Version: 18.3
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-06-17
Votes: 0
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Works good. Tried out several non-systemd distros, MX is middle of the pack. Void and Devuan are better. However, came to complain about one thing: conky. Both antiX and MX put conky on the desktop by default. Who wants this monstrosity on their desktop? The only way I could uninstall it was by zeroing out everything in the config file.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-06-15
Votes: 0
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Work in progress, at best! Easy looking, but incomplete installation (just try to change the default English language!), which needed fixes to boot up reasonably fast, followed by very unreliable operation in my experience (particularly USB).
This distro is meant to impress the geeky part in everyone of us, with that pointless, but very conspicuous 'conky' on the desktop. Apart from that, the xfce desktop is not bad at all, and is actually the best part of the experience.
Not to be recommended to convert a windows user to linux! There are much better distributions for that in my opinion.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 24
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I dual boot and mainly use MX-18.3 as a backup to a KDE distro. On the few occasions I use it the distro runs great, fast and stable with no problems.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-14
Votes: 22
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Just got back into Linux recently. I decided to dual boot a linux distro on my older laptop, and I was originally going to go with Mint, but after doing some research I decided to settle with MX. I can't say enough good things about it. Its not nearly as buggy as a lot of the distros I've tried in the past, and the community is lively and responsive. I would highly recommend MX to anyone getting back into Linux in 2019.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-13
Votes: 2
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Fast distro and easy to use.
hopping a bit from mint to antergos / manjaro I was looking for a simple, maintenance free distro for one of my older laptops for watching videos and webbrowsing. Whereas Mint is a bit easier for newbies, as you need to know a bit about linux to understand on where to click and what to choose from in MX Linux, I find MX Linux to be much faster on my old hardware. Did not like the task bar on the left, so I put it down to the bottom as in Mint.
I still would not exchange Manjaro on my main production machines for it, as I depend on cutting edge software in my work. Also the DE looks a bit less beautiful than Manjaro or Mint flagship DEs.
Very good distro, if you find all what you need in the debian repos & flatpacks (both cover a lot). But getting most recent, exotic software just works so much comfortably with the AUR then by getting it yourself and building it from source manually.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-11
Votes: 29
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Another former, long-time Cinnamon Mint user, here. While MX doesn't initially look as polished, I haven't found any bugs and more software is newer and most importantly, working. Mint is losing its shine as more and more apps from upstream Ubuntu repositories are very old or no longer work. In several cases the problems were traced back to systemd (guest accounts not properly contained, encrypted home directories left unlocked on logouts). They (and most other systemd distros) just disabled guest accounts and switched to full-disk encryption as the "fix". But a multi-user desktop host does not get the same benefits from full-disk encryption alone or the lack of guest accounts. I've found everything I miss here on MX, but it is often a little harder to configure, usually at the command line or by manually editing files (but only for the advanced issues I mentioned above, most users probably won't care about such). If or when they add more of these kinds of easier configuration tools to address these more advanced topics, it will be even more new-user friendly (now, new non-tech users will probably still find Mint an easier begin - except for the change in their default update policy, which will certainly cause newbies trouble that don't have the extra disk space and patience for managing snapshots). Some of these issues might be addressed by installing the MATE desktop (which I haven't yet tried, as Xfce is lite on these tools). One thing MATE makes easier is a tool to configure the keyboard (like Control and Compose key assignments, languages etc.). I generally like to stick with a distro's default desktop, but I will see how well MATE blends in on MX. On the other hand, the default Cinnamon on Mint will crash on me if I leave the system up for extended periods (24 - 48 hours) or close a laptop lid while a secondary monitor is active. I haven't tried multi-monitor yet on MX but I'm sure it's always graphics card dependent. I use only Intel graphics on HP laptops, desktops and Intel NUC's.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-10
Votes: 27
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The most significant advantage of MX Linux is its forum. Many guys are there to help you if you face any issue.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-09
Votes: 18
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Fast and truly user friendly.
Runs fine on my older hardware.
Dumping the buggy Linux Mint Cinnamon for good.
Cons: None
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-08
Votes: 0
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Let me start by saying that MX Linux is a very fine distro.
It just needs a KDE version to make it great. The config programs seem
to be all over the place and sometimes hide what you are looking for, its
there. you just have to look hard to find it. They need to redo setup
config programs for Xfce to make it simple. Have Compton working to begin
with. There are just to many places to look for config programs.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-06-08
Votes: 0
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I have been trying for a couple of weeks with usb-live, MX2 386, on old computers, performing fast, easy menu, some local setting NOT easy (like keyboard, language, clock etc) but with time I got around and found solutions. The upload time was faster than Xbuntu and others. Not much faster than Win, but running usual programs YES; then I made persisten key-usb and it was working very well untill I updated the system and everything went busted. Anyway I installed on my old 64 HP notebook with 2 GB and 250 HD and it's catsching my attention for the variety of repository, for many things, very customable system. I had used an old 386 more than 10 years ago with SUSE and I reckon it was one of the best OS, but sometime not link with other distros, so after many years I needed a fast, reliable system with low requirement. This is the case, it did freeze a couple of times, but comparing to Win it was like an exeption.
As a desktop user I will carry on testing, using and learning.
