: 0
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After achieving good results from MX 18.3 and 19.4 and less so from the 21.x series, I have been greatly disappointed with the latest releases. I have tried to install MX 23.2 multiple times on my Lenovo Thinkpad T490 (32 GB/500 MB) and MX 23.3 on my Dell Latitude 7490 (64 GB/2.0 TB).
Bugs appeared even before I could get the install set up the way I wanted. I could not restart or shutdown from the desktop and had to use the ON/OFF button to restart. It kept going back to the login screen. The options in the upper right corner of the screen were grayed out and inoperable. Again, an infinite loop became apparent at that point with no way out.
The only way I could install 23.3 was to do an upgrade step by step from MX 21.3 to 23.0, then to 23.1, 23.2 and finally 23.3. This is really a ludicrous way to do things and another statement for the poor state of today's Linux landscape.
Also, MX it is very dated, especially the ugly, notorious installer, and it has become a real memory hog compared to earlier releases. Just like so many other Linux distros, it has fallen off dramatically, especially since 19.4, which I believe was their very best work.
I have been having so much more success and satisfaction with Ubuntu 24.0 with Snaps removed and registered the Ubuntu Pro option on three of my five laptops with updates until 2036. Linux Mint and LMDE have also both stood the test of time. I plan to be using all three of them for the foreseeable future.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-03
Votes: 39
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One of the few distros that always installed themselves without errors booting the installation media, the installation process and the installed distro booting itself.
It inherits all the standard Linux issues of all distros (e.g. app permission granularity, huge kernel, excessive layering, etc.), but it's my favourite distro, at the moment, and I even prefer it to Arch and derivatives, lately.
MX Linux, at the moment (23.6) is not as up to date as some other distros (e.g. kernel versions, KDE ones etc.), but it uses more stable versions (with its own tweaks and configuration), so it may be a better choice.
Only Debian 12 comes close, but it's not quite at the level of MX Linux for smooth use experience (fewer bugs) and MX Linux also has easier access to newer software; however with Debian 13 things may have changed and the difference may be smaller, now (but I haven't had a chance to test Debian 13 extensively, yet).
When MX Linux 25 is launched, though, I hope it's gonna be even more advanced than Debian 13 on software.
I always had errors with all the other mainstream distro I tried in the last few decades or so and the only other distros that never misbehaved during installation were one text based and one graphical, both in the '90s.
I use custom PCs, so I can't expect the best integration with drivers and the likes, but none of the errors I got were due to hardware faults and drivers were working on other kernels, so it should have been possible to install without workarounds or juggling with consoles and manual tweaks.
I am not going to comment on looks and customising options, because they are subjective and you can tweak any distro to any look and layouts (within reason), while I choose distributions based on structural differences (i.e. atomic updates, what init system they use, how they control the system and processes etc.). For example, MX Linux can use systemd or not.
As usual, your mileage can vary.
PS: Of course most/all Linux distros are miles ahead of any mainstream commercial excuses for a desktop/workstation/server "OSs" (particularly the top 3 and all their versions/derivatives).
Thanks to all who makes it possible!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-10-02
Votes: 0
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I tried MX-23.6.1_x64 KDE; installation was pretty simple and quick. After installation, my wireless Logitech keyboard wasn't recognized and started printing completely incorrect characters. Because of this, I couldn't update any software because I couldn't enter the password. I also couldn't change the keyboard configuration because I couldn't enter the required password. I had high expectations for this version of MX with KDE, but in the end, it was a terrible experience and a huge waste of time.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-02
Votes: 18
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I just LOVE it - thx MX-Team!!!!
... coming from Windows this is so easy and good - to me even a lot more comfortable than Linux Mint.
I is NOT as fancy, but still beautiful, plain VERY functional!!! hadn*t guessed that.
Installation of MX Linux, Just WOW, honestly - fast, easy and smooth - honestly a joy !
Installing software after system installation- easy and big variety!
Whole system very intuitive!! Excellent documentation and help for starters too.
