Version: 17.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-23
Votes: 5
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A very solid distro based on Debian Stable. XFCE is easily customizable, and lightweight. With the Snapshot feature it can easily save customized installs to a USB drive, allowing you to boot a live system and install from it retaining all your settings.
Pros :
- Stable
- Responsive
- Easy to install
- Fast system boot
- Fast desktop environment
- Very configurable
- Ease of Customization
- Large amount of software available / Easy to install
- MX-Snapshot / Allows you to create ISO's of the Distro from your system installation
- MX Tools
- Systemd free
- MX community
Cons:
None
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-23
Votes: 2
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So far MX is doing very well on 8 years laptop. I'm happy with it...
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-21
Votes: 14
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Absolutely love this distro! I have tried several in the past month but nothing even comes close to the speed, stability, and ease of use as MX Linux. It's the only distro so far where my USB 3.0 ports work. Boots fast, desktop environment is fast, and lots of software to choose from.
Pros:
Boots fast
Fast desktop environment
Customization is very easy
Can create ISO of distro after installation
Software to choose from/Easy to install
Stable
USB 3.0 ports work
MX Tools is a huge plus
Cons:
Absolutely none
Would recommend over any other distro out there!
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-20
Votes: 2
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I've been running MX Linux since a few days after it's release in March-2014.
Distro hopping was a pastime of mine until I installed MX Linux.
I've tried the brown one, the green one, the blue one, yellow, etcétera.
SalineOS was good until the lone developer had to make a living.
Pros: MX Linux is elegant, efficient and fast.
Based on Debian Stable, uses SysV init, Xfce4, some backports
and the MX magic utilities for the lazy amoung us.
The MX-Snapshot tool is something I'd only dreamed about. Set it up the way I want it, then make a snapshot ISO.
Install it somewhere else and it's ready to go.
The USB tools are unique for antiX and MX, in a class by themselves with persistence to provide a distro on USB in your pocket, as you like it.
Cons: Hibernation doesn't work --but hiberation seems to have been designed for Windows and doesn't work in many Linuxes. Suspension works fine or turn it off.
I've also come to the conclusion that the distros I like require the least tweaking to reach my desired look and feel.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-20
Votes: 6
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Pros:
- stable
- responsive
- great battery life
- vast amount of software available
- xfce (my favorite DE)
- no systemd
- many wonderful tools to make things easier/faster
- MX-Snapshot is fantastic
- easy install
- nice default setup
Cons:
- there is no shutdown or suspend option unless you log out first (I'm sure there is a fix, still looking into it)
Overall I'd say MX Linux is the best distro I have used and it will be my go-to. Finally found a solid Linux distribution that works on modern hardware, gives great battery life, has a solid xfce set up, and is without systemd. Exactly what I was looking for. Kudos to the devs for a great distribution with many incredible extras. Well done!
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-16
Votes: 17
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I've been looking for a Linux distro with persistence that I could run directly from a USB, tried many many different distros, and thanks to MX Linux the search is now over. It comes with persistence, and can even create another live USB while OS is running on USB...
MX Linux is a mid-weight, rock-solid Linux distro comes with many useful/common apps for everyday use. It's fast, stable and has great hardware support. Best Debian distro out there. Kudos the developers, thank you :)
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-16
Votes: 7
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20 years of linux testing(distro-hopping), I've seen pretty much all, the good and the bad.... Well I found my paradise, no need to search for better, MX Linux is stucked with me for a long time !
Pros : - stable
- easy to install and to use (scripts)
- very configurable
- fast
- lot of applications to install
- good support/community
- beautiful
- systemd free
Cons : not found any so far
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-16
Votes: 5
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Oyé! oyé! l'essayer c'est l'adopter :)
Les nouveaux venus, je vous en conjure de donner une chance à cette merveilleuse distribution!
Pour les rare cas; dans la langue de Molière (Fr_CA) avec clavier qwerty, qui, pour une raison ou une autre se retrouvent avec Anglais comme interface, rien de plus facile et en une minute, faites ceci dans la console:
sudo update-locale LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
Fermez séssion, ouvrer séssion! .. Tadaaa! ou sinon vous avez:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Rapidité et fluidité, solidité, plaisir, sécurité, (activez votre parefeu avant la première connection ;)
sudo ufw enable
Ps: pour avoir Wallis et autres.. dans le gestionnaire de fenêtres, faites ceci:
sudo apt install xfwm4-themes
Enjoy yourself !