I want to thank the group of developers, because I believe it is an alternative to Ubuntu family (never liked much) and others. The basic is all there, then the responsability with so much choice is on the user. I think no one can say "here is the best OS ever made for all" , but it is far better than many other around. Thanks again
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-07
Votes: 52
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What I like -
1. Runs out-of-the-box excellently. My computer's old speakers give sound like new ones with this distro. It was possible in windows 7 only earlier.
2. It will really look like windows 10 if you keep panel horizontal.
3. You can choose boot between sysV or systemD. SysV doesn't suit to my old hardware so I switched to systemD as default in MX boot options.
4. Very responsive and very stable distro.
5. New and updated packages.
6. Updated ISO's are available and they won't take more than 5MB to update whole distro.
What I don't like-
Nothing :)
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-07
Votes: 1
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I love MX Linux but I wish they come up with cinnamon and KDE desktop. Right now, I find the desktop ugly. I know we can change everything around but make it more appealing to the eyes so to attract more beginners. Look at Feren OS, they did it right. The desktop is absolutely beautiful. But overall MX Linux is very fast, secure and reliable.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-06
Votes: 22
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Tried 18.3 on all my computers, laptops to desktops. It scales well, increasing in speed as more CPU cores and RAM are available. This includes a single-core CPU with 2 gigs of RAM. The included apps are good, usually with several choices as to things like package installer, file manager, etc. I've installed a few (very old) non-repository apps too without problem. Overall, MX-Linux 18.3 is versatile, stable, and fast.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-05
Votes: 21
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MX Linux is an operating system that runs like clockwork, I never had no problems despite my pc has more than 13 years works wonderfully. Is stable and fast. You can't ask for more..
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-05
Votes: 14
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A very stable distro. As a relatively newcomer to Linux I am very comfortable with MX Linux,
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-06-04
Votes: 5
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Overall quite fast, but I'm confused why are there many pre-installed apps, some of which are not really necessary, and having to find out which to remove are exhausting.
Like, who need the card/mahjong games by default? Why Geany is pre-installed when there is Featherpad for general use? Speaking of which, why include a qt-app (nothing against it though) when the default for xfce is Mousepad? There also seems to be more than one file manager (mc and Thunar, probably more) and terminal (xterm? and xfce terminal).
I wish there is easy way to choose what softwares I want to install as I don't want to clutter my menu.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-06-04
Votes: 4
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Sorry, but limited and poor installer bricked my Windows 10 system.
Did not have this issue with Fedora (30), Mint or Ubuntu...
Fedora is much more reliable for dual boot install.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-04
Votes: 22
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MX Linux is the best! I have tried a lot of them and this is the best to my opinion.Now ,everyone is testing Linux OS according to his needs and the performance is different, in different computers and you get the best features if you install MX Linux and erase the previous OS.The results are not the same if you test that on a VM.My computers are over than ten years old and installing MX-Linux took from five to eight min,in the same computers other "big" "good" distros took from 15 to 45 min and some of them even more.MX Linux is very fast,very easy to use and it is just beautiful.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-02
Votes: 1
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Pros: Work as live also on pc with 1GB ram so can be checked before install
Easy by design thanks to the well customized XFCE
All the program needed for a daily use
An useful offline guide
Fast and responsive also as live on a low spec pc (Asus eeePC)
All the hardware work out of the box
Avoid that still functioning pc's will be discarded helping to reduce eWaste
Solved trouble with touchpad present in the old releases
Cons: No one at the moment
Conclusion: Normally nowaday a pc has four GB ram try it live, to me it deserves a try.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-06-01
Votes: 7
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MX 18.3, Xfce
Kernel 4.19.0-5amd64 SMP, Debian 4.19.37-2-mx17+1
AMD 5770 video card, Xeon Processors
Pro: System seems to boot up and shut down quicker than 17.1 Login delay problem has been fixed.
Uses less than 1G of memory (~855M)
Can install VordVPN.
Can install 10 different Internet browsers.
Control Panel/MXTools/Package Installer & Repo Manager
Con: System still stutters when activating the menu, opening apps., opening browser tabs, playing card games; YouTube videos still buffer regularly. Same as the 17.1 version. System sound breaks on start up and shut down.
None of my other Xfce distros do that, so there's little reason for me to use MX Linux on a daily basis.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-06-01
Votes: 0
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Installation process is flawless.
usermod -u keep saying the user is active even though
I use the root account. I have to manually edit /etc/passwd
For some reason the external disk is not automounted. But Debian or Linux Mint on the
same machine are okay.
This one looks promising but the automount is driving me crazy and upset. I have googled
and followed the instructions but it just won't work!!
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-06-01
Votes: 18
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It just installs and works. No bugs, no hiccups, no "ooops". Awesome. Updating is a bit slow as the update is a large, monolithic package. Either everything or nothing. But the updates are available and, unlike Win 10, the updates do NOT break things! Awesome.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-06-01
Votes: 2
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MX 18.3 Xfce
kernel 4.19.0-5-amd64 SMP
Nvidia GPUs, Intel CPUs on desktop & laptop
It is my new favorite linux distro! I have used straight Debian as well as Ubuntu & Linuxmint. This one runs smoother & more trouble free than the others by a long shot. I am still rocking 10+ yr old hardware (Dell core duo laptop as well as older desktop tower) with no issues. ( low ram use is a key part of it)
You can't go wrong with XFCE desktop. Sure Cinnamon is pretty but it bogged down my cpu & had the log off issues.