... bye bye windows :-)
JUST GREAT - thx again!!!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-29
Votes: 13
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I give it a 10 out of 10 because it is a better debian in that it makes debian into a user friendly operating system. I have installed and used several linux types over the years and the one I have used in a production environment is MX/Mepis. I liked others such as plain debian stable, debian testing(sid), Mint etc. All linux versions are affected by developer philosophy and preferences. A big issue for me is that many of the permissions issues that create hurdles in other systems are handled or a way is provided to handle them in MX. In particular networking is better. This makes it usable more quickly than others. If you want to use it productively then it's hard to go wrong with MX.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-09-24
Votes: 0
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I tried 25 beta 1 of KDE - Installed and ran fine, but when I tried the nvidia installed it crashes every time. I then tried to download MX-25-Xfce_ahs and it comes of with error bad shim signature and error you need to load the kernel first. ???? I redownloaded and installed to a different flash drive and same problem. I even booted to Mx 25 KDE and made the iso from there and it refuses to the system. I will try MX-25_XFce_ash_sysvinit_beta1_ 64 next although not familiar with that version that makes it different.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-23
Votes: 16
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I too downloaded and installed MX-25_Xfce_ahs_sysvinit_beta1_x64. It runs on a 2TB portable USB hard drive connected to HP 8GB, Intel I3 CPU dual core processors laptop (distro-hopping only). I selected the whole partition as a install option. It ran without any issues. I checked Gparted afterwards, it setup a 250 MB EFI boot partition with the remainder of the 2TB with an ext4 partition. I was able to installed Firefox-ESR, Librewolf, and Torbrowser-launcher from the MX Welcome screen. I was also able to uninstall Firefox from the MX Welcome screen.
The only problem I encountered was with the wallpaper not changing every 10 minutes in random order. i did not change it manually, I am waiting to see if an update will fix this. I updated this MX beta version without any issues. Everything works as a beta version should.I will run this as a test daily driver and upgrade to MX 25 AHS XFCE SysV edition when it comes available.
Thank you for the fine support and work you put in this MX version. Keep up the good work !!!
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 25-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-22
Votes: 16
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Down loaded and installed MX-25_Xfce_ahs_sysvinit_beta1_x64. No problems out of the box. I have followed the Forum in comments about MX-25 and find other users having problems, but this particular BETA is without any on my computer. I have no complaints or advice considering my experience. It is stable and well put together. I would not use SystemD. Having tried it on Debain 13, it has not proven efficient or fast as they suggest. Having run MX Xfce ahs for awhile I found it covers all of the modern computer's initial drivers for the hardware.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-19
Votes: 26
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MX Linux Is stable, and well made.
It is more than a spin of Debian, It is a reimagined desktop,
here what it have.
1. the mx tools ( a graphical tools that makes any user a power user )
2. a very polish XFCE system.
3. the Light weight system due to the fact it is based on the xfce environment, yet MX Linux is a complete system with all the essentials and the tools.
4. the many tools like boot loader fixed, graphic NVIDIA installer, and the MX App Store ( which is a not flashy but perhaps the best app store i ever used) , also MX Linux still have the synaptic package manager as well.
5. MX Linux Like Debian is solid.
I been an MX Linux user for a long time using it on older and limited machines mostly, but recently I moved it to one of my production machines and I am so glad i did, for my computer is 3 years old but MX linux made it a super computer that is stable and light yet with no sacrifices.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-09-09
Votes: 27
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I entered the Linux world with great curiosity, and MX Linux was the second distro I wanted to try. Having abandoned the first one due to unresolved graphical issues, I installed this one with KDE Plasma, and it was love at first sight, due to its ease of use and practicality. Its tools are very effective and useful; in short, I can't live without it. Wherever I tried it, my MX live stick worked perfectly. There are certainly other distros more appealing for various reasons and different tastes, but I always end up saying: what do I do without MX's graphical tools? I highly recommend using it for newbies and those unfamiliar with the command line shell. Easy, stable, secure, intuitive, customizable, very simple snapshots and therefore the ability to backup the entire system... Here are all the advantages of MX, backed by the solidity of Debian.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-09-08
Votes: 3
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This is my second review, I have been using MX AHS for a few years not.
The good: stable, very fast, all packages I have tried from their repo are well done with clean install. The UX is (KDE) is generally awesome.
The bad: After the point upgrade from 23.5 to 23.6 bugs in discover drove my system into the ditch. Had to reinstall to eventually recover. Bug happens but discover is the package pointed to by the upgrade notifications system, it should work. Not an MX issue exclusively, other distros report problems. Time for a change.
More good. Following the little mishap, tried 2 other distros, they suffered from funky UX with low productivity to obvious problems with localization. In comparison, none of that type of error in MX.
Some more good. The forums are good, there is an enormous amount of goodwill on display. Also, I used the MX tools to install the notoriously troublesome NVIDIA drivers and it worked flawlessly.
All in all, I am sticking with it. Well done.
P.S. To bypass the discover problems, the initial upgrade (big batch) should be done via apt-get. It just works and it is really fast. I also accidentally blew out my dual boot windows partition but this was just a minor inconvenience.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-06
Votes: 7
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MX has always been PERFECT for me. I have used it since 19 on eeePC 2G ram. And newer laptops.