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-13
Votes: 6
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I installed MX Linux on my sister's computer. It's the first time she uses Linux and her experience as a new user is fantastic: extremely easy, fast, efficient and stable.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-12
Votes: 8
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I've been using various Linux flavors for the past 10-15 years from arch based to suse, fedora, etc... Different DE's. I cannot find a single Con at this time and I've been using it for the past 2 months now. It just runs smooth, no breakage as long as you don't try to install programs outside of the repos. It's the best distro, period.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-09
Votes: 14
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Pros:
-MX Tools are functional and simple
-Great OOTB Xfce experience. Stable, lightweight and looks great
-No systemd (poeterring btfo)
-Pulseaudio (good poet)
-Stable. Based on Debian so it's insanely stable
-Great repository
-Great hardware support
-Whisker menu OOTB
Cons:
-No support for other DE's (but why choose anything other than Xfce?)
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-09
Votes: 3
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I bought a lenovo ideapad 320. of course win 10, eeewww. I have tried numerous Linux in the past. decided to try mx on this, fresh instal. Absolutely love it. No issues, ran right off with me. Great job!! So far no glitches.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-08
Votes: 11
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new to linux but this thing is fast and easy to use.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-08
Votes: 4
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Best user distribution. Fast, efficient, stable, configurable with with updated kernel and applications. Also very nice Xfce desktop and GUI. Very useroriented distribution with great tools. ubuntuMATE is also a really good distribution but Ubuntu/Canonical feels a little to business oriented and non-opensource like, specially now with new data collection policy from the company.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-04-07
Votes: 0
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This has been the most stable distro I've used, but the "forum" on the MX website has not responded to a few posts I've made, and I want to see--in any distro--and an install/reinstall/uninstall system EXACTLY like in Windows--no terminal nonsense. Does not exist in MX, and the package system is still obtuse to me. (I don't want to "learn" Linux, just use it)
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-01
Votes: 11
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absolutely love mxlinux, ive tried many many distros but nevr took to them linke mx
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-30
Votes: 19
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If you use XFCE (and why would you want to use any other desktop?), MX-Linux is simply the best.
No systemd, super stable Debian base with up-to-date software from the MX repos and useful MX tools.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-29
Votes: 23
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Tried Ubuntu, Q4OS, ChaletOS, Mint, Peppermint, straight Debian, and so on. Yes, I'm looking for that Windows work-alike that ISN'T from M$. I keep coming back to MX-Linux w/Xfce desktop. It's very tolerant of older apps and applets, and apps designed for other desktops, like my favorite KDE-based Mahjongg. MX-Linux is also tolerant of Seamonkey, my longtime browser/mailer, as well as its grandchild, Firefox. It works very well on my desktop (Haswell-E I7 5820K, 16G RAM, Samsung NVME, nVidia 1050Ti), and is my go-to OS for computers that I rescue from business offices and donate to my local charities. If its got two cores in the CPU, or a single core w/hyperthreading and about 2G RAM, MX goes on it. I rarely have to go searching for hardware drivers; MX seems to find everything every time. I'm eyeballing the IBM Think Center sitting on my wok bench - I'll try 32bit MX as soon as I replace the blown cap on the motherboard and boost the RAM to a gigabyte.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-28
Votes: 8
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This distro continues to amaze me. I have installed the 32 bit version on my desktop pc. I have now installed the 64 bit version on both my everyday laptop (Acer 5735-6211) and my HP Pavilion dv9000.
All 3 machines run flawless and everything I could not be more impressed. I know I speak for most people when I say I'm a distro-hopper I'm always looking over the fence to see what another distro is doing....cant tell you how many dvd's I've burned over the years with various LINUX ISO on them...well I wont lie and say I'm cured and will never do that again but what I can say is there is no need to look elsewhere ....WE don't know one another and you have no reason to believe me but with that said take a leap of faith and give MX-LINUX a shot...here's how it works on my machines ....FAST.
For those that may not know ....you can not run Google Chrome on 32 bit version...only 64 bit.
TO save you a little time I am going to add this in case you do want to add GOOGLE CHROME TO your 64 bit MX LINUX
GO to terminal window....type: wget https: // dl. google.com / linux /direct / google - chrome - stable _ current _ amd 64. deb
press enter and next type
sudo dpkg - i google - chrome - stable_ current_ amd 64. deb
press enter and you are good to go...you should have google chrome now installed on your debian based Mx Linux 17...