Lots of browser options as well as every package you could possibly want or need to do what you previously ran on Windows OS. If there is something missing the great developers & maintainers are very accommodating to locate what you may be missing. They just added a whole section in Package download area for VPNs & other networking concerns. A big part of the computer experience is user support & their forum & FB group check that box in spades.
For all those Microsoft Windows refugees, this may be your safe haven. Easy transition to a new Linux OS. For all those long term Linux users, give this distro a try! Developers & maintenance team are quick responders when any issues come up.
If you have older hardware looking for a modern os update you can also try their sister distro Antix Linux.
LInux is all about choices - freedom of your data & customized experience. Mx LInux & Antix LInux offer the option of SystVinit or SystemD boot init That is a controversial area you can research elsewhere. You can't go wrong with this up & comer OS. I invite you to check it out! Join the MX world!
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-05-29
Votes: 4
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18.2
Excellent distro if not the problem of rkhunter which is not up to date (revision) as at Fedora30.
Indeed, on MXLinux, Xubuntu and some other distros like CentOs a supposed false positive (Suspicious Shared Memory segments) makes us paranoid. (In my case it is: xfce4-terminal which is incriminated and if I replace it with another terminal, it is the turn of policykit...)
I address MXLinux because I admire it for its fast reactivities, especially the security problems (example spectrum & meltdown and recently "zombieload" in MX 18.3)
Pro:
Solidity, fluidity, safety, stability, ease of use, Plume Creator (which I can't find on Fedora)
- Xfce well integrated without bugs unlike in "Fedora30 Xfce" (which I also like).
Thank you.
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-29
Votes: 5
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ENGLISH:
MX linux works very well for the usual uses: internet, videos, office suite, printer ... and is much faster than W10 it's an excellent distribution ... but the comparison unfortunately stops there: for video games it will not work better than other Linux distributions, even with Proton ...
FRANCAIS:
MX linux fonctionne très bien pour les usages habituels: internet, vidéos, suite bureautique, imprimante...et est beaucoup plus rapide que W10, c' est une excellente distribution...mais la comparaison malheureusement s' arrête là: pour les jeux vidéos, cela ne fonctionnera pas mieux que les autres distributions Linux, même avec Proton...
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-28
Votes: 3
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Excellent.
Only one complaint:
• I would like to have my panels REPLICATED on all monitors (not expanded). I plug/unplug my laptop into various docking stations with one or more monitors. The only solutions I have found online are to make entire new panels on all monitors. Kind of a crazy solution.
More of a compliant on XFCE than MX specifically.
Still my favorite distro, and still earns a 10/10
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Version: 18.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-28
Votes: 1
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I did try many Linux Distros (Fedora, OpenSuse, Manjaro, Mageia, Ubuntu - and other Ubuntu families, Linux Mint, Solus, Zorin, Debian, ... probably forget some), but MX Linux is the most convenient and my opinion the best distro. First of all it's based upon a very stable Distro, being Debian Stable and second of all it's fast and everything works out of the box. Extra on this, it's a Semi-Rolling release, having more frequent updates then Debian, however of course not the very last versions of packages, but it's all working well !
I'm using MX since version 17 and the upgrades, now towards MX-18.3 went always well and smoothly.
I want hereby to congratulate the MX-Linux Developers for their nice, excellent work.
By the way, the first distro I did make a donation for !
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-26
Votes: 0
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Problems with Xsane and Gimp I cant make right.....YET !
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-26
Votes: 24
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My first choice for a distro, it's the default partition on all my computers and I don't see that changing any time soon.
Early on in my Linux voyage, (east 2000s), I was a big fan of Simply Mepis and MX shares that heritage and after messing about with the Ubuntus for many years I switched back to MX 2 years ago and I felt at home. Their support forums are friendly, none of that RTFM bs. It's a very stable, usable, distro as you'd hope for and expect from a Debian based distro, with a bunch of very handy and useful custom utilities added.
If I want "bleeding edge" I have partitions with ArcoLinux on some machines but for daily "getting stuff done" it's MX for me.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-24
Votes: 29
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Like AntiX only done better--at least on all the laptops I have tested it out on. These machines are 5-7 years old, and only one would have been considered a top model in its time. This is so far the most stable and fastest of the various Linuxes that I have tried. They seemed to have thought through all the various issues that arise once you get beyond neophyte user of a Linux distro and solved them.
Pros: Does everything you like about Linux distros on home computers better.
Con: About the only thing I have encountered so far is installation routine takes a bit longer than many other versions.
I love this version of Linux.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-24
Votes: 19
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Used MX Linux to replace Windows 10 (which replaced Windows 7) on my almost 9-year-old laptop. It runs incredibly nicely even when browsing maxes out my 1 core CPU. And it's incredibly secure with full disk encryption and you can install sdmem and automate it to secure RAM as well.
With the option to run from a Live CD, it's worth checking out.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-24
Votes: 13
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Mx Linux is an excellent distro.
I have installed it on my Intel NUC desktop. I use 8gb ram, 128 gb M.2 ssd for my operating system and home files and one 120gb ssd for extra storage. It runs very well. 30sec bootup. Programs run fast and well out of the box. Mx Linux detected all of the connections including wifi. No problems with setup.