I like that it has OPTIONAL systemd.
BTW Fcitx5 IS clearly available for MX. Just do a web/AI search!
To install and configure Fcitx 5 on MX Linux, use the MX Package Installer to search for and install fcitx5 and its associated language modules, such as fcitx5-mozc for Japanese. Then, run im-config from the terminal to launch the configuration wizard and select Fcitx 5 as your input method engine, followed by logging out and back in to complete the setup
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-03
Votes: 28
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MX Linux is the only distribution I recommend to absolute beginners. Whilst its based on Debian its amazing array of tools really defines it as being an operating system in its own right. So much truly hard work and thought has gone on here to make it as easy as possible for newcomers to circumvent issues with GRUB/boot loader failures, kernel panic and a raft of other complex technical issues with a USB stick and few simple clicks from a GUI interface.
More GUI tools inside the OS make tasks like back up, personalisation/theming and installing popular everyday use software, such as Chrome or Firefox browsers and office suites, absurdly easy. There's also a forum which I have used that's extremely friendly and helps beginners with other issues or concerns they may encounter.
What I also like about MX is its not strictly speaking systemd, they emulate it but use init most of the time. That said, again if you want systemd, they offer yet another tool, to enable it. MX is also one of the increasingly limited number of OS's to support 32 bit in addition to 64 bit offerings. Yes you can download 32bit versions of MX Linux OS for those really, really old laptops you have a sentimental soft spot for. Its a shame Mint does not offer this.
More than that, I like the fact MX Linux is predominantly light weight focused. They are clearly considering people who have older hardware they want to keep using but have found Microsoft no longer supports. The lightweight XFCE is the flagship for MX Linux but if that's not enough, you have Fluxbox desktop which is even lighter again. One the other hand, if you have a more modern system, they sensibly offer a sophisticated KDE Plasma option.
The only downsides I can see with MX Linux are somewhat subjective and reflect my personal bias. I'm a Cinnamon desktop user and I would like to see that desktop option implemented in MX as its very stable and nice to use. I also don't like the vertical panel that's a default in MX XFCE. Yes, I know you can place it along the bottom of your screen with some work but why not set that as "default". I find this choice on their part eccentric.
Perhaps the only other obvious downside to MX is you may not learn much about Linux. That said, for someone who just wants to use Linux and isn't interested in what's going on under the hood, as is the case with, I suspect, most Microsoft or Apple end users, its a fantastic free alternative, that respects your privacy and works on older and newer hardware alike.
In summary, MX Linux is a fantastic choice for beginners and people who just want an operating system that works on older and newer hardware without any technical fuss.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-09-03
Votes: 0
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With Windows 10 support ending, I've been considering migrating to Linux. After researching various options, I found Fedora and Arch too complex for a beginner like myself.MX Linux seemed less complicated and stable, so I thought it might be suitable for a novice like me and decided to try it.
However, it appears MX Linux still hasn't implemented Fcitx5, even in its latest version.
As I'm not from an English-speaking background, this is regrettable. It seems I have no choice but to explore other migration options, which is very disappointing.
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-08-28
Votes: 32
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I am running MX Linux 23.6 using XFCE.
The system is fast and feels really light weight.
I have a old computer so that really helps.
I am a Linux beginner, but the included MX tools makes the system easy to use right from start.
I have tried Linux Mint and Lubuntu, but MX Linux feels even faster and has all the features I need.
I come from Windows 10 and I mainly use my computer for office work and browsing.
Thank you MX Linux for making this.
My hardware:
Laptop: HP elitbook 2560P
CPU: i7-2620M
Ram: 8GB (DDR3-SDRAM 1333 MHz)
iGPU: HD Graphics 3000
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Project: MX Linux
Version: 23.6
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-08-23
Votes: 0
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MX used to be a decent distro but on the last releases has shown a lack of polish and care that, in my honest opinion, makes it totally unreliable.
It uses sysvinit, which seems ok; but, while it does use Debian repos, there are several packages that demand enabling a service that just won't work. For example, input-remapper is unusable on sysvinit sessions. There are several other examples.
Also, the maintainers have done a poor job on their ISO's. Their most recent one for the KDE version was utterly broken. I could not get a graphical interface booting it. After that, they released a fixed monthly snapshot, keeping the older corrupted ISO version for download.
Finally, there is no secure boot support. While it seems somewhat irrelevant, that is unjustifiable considering that Debian, its base distro, does have that out of the box.
The documentation seems ok, but it is filled up with grammatical errors, which shows a lack of care.
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