Great Distro and now it's my main OS....very very pleased...lot of hard work went into this Distro and it shows....it's very polished and has everything you should need to have a great operating system....just add CHROME....or not.
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Version:
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-03-28
Votes: 7
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My review is based on MX version 17.0:
My laptop: Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720
Pros:
+ brilliant XFCE desktop presentation
+ systemd free experience
+ MX tools
Cons:
- inflexible installer e.g. missing LUKS encryption options
- bumblebee did not recognize my optimus hardware leading X to a black screen after reboot
- suspend & resume issues (black screen + hard reset needed to return to a working system)
I was pretty impressed by this distro in the beginning, but the issues with my hardware forced me to return to Slackware 14.2, where everything (including bumblebee, resume, suspend) works flawlessly.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-28
Votes: 2
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Very nice that when you enable "Test Repository" that it is only enabled for that transaction, and when you close that action, it closes the "test repository". That way it ensures that you do not break your system. Jim205
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-27
Votes: 12
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Toshiba Tecra 8000 Pentium II 333mhz or 366mhz machines. 256 RAM.
VCL playing a 3gp video with htop loaded uses 95MB RAM of 244 MB kernel 4.9.0-686.
VCL playing a 3gp video with htop loaded uses 105MB RAM of 243 MB kernel 4.15.4-1~mx17+1 686-pae.
It is clear to me MX-Linux, it's speed benefits from Antix. I could never get the Mephis distro's to run on these Tecras.
I am grateful to both teams (Antix and MX-Linux) for their hard work and co-operation. They have made it possible for 20-year-old laptops to surf the internet, do office work and play videos and music.
Interested in how to light-weight this middle-weight distro? Prepare a snapshot on another machine and disable bluetooth, samba. Get rid of Firefox and use QTWEB to access the internet with a TP-Link PCMCIA card. Use a conky to keep an eye on resources.
Limitations to remember? One activity at a time - no multi activities. Do your grandparents multi-task? Fair comparison is only against what these machines used to be capable of (dial-up). Yes it will take awhile to boot, but expected.
Why invest in the effort using MX-Linux? Xfce and sound card recognition. These 20 year old old machines used to cost between $4000 to $8000 each depending on configuration. They had a 3 year warranty.
PS It is possible to run MX14.4, MX15, MX16.1 as well, in fact I have multi-boots with three different MX-Linux versions installed for cross comparisons.
MX17.1 has the clearest nicest screen and font layouts at par if not slightly better than the beautiful MX14.4's crispy clean.
If you are interested in putting an old machine into Linux service, top off memory to the max, consider upgrading your hard disk to 5400 or 7200 rpm with a cache of 8MB. If you are trying to restore an old machine using a disk running at 4200 RPM don't blame the Linux distro if things crawl.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-25
Votes: 15
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Best Deian out of the box. Systemd free and script features. Don't want to change distro anymore.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-24
Votes: 29
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I don't know why this particular distro makes me feel different. I've been using linux since 2005, and MX linux is the best operating system ever had. Its stability, art work, and scripts make it so enjoyable.
I wish one day distributions like this one are delivered preinstalled on brand new PCs.
Thanks developers for this beautiful OS.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-24
Votes: 3
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Run a group of networked Linux desktops. I started looking at new versions of Linux after noticing that the meltdown and spectre fixes were slowing down the systemd computers more than the systems without systemd. Never heard of MX Linux but the reviews were solid. This OS has quickly become my all time favorite! Well executed, no issues, works well with every pc we have installed it on. Would also work well for people new to Linux.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-22
Votes: 4
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Excellent integration and custom scripts apprecitated. SystemD free closes the deal!
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-03-21
Votes: 0
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I was using MX Linux 17 on Thinkpad x260.
The default desktop environment (XFCE) works well with it. But when i installed Mate Desktop Environment, the brightness setting is not remembered (which works fine with XFCE) also the keyboard lights are turning-on whenever i wake it from lockscreen.
The feeling of using it is very similar to debian, you've got your very familiar tool called apt/apt-get (whichever you use).
I'm not really sure why i moved away from debian, i just felt that systemd as init system is something that i should avoid (i just trust the more technical people and there arguments about it).
And i don't know why, but i feel guilty when i use linux os that uses systemd as init system. But i don't feel at home without apt/apt-get or similar tools that i'm familiar.
but overall, mx linux works great. this is by far the second longest distro that i used (ubuntu is 1st).
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-19
Votes: 19
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I was using MX-16 on an old Toshiba Celeron laptop. It worked great - never let me down once.