I was very impressed with Mx Linux so I put it on my Dell 13" laptop. It has 8gb ram, 240 gb ssd and again it ran well out of the box.
I like that it comes with its own built in Mx-18 Users Manual (about 180 pages!) It helped me to install things like the printer, use the live usb creator and how to work the Mx Updater. It made doing these procedures easy.
Additional programs are easy to add or with the Mx popular programs manager or the Synaptic package manager. These programs can easily be added or removed very quickly.
My conclusion... this Mx Linux 18 is the best distro I have seen thus far.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-23
Votes: 15
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It came as a surprise to me. Having try Ubuntu,Debian,Mint open Suse I would defiantly recommend it over them. Fast-Stable-Easy to install, you can get on with your life not worrying of what might go wrong.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-05-21
Votes: 0
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Version 18.2, unlike other distros, start to boot and fails.
Checksum is correct. It seems to be a quick assembly.
(Ubuntu, Mint, Trisquel and Puppy Linux boot fine)
Computer: Dell Optiplex 7010, 4GB, 64 bits CPU.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-20
Votes: 71
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I started using MX about 2 years ago, dual booting with Windows 7. While I still have W7 loaded on my machine, I have not booted into it in over a year. MX just works. I'm running it on an older Dell Optiplex 960 with NO issues. After having tried various Linux distros over the years, I am glad that I have found on that I can stick with for all of my daily computing...AND...I won't ever have to suffer with Windows 10. :-)
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-19
Votes: 0
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This is quite a good distro. I am not giving it a 10 because it does tno support UEFI boot at all. I tried installing on PBR (Partition Boot Record) and ESP and neither managed to be boot up, one even with Legacy boot turned on instead of UEFI. I finally got MX Linux to boot by switching to Legacy boot. But once booted, everything works well. All my hardware is detected and working, and I was able to install Chrome and access my files with no problem. Because this is Debian based and I have been using various Ubuntu builds, package updating is familiar for me.
I will use this distro for a while.
--- mswoon
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-18
Votes: 50
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I have tested many distro such as ubuntu 16, 18, 19, mint, openSUSE, Elementary and debian. I think this distro is the best. because:
1) Many useful software for instillation
2) super stability
3) Lightweight environment
4) Very good looking
I have found no cons so far. I definitely recommend this distro for beginners and experts.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-05-17
Votes: 1
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I don't see what this has over AntiX linux, I like the more spartan interface of AntiX, and I think it just plain looks better. I noticed when I went to boot this from the live CD (USB really), the mouse wouldn't work. It would move to the right of the screen and nothing would get it to come back and act normal. Earlier versions didn't do that, and when I saw this, it was a show-stopper for me. Might be an easy fix, but I have precious little time for something that should just work OOTB.
I ended up installing Manjaro (MATE) on all my systems and love it.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-16
Votes: 2
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Rock solid, fast, light, and customization. I also love the mouse+keyboard shortcuts for managing open windows.
The system is a real joy to use.
Just one small thing. On my main desktop when I awaken the PC from sleep mode the CPU fan runs full speed so there seems to be no fan control from sleep mode.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-16
Votes: 32
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I used/tried the following Linux distributions (in order): Red Hat, Mandrake, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Elementary, Mint, Manjaro. My search for systemd-free distribution brought my attention to MX Linux which occupied the second spot in Distrowatch at that time.
I was somewhat skeptical as I was never a big fan of Xfce desktop. It turned out my skepticism was unfounded and the distro really deserved its high rank. It also made me like Xfce. Who would have thought that giving what majority of Linux users wanted - systemd-free distribution - and in a nice package made the popularity of it skyrocket???
On the positive side: everything worked for me out of the box. Practically everything I needed was included by default (like C development tools). The distro feels light after GNOME and KDE. Stable. It is just fun to use.
On the negative side some of the native Linux games from GoG have some problems running. I am willing to overlook this for now as I do not have much time for gaming these days.
Big thanks to the team!!!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-16
Votes: 15
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I must say MX Linux is my sole Linux distro. I removed last mint-flavored distro, and now have MX Linux installed on 4 various machines; 2 desktop PCs (HP Pavilion, circa 2009 with 8 RAM and 500gb hdd; HP 110 - refurbished - 16gb RAM and 1tb hdd); 2 laptops ((Apple Macbook circa 2009 4gb RAM, 250gb hdd; low end HP 15 laptop circa 2016 with 8gb RAM and 500gb hdd). All installations run flawlessly.
I've played with numerous installs of linux over the past 6 or 7 years from Tiny Core to KDE Neon. Lots of tweaking and upgrade challenges along the way; few were stable enough for everyday production over the long term. I started with MX 15 on my first machine in order to dump Windoze 8 initially, and have never looked back.
MX just works, out of the box. With several other flavors there have been issues with the lack of some driver support with the older machines.
This is a GREAT distro. While Antix is a great distro itself and shares much with MX, Antix for me is a little "spartan" out of the box. MX has the perfect combination of out of the box utility, stable enough for daily productivity, enough beauty to be modern, yet not enough to be sluggish like many of its cousins.
Keep up the good work.