Talked my wife into getting me a new Dell 7573 2 in 1, brought it home and installed MX-17 without a hitch. Everything worked out of the box including the function keys, camera, touchscreen, etc. The only issue I had was the screen rotation. It took me a bit of searching, but found a script that works like a champ - https://gist.github.com/rubo77/daa262e0229f6e398766
Other than that one small hitch with the screen rotation there are no cons. I've been using different distros for about 15 years now and MX-17 is by far the best I've ever tried. I love the fact that it comes with all the tools, codecs, and programs I used to have to remember to install available with a couple of clicks.
Linux in general has come a long way. I believe MX-17 shows that off. I upgraded the old Toshiba to MX-17 and gave it to my brother in law who knows nothing about computers. He hasn't had to ask me any questions and that says alot right there.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-19
Votes: 2
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If you like debian look no further MX Linux is your best bet.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-17
Votes: 4
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Excellent distro, fast, installs with the software I use daily.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-16
Votes: 7
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+10 You guys have to use it to understand why this distro is worth 10 or 100+, at least thats debian-based.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-16
Votes: 5
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All upgrades work fine - it's really great job done.
My respect.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-15
Votes: 18
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MX-17 was very good but MX-17.1 takes it a step or two better. A few of the new or improved features in this version: it uses the 4.15.0.1 kernel, has many updated packages, has an auto-updater, config options have been added to MX-Tweak, there is a more functional USB Maker, and there are several package installer improvements. The distro uses the XFCE desktop, is quite attractive, runs very fast, is rock stable and has an incredibly useful selection of specialized tools. On top of all that it has a wonderful help manual along with numerous videos on how to do things. MX-17.1 is a first class distro, one that both Linux nubbies and experts could be happy with.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-15
Votes: 4
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This is just a superb version of Linux. I migrated here from Fedora which just didn't seem to work well anymore on my kit. MX is really fast and so far everything just works. I just wished I'd installed this on a client machine recently. Admittedly I use an SSD drive but this is a really good, up to date distribution.
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-14
Votes: 8
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Wow just Wow .Loving it Loving it Loving it. Hug your monitor today. I just did and Loving it. Merci
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-14
Votes: 8
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One of the best & most stable debian-based distros. MX tools are pretty handy. You can mount drives very easily with the disk manager. Xfce is an eyecandy & runs pretty good on any hardware, Abandon Ubuntu(s) & Mint, This should be on number 1!
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-14
Votes: 0
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Seriously the only linux distro i have tried that doesnt get messed up and unbootable after doing stupid things to it!
Running excellent on a Hp 2510p OOOLD laptop with really low specs. (C2D U7600 2GBram ZIF Pata hdd). Making really usable :D
It was puppy and MX, the only distros running more than acceptably!
with MX being REALLY refined. UX being great for both first time users as well as advanced users.
Also running perfect on my faster pc, a 6core xeon workstation.
MX is the best linux i have tried! mediumweight they describe it, but its awesome
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Version: 17.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-14
Votes: 1
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Incredibly good!
Debian based, pretty recent software, loads of useful tools, recognized all my notebooks hardware out of the box including Fn-keys, still decently light on ressources, XFCE in a layout created with an eye for beauty.
Oh and did they mention the lack of systemd? Appreciated by quite a few people, it seems.
Nonetheless the computer fires up in the blink of an eye.
Cons: None that I can think of.
This one will remain the sole OS powering my notebook for sure.
Thanks guys for this impressive effort!
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-09
Votes: 10
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I have been using linux since 1996 and I can say that this distro is one of the best I have ever used.
It remains on my computer.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-08
Votes: 5
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MX is the perfect blend (for me) of speed and utility. It's lean on resources while still having a noob-friendly interface, it's based on Debian so it accesses that deep well of software and resources, while the developers have done a fantastic job of smoothly integrating everything together. It's beautiful.
And it's systemd free which makes me feel all clean inside.
I've been using it since version 15 and they've yet to screw up a single thing.
Aces.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-07
Votes: 4
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Wonderful experience !! All important programs and apps are there. Many tools. Everything runs smoothly. Well laid out. Many thanks !!
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-07
Votes: 5
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I've been using Linux since its creation and have used many distributions over the ensuing decades. MX Linux is the best, most stable, highest-performing disti I know of for my older machines. I love it!