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Version: 16.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-16
Votes: 1
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Really pleased with performance and ease of maintenance on several older laptops. Nice software inclusions and utilities. Snapshot features are great for backing up and keeping an up-to-date iso handy for re-installation or deployment to other computers.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-15
Votes: 28
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Running MX LInux on my Thinkpad T450s as my daily driver, very fast, as fast as Clear Linux ! I Good battery life. I only experienced a freeze caused by touchpad sensibility that I set too high. Very satisfied, probably the best Linux distro.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-15
Votes: 0
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Been using exclusively for about a year; have previously used Ubuntu, deepin, and Fedora. There've been some very minor issues here and there, mostly related to hardware, but nothing that was really all that difficult to google and fix. Excellent out of the box, user friendly but not too much hand-holding, light but not to the point of inconvenience. I recommend it to everyone.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-14
Votes: 17
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Mx is the best OS that I've ever used. It is stable, responsive, functional, versatile, lightning-fast, and light-weight (
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-14
Votes: 16
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My greatest Linux love. MX has been my main OS for years, running great. Customizing it is a snap and the included tools are practical, for me there's been no need to download further applications. MX support is also impressive. MX Linux is so problem free, that it is almost boring. But that isn't something to regret, huh?
I only wish the installer included more modern file system options like F2FS or NILFS.
Devs, thanks for all your efforts and hard work.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-14
Votes: 10
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I am a novice Linux user. I use my system for reading, writing, editing pdfs, surfing, some minor graphic design. I've used Linux in two distros since 2007. I run Mx on a 2.4 Ghz i3 laptop with 6 gb RAM.
Pros: Install was as easy; worked out of the box; stable (no crashes, lags, slow-downs since install three days ago); light-weight (~420 MB ram on start-up); fast (30 s. from pressing on to browsing Firefox, going through password entry); worked with all my hardware OOTB; looks good OOTB; easy and fun to customize.
Cons: OOTB LibreOffice window is fixed in place.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-14
Votes: 3
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I've distro hopped quite a bit over the last 10 years and MX is the most stable and user friendly distro I have used.
Pros:
stable
xfce
many nice MX tools
MX user guide
no systemd
Debian based
many software packages available
great default setup
no wasted time troubleshooting install or upgrade issues, always works
very resource friendly
visually it looks good
good documentation and forum
Cons:
No complaints. Well done MX team.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-12
Votes: 11
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My thoughts,
Easy install no issue at all , running on an old Compaq Presario Laptop , CQ model 2gb Ram and Dual Core celeron processor , not super fast but not super slow either.
I like the look and feels modern in the GUI , even though its XFCE , all very seem less , was running Lubuntu 18.04 until i gave MX ago , all running well , this will move to my daily driver for now , let see how it goes so far so good,
PS all the MX tools are very handy
Thanks
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-11
Votes: 7
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This is my first linux distro install to my hard drive with dual boot windows 10. I screwed up the first installation but was able to go rescue it using mx boot repair. I like the package manager and the fact that MX Linux comes with just about everything I'll need. There were a few times that everything froze and I couldn't use the mouse-- had to do a hard shut down. I still prefer it over Windows-- there's more control over my system and everything is running fast.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-05-11
Votes: 1
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Easy and works with older laptops...only issue so far is seamless mode on virtualbox doesn't play well
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-10
Votes: 44
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I said goodbye to all, so popular, Ubuntu-based distros. I said goodbye to all RedHat-based distros, too. No more endless googling to solve all problems. And now, with MX Linux, I am just happy.
MX LInux is a fresh air of my life! Why? Because everything works as expected for pretty long time (more than year now) without any troubles. Thanks MX guys!!!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-09
Votes: 65
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After many years of testing different distros, MX-LINUX WORKS, YES, Works on a DELL Inspiron 8600 Intel Pentium M 710 PC, 1,5 Ghz NO-PAE RAM 512 MB, Nvidia Gforce 5200. When I installed it I thought, it is LIVE . He had managed to resuscitate a PC with more than 16 years, with a modern operating system, elegant and fully functional.
Obviously, heavier applications or games do not work well, but that's the fault of the PC, not the MX LINUX distribution.
And it also WORKS on an Intel Atom N270-1.6Ghz Notebook, RAM 1Gb RAM and of course on the most modern PC's.
Fast, Stable, Light. Simple installation. Many applications
The XFCE Desktop has many options to configure it to your liking.
For the most enthusiastic LINUX, it may not be the best Distro, however it is the perfect replacement for Windows XP, 7, Vista and 10.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-08
Votes: 15
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For me it is the best Distibution off all time because:
Pro
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1. The Choice, systemd or SysVinit in Grub. (By Default systemd is deaktivated but you can change that after the boot with the MX Boot Options easily if you needed.
2. MX Packet-Installer: Many populare Programs you can find there (debian stable, mx testing, debian backports and flatpaks (from flathub)
4. All the other MX Tools and the decision to install XFCE by the default.
3. Stable!
Cons
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It is very boring now because everything works :)
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-05-07
Votes: 0
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It's fancy at first but has its downsides when you are going deeper.
Too many tools installed out of the box.
It's debian based but you can't follow many official debian guides for setting up things the debian-way because of MX Linux' no-systemd philosophy.