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Version: 17
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-03-07
Votes: 0
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Nice distro, good speed and features. However lack of RAID support when installing is a no no for me.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-07
Votes: 0
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Stable, complete, light and very very solid. Excellent!
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-07
Votes: 1
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Installation is easy. Performed very well on a Dell Latitude D630 w/Intel Graphics and Dell Latitude 3330 w/Intel Graphics 3000. UI refinement is noticeable and considerate. I was satisfied with the default software and the few could be installed easily through synaptic. This is becoming my daily driver.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-06
Votes: 14
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Positively surprised by this little-known distribution, without doubt the best of many more famous ones. Installed on three different machines without any problem. Light and solid, no problem, not even minor. Easy to install.Full of useful features (Mx Tools), software updated regularly. If you are looking for something new, free systemd, try it. You will be amazed. Very very good job.
Cons: nothing
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-06
Votes: 27
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A very good distribution that has grown up from version 14. I have used it from the very beginning. It is rock solid stable. However, I have now a few points to point out. I hope the MX team would get a good graphic designer for its development. There have always been some quirks in it. The colors of the latest version strain my eyes when I use it for a long time. I don't like the Greybird mx-17 style and when I change it lighter it became too bright. But I really like this disto.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-06
Votes: 9
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I love this Debian based distribution. It is a must try for anyone who is looking for a modern, fast, and solid stable OS for business or any use.
After two week of heavy testing, I have had no glitches, no issues, nothing! this is really great.
Thanks MX team for this neat OS.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-05
Votes: 2
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Installed without issues. Recognized all hardware with no problems.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-04
Votes: 2
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after installing MX17 on my own laptop (Toshiba Satellite C70-B215 upgrade - 6GBRAM/128GBSSD )and very very content with it.
I decided to install it on my mom's laptop (HP Pavilion DV5 stock - 4GBRAM/320GBHDD).
Unfortunately i could not let her switch to Linux (one cannot learn tricks to old dogs).
Mom gave the laptop away, because her smartphone suits her needs(her words), for a time she was complaining about Windows Vista on her laptop and i have installed windows 7 afterwards.
For a year or so, windows 7 was running fine, until she complained again and again..
MX17 is running fine, z swap enabled, fast, stable, no complains, almost no difference with my own lap.
I can recommend MX17 to any 1 who has old or new hardware
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-03
Votes: 5
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I find that the "best" distro depends on the computer you are using it on. On my other laptop (old Sony Vaio) I use Linux Mint 18.3 and it's awesome, but on my Dell this MX linux is the best distro ever. Fast, smooth, 1 click install for Nvidia Optimus, everything just works perfectly. Solid, reliable easy to use and haven't found a thing yet that I can't do on it. Only reason I didn't give it a perfect 10 score is because when I close the screen and put it to sleep, when I wake it back up it doesn't prompt for a password, just goes right back to my desktop. But not a huge deal since I'm the only one using the laptop. Aside from that - perfect. :-)
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-01
Votes: 9
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I acquired a refurbished Dell Optiplex 7010 (small form) really cheap and yanked out the Win10 Pro HD that came with it so I could install Linux on a fresh one. I've been using Mepis 11 since its release on a PC I built and have loved its stability, desktop and ease of use but now I need an updated distro for this Dell. I prefer Debian over Red Hat and tested Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, Tails and 4MLinux before I settled on MX Linux because it is the better of all those others for its Live Disk, installation and included packages.
The only gripes I have is with the file manager and menu editor. The file manager is one of the worst I've ever used and that's one tool I need to use often. The menu editor is super clunky. Aside from that, I owe this community a huge donation for I'm truly thankful for their expertise and dedication to doing it right. If there's a better distro than this that's out right now, I don't know about it. Thanks guys!
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-25
Votes: 10
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Great stuff. Day-to-day I've been using Xubuntu, then LM18 now and then. But this one ... everything I've wanted in a distro. Stumbled over the install a little (lot of questions and some cosmetic bugs with the 'what do you want installed' box) ... as will Linux newcomers. But as a seasoned user, I really appreciate the simplicity of setup and the speed.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-22
Votes: 17
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So far I'm only using it in VirtualBox. Coming mainly from an Lubuntu and derived Distro (LXLE) Experience, I like the left taskbar like it was once presetting in LXLE and I use this GUI-principle now in all my OS now because of the widescreens.
I still need to figure out if I can live without the Ubuntu world based goodies (PPA etc.) but so far it is looking very good and I also like the rolling concept and avoiding of systemd etc.