LXC is hard to setup. LXD even harder or impossible. Snapd (requires systemd) as well.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-07
Votes: 33
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I find the deliberate lack of systemd to be a huge advantage and the reason why I sought MX out well before it climbed to the top of the charts. And what other reason do you suppose there is for this particular distribution to rise so quickly after the previous throne holder did their final conversion to complete their dependencies on systemd? Of course I personally don't want applications that have these dependencies, but MX includes the shim to allow for the restoration of much of that compatibility. On the other hand, systemd has caused regressions in many other important applications that I need and can't easily replace. How do you replace the secure guest accounts that are now gone from Ubuntu and Mint due to one regression that is coming up on three years old now? If you actually love systemd (some do) you don't want to be here. If you have issues with it (many do) than this is the best ship sailing.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 4
Date: 2019-05-06
Votes: 0
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It's sorta just buggy ubuntu without systemd. Not that great.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-06
Votes: 1
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I run MX Linux in a virtualbox on my Linux Mint 19.1 Mate' desktop. Gotta admit it's awesome enough to make me want to install it as my main OS and run Mint in a virtualbox! I especially like the lack of systemd. Xfce isn't my favorite DE, but it's better than it used to be and it's growing on me. If MX Linux came with a Mate' DE option out of the box I'd already be there! Time will tell.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-05-06
Votes: 5
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The 32bit version is surprisingly nippy on an old Thinkpad Z61M. Turned a doorstop back into a useful laptop. It's simplistic GUI is probably unnecessarily lightweight for a well spec'd PC or laptop, but ideal for reviving that rave from the grave, you bought off eBay for a song. If you want beautiful look elsewhere, functional with no frills is the name of the game here and what's wrong with that?
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-05-04
Votes: 0
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Installer failed to create the partitions on my disk. You lost my interest MXLinux.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-04
Votes: 9
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my love : debian 32 bits + xfce on a 13 years old laptop ! MxLinux rocks
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-03
Votes: 0
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Very fast, docile, clean, good font rendering, has almost everything I need, and I love that systemd is not the default; good old sysinit is!
SNAPS requires turning systemd on, but that's easy.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-02
Votes: 20
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I am not fun of any distro, but I have to score 10/10 MX. This is why.
I installed on 5 laptops, all of them now work better than before with preinstalled Windows 10/8.1/7/Vista.
Since 2017 I mainly use MX in my workstation. 3D modeling in ANSYS, python simulations, R rutines, and sometimes Matlab m files are the main tasks. Also do graphic design and lettering work with Scribus, Inkscape, and photoediting with Darktable. All of those run flawlessly.
Thanks developers
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-02
Votes: 16
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As I love the XFCE desktop it was only natural I would eventually try MX Linux. I'm glad I did because this Debian based distribution brings a lot to the table, It's fast, stable, light on system resources, installs easily, rolls certain apps, and has a number of very useful system tools. The MX forum is friendly and the distro comes with a really nice 182 page user manual that's chocked full of helpful links and videos. If you are looking for a quality mid-weight distro MX-18.2 might meet your needs. It certainly deserves a look.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 3
Date: 2019-05-02
Votes: 0
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Not sure if it takes longer to boot into the live USB but mine gets stuck "Starting cgroup management daemon: cgmanager" never gets thru the boot so I can't use it.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 7
Date: 2019-05-02
Votes: 0
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Everything in this distro is so awesome, but, for some reason, when i connect it on my router, the system try to connect to the internet from another router on my network. So if I need to use internet on it, I actually need to turn off my another router and then connect it. that's annoying
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-05-01
Votes: 19
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Absolutly beautiful Distribution. Easy Install and very stable. I will never change ever again. Nice to see this Distro is the N#1 now! Thank you Devs for this awsome work!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-30
Votes: 16
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I did quite a bit of tweaking to get it the way I wanted. XFCE was an excellent choice of Desktop Environment. The MX Tools are very handy, and there are a consider number of them.
Update after update nothing breaks. Just a solid, highly configurable OS overall.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-30
Votes: 18
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Stable, easy to upgrade, and nothing breaks althought this is semi rolling release.
This MXLinux is the best distro so far. Based debian with its rock solid stable nature. MX Package Installer for easy install package and other apps, Flatpak support, and this distro support my amd gpu out of the box. No hassle when installing it.
This distro will become my daily driver for years
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-29
Votes: 7
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Yesterday, I installed MX Linux on my computer.
This Linux distro really is extremely good, very easy and simply great.
Installation of softwares and packages are very simple.
The only thing that could be better is that MX really should consume less RAM usage and it's also a bit boated, but not too much.
In my view, Debian or Ubuntu really could learn from MX Linux.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-04-29
Votes: 0
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I had an unspecified freezing issue. I switch to another distro and no more freezing issue.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-04-29
Votes: 0
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I've used slackware so far and my laptop never froze. They use mx linux for a few days, freezing 4 times. Thank you, I switch to another distro.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 6
Date: 2019-04-29
Votes: 0
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I tried it recently on my 2010 HP Pavilion laptop. I found it to run well and behave as expected.
Its numerous graphical configuration tools can be useful, but also a bit confusing, you get lots of entries in the Xfce settings panel, plus the "MX tools" panel.
Overall I don't like the default interface settings, which I find both strange and austere. However it's Xfce, so you can easily make it more comfortable and good-looking.
To my taste there are a little too many useless programs preinstalled, things like Adobe Flash or games don't need to be included in a default installation in my opinion.
The software repositories are mostly the Debian stable ones so you can find lots of programs, but not really up to date.
The distribution is quite fast to boot but takes a little time to power off.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-29
Votes: 9
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Pro's ...works Great on most of my pc's...Very few issues for the last several years or so with 17+ versions to current 18.2. EXCEPT...
Cons: have had some issues with one of my computers losing dual monitors on V18.2. No sure what the issue is at this point, but investigation is under way...there was an issue with dual monitors when going to sleep. changing video card to ATI 5770? NOW not having ISSUE WITH DUAL MONITOR.
I am ordering a MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB GDRR3 64-bit HDCP Support DirectX 12 OpenGL 4.5 Single Fan Low Profile Graphics Card (GT 710 2GD3 LP) and see if this resolves the issue. My existing card that has worked for the last 3 yeas...maybe time to retire? will see!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-04-28
Votes: 0
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As an experienced Linux user for decades now, in the 32-bits version of MX-18.2 Tor browser crashed over and over again. Mostly after a few minutes or so, that safe browser crashed. I have to admit MX-18.2 runs on my old laptop very well, but as I do not use Tor browser on that device, I have no experience what would happen if I did. MX-18.2 is very fast, offers a complete set of software.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-27
Votes: 2
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I have been using many different Linux Distro's over the last 10 or so years, have used MX Linux for the last month or two, had some minor issues mainly related to myself playing with setting and was unable to fix what I had done. Installation was easy "provided you don't go back during the installation process". For Dual Boot I find it safe to disconnect the drives which are not related to the current install. Reconnect after the install and update the boot loader/grub.
I love the Conky's, and the ease of fine turning what is displayed in the Conky.
My System is over 10 years old Intel i7 920@2.67GHz Desktop 6 gig ram, several hard drives, Dual boots to MX Linux, Windows 10 32 Bit, Windows 10 64 Bit, Hackintosh and other Linux systems.
Everything works well.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-27
Votes: 4
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Well, the search is over, After years of looking I finally found it, a midweight Debian based xfce distro that knocks it out of the park. This bad boy does it all! How can you not love a distro that installs easily, runs fast, is rock stable, tweaks nicely to look great, is systemd free, comes with a fantastic 187-page help manual, is low on memory and CPU usage, is semi-rolling release, and has a well thought out selection of software included? I tried quite a number of distros before stumbling across MX. I'm glad I did because this baby is a keeper. It's no fluke this distribution has risen to the top on DistroWatch. MX is getting great reviews, so a lot of people are checking it out. You should too. It's a gem.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-26
Votes: 1
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Pros: Supports 32 bits, software adapts to hardware, easy to install. Cons: does not bring default screen brightness control in version for 32 bits. Otherwise it's great!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-26
Votes: 0
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Enjoying this experience for some months now, windows broke one time too many and now Iḿ here.
Installing was much faster and easier than I expected. No searching for drivers, MX just setup my hardware and everything worked.
Put the task bar at the bottom, changed the wallpaper, happy with the desktop now.
My computer is booting fast from SSD, no update problems to date. Found all the software I need
and have not for one second regretted the transition from windows user to new Linux advocate.
Give it a go, its different in some ways but easy to learn.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-26
Votes: 1
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Very good and fast but not perfect. SD-card reader not always detected. Updates are unsuccessful sometimes, which can be corrected with a command from the terminal, to refresh the repository. Not the fastest any more.
Manjaro runs a little bit faster on the same hardware with 8 GB memory (both are 64-bit systems).
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-26
Votes: 3
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Using MX for the past 9 months now. Works flawlessly. Best Linux distro I have been using since 2008. Highly recommended.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-26
Votes: 0
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Really fast and stable. Feels like i'm using a productive MX Linux
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-25
Votes: 2
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Best linux distro to recommend to beginners.
Everything works out of the box
Good package manager
Stable and just works!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-25
Votes: 1
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Really happy to see MX Linux on # 1 ... Best distro
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-04-25
Votes: 0
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I used it for a while, didn't get the performance I wanted. Then I switched to Spaky Linux. Sparky more light and fast than MX. MX offers no alternative desktop (and has too bad layout for me), but you have a lot of desktop options with Sparky.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-25
Votes: 0
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Runs flawless on a 32GB Sandisk USB flash drive running on a 2010 Dell Inspiron N5010 hardware.
Added the KDE Plasma desktop from the MX package installer, it runs perfect without any glitches.
Thanks to the MX team for making a great distro that's easy to install and run, it's the best distro that I've used since my endeavor into the Linux world since 2007.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 5
Date: 2019-04-25
Votes: 0
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Not the best. Didn't work for me. Stable, that's true. But not friendly.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-24
Votes: 1
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Number one in the DistroWatch rankings this week. Not before time.
I've been using a Linux distro since the end of XP in Spring 2014, and tried most of 'em.
Solid, fast, and pretty well everything 'out-of-the-box'.
Well done to all concerned. IMO the best Linux distro available.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-04-24
Votes: 0
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The installation image works fine, but the user experience goes downhill from there. For instance, to start with, I had to look for a fix to an extremely slow boot after installation, in sharp contrast to using the ISO with the USB stick.
MX linux may be convincing at first for native speakers of English, who will keep the default language, but there are lots of problems if you need to use any other language. There are solutions for most of these problems, that's true, but why bother when there are other distributions around that can handle it much better? And there are other problems, for instance with USB that goes dead for no reason, and so on.
The overall impression is that of a work in progress, that may, or may not progress from there. It is surprising how popular this distribution became. Trusting the wisdom of the group, I really tried very hard to use it, and to like it, but that was to no avail. In the end, you got to choose something that works reliably.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-24
Votes: 2
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I habe been looking for a systemd free distro with some desktop applications that would make my life easier. Something like apps available at ubuntu.
After stepping upon other distros i came to mx linux and will definitely stick with. Installation in my dual boot machine was a charm. It has an NVIDIA driver installer and the RealTek HD Audio ALC1150 works out of the box.
Even with an antiX linux working in a virtualbox as guest in my mx linux host installation i could see netflix with the sound out of the S/PDIF output of my mobo using the KVM paravirtualization.
And that just ouf the box. I could't believe. In widows i struggled several hours to make the same setup run and the performace from the windows host was not so good.
Please keep up the great work mx linux team and really thank you very much.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-24
Votes: 4
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Best debian-based distro out there, What Manjaro is to Arch, MX is to Debian.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-24
Votes: 1
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Pros:
This distribution rocks. Install is wickedly fast, the fastest install I ever experienced after all the initial questions. Xfce desktop is optimal efficiency, very balanced minimal environment low on system resources. Very stable.
Cons:
Dated applications or libraries, audio/video codecs, example opus, probably the best high fidelity lossy audio codec devised is way back in non-stable version in this MX 18.2 distribution. For those that want a measure of privacy (targeted web advertisement injection) and resistance to censorship by your Internet service provider, the program Stubby that encrypts your DNS requests is at a unworkable version in this MX 18.2 distribution.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-24
Votes: 1
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best of the best linux based on Debian,
make wonderfull with MX-Tools. Good Job.
Thanks
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-23
Votes: 4
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I've distro-hopped my whole life as a Linux enthusiast but have been a full-time Windows user... I'm seriously thinking about switching to this distro full time. It's unbelievably stable and I haven't run into any bugs I haven't caused my self! LOL
The amount of "MX" tools this team gives you is great and all built by the team themselves. Spin it up in a VM and see how it works for you!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-04-23
Votes: 3
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Tried booting and quick basic hw recognition of v18.2 live on a Sony Vaio VPCCA series currently on Windows 7 x64 and noticed that when once MX was up and inactive the fan was off whereas normally it's whirring loud all the time. Of the 5 distribs I've been testing for basic boot and hw recognition the only other that's done that so far is Xubuntu.
Good selection of applications though I couldn't see Wine nor Timeshift though iirc there's an MX equivalent there(?).
I'm hardly unique in being a Windows 7 user thinking of going dual boot to preserve use of known W7 apps while using Linux for the net, and learning gradually more broadly from that, but it seems odd not including a basic Windows (not-) emulator. 1.36GB hardly taxes the space even of the near-obsolete 2GB flash drive so the additional payload wouldn't be a killer... would it?
So I decided then to instal i386 of v.18.2 on an older VGN-TX5MN currently split between Windows 8.1 and Mint 18.2 on an ssd, booting the usb with the able assistance of plop bootman. Selective instal fails, it can't figure that sda3 is an extended partition containing sda5 (Mint Linux ext4) and sda6 (Linux swap) and complains that partition for root (sda5) is not a Linux partition. I had run Gparted and it reported partitions right and I suppose I could have used it to delete sda3, wiping the existing Mint instal and then proceeded again but I decided to have the educational experience of finding out how to up Mint from 18.2 to the latest if possible internally. Depending on the outcome I may revisit MX 18.2, as it seems to have struck a good balance between light resource use and good spread of basic apps and utils. Plus my attempt at installing Linux Lite in the same place 18 months ago wasn't exactly crowned with success (hence the Mint instal which had been a breeze in seeing the space left over by W8.1 as available for its own accommodation).
Live usb flash drives created with Rufus 3.5p.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-22
Votes: 22
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Stable and low on resources perfect for virtual os.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-22
Votes: 20
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MX Linux is probably the number one distro for anybody who is looking for stable, fast, lightweight and well-designed distro.
Moreover, big surprise, XFCE is really good DE!
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-04-22
Votes: 2
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Im trying different distros from like, 2011. And today I have found this. I always enjoyed xfce, however it lacked some other features in xubuntu etc. this distro is light, with all the functionality and tweaks you need for a desktop. also a good walkthru manual which you may find useful even if you are experienced
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-22
Votes: 5
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I'm using this for a stable distro you can install to others and move along with your business. Its very easy and quick to set up, great stable base (Debian) so easy to maintain if the need comes.
I'm so glad its great gui installer exposes btrfs-lzo as format option, that sold me right away (was getting tired of doing that manually in other distros). It comes with a nice selection of default apps, and a place for quick installing of popular, sometimes proprietary apps many people want. Especially useful for migration of former windows users.
Recommended for beginners to intermediate users, its not bloated slow like the others yet stable for work. Packages are older than on a rolling distro, but you don't have to worry about breaking it with updates.
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Version: 18.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-04-22
Votes: 2
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Running of a USB 3.1 flash drive on an old laptop with USB 3 support.
It is very fast and has easily configurable boot screens!
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