Still need to discover MX Tools but appreciate the dev effort already.
MX Package Installer: Looks clean and useful. As other mentioned some major Apps (VLC, Openshot, etc.) seem to be a bit out of date. Good that there is also the synaptic package manager I'm familiar with.
32 bit PC: very happy they still support it. Plan to try it on an old 2005 Laptop. Need to see about the Firefox and Thunderbird problem not running on x32.
Snapshot App: seems something I would have wished if known to me before: backups, pre-configured OS / customized install. Still need to try main possibilites.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-21
Votes: 11
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Super amazed at how fast and easy to use this is. I am always skeptical of lightweight distros but this one simply has so much going on I don't think it could be called light weight.
Comes right out of the box with plenty of apps that are very useful. I don't understand why all the apps are not listed for review but they are not so you will have to download and give this one a try for yourself to understand just how well put together it really is.
I have ran the 32 bit version and the 64 bit version and both are super fast. When I loaded the 64 bit version on my laptop running it from a USB stick it found my wifi right off the bat and connected. Did not have to go and refigure anything.
Based on Debian stable so I believe it will be rock solid. Getting new software was a breeze and getting updates went super smooth...I can't find nothing to complain about with this one.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-21
Votes: 11
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In short: Stable, fast, and beautiful.
I installed this distro in my workstation yesterday. Everything worked out-of-the-box. I did the distro-upgrade onto it:
- kernel 4.13.0-1
- Xfce 4.12.3
- Firefox 58.0.2
- Libreoffice 6.0.1.1
- GIMP 2.8.22
- VLC 2.2.8
I mainly use it for graphic design, write documents, and common internet use. Then I installed scribus, icc color profiles, additional fonts, inkscape, and darktable. Everything runs smooth without any issues. Moreover, my Nvidia card doesn't heat on normal use. Other distros like mint cinnamon does.
Thank you developers for this jewel. Keep this professional work up!
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Version: 17
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-02-20
Votes: 5
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MX17 FOSS galore
i have to say this distr. is blazin fast on my machine,
compared to vanilla Arch/Debian or other derivates.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-20
Votes: 1
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Runs fast ans simple to install. Comes packed with applications you dont normally see in a lightweight distro, Based off Debian so you know its stable, has a Nvidia driver installer built right in.
Has live USB installer built right in, Has LibreOffice, I could list so many programs this OS has but it's so easy to download and try so I will stop listing everything it has.
After install the updates went smooth and fast. I even added K3b and Palemoon to see how getting software would be and that went great.
THE only problem I had was chromium browser...I downloaded it form software and it went fine but afterwards it didnt work tried to open it 3 times and my pc froze. Not sure whats going on there but since I dont use Chrome much anyway not a big problem for me.
Pros...Based on Debian and lightweight.
You can move the panel if you choose to I put mine at the top.
Fast and getting more software was a breeze.
Updates are fast and you get a notification when you need them.
Cons.... had two things that bugged me, Chrome didn't work after I added it not sure what the issue was.
Nvidia driver....Even with the app could not figure out how to get the right driver (this one is on me) it installed a nvidia driver but the wrong one for me.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-20
Votes: 3
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I use MX Linux due to its wide array of tools and other helpful GUIs such as apt-notifier and its lack of systemd. The WM I use is Fluxbox, it's actually pretty similiar to Xfce except it's far more lightweight but doesn't have a menu icon on the panel, you right click for that to appear
Overall it's a very clean and polished distro that I'd recommend to everyone from tinkerers to productive users
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-18
Votes: 9
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MX Linux provides a lightweight Debian experience that's systemd-free and had a great UI (Xfce and whisker menu)
Works flawlessly on my ThinkPad X220, great for productivity, would recommend
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-18
Votes: 2
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A thing of beauty.. It just works. I'm using it for Audio Production and it's one of the few distributions where the real time kernel works perfectly with the Nvidia drivers. I love it. They did a great job on this one.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-17
Votes: 6
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This is a surprisingly nice distribution. My 8-year old Dell machine had Ubuntu and Mint distributions installed before. Typically, I start adding components as necessary, and after a while the whole system starts feeling heavy (unresponsive). Bored, I burned MX-17 "Horizon" (64 bit) to a USB stick and ran it. Results were impressive, so I pressed "Install" option and chose to preserve the /home folder (thanks!). To my surprise, after I rebooted everything was working very well with existing files. So I did a clean install. This is my resolution: to start clean, and MX-17 seems to provide that option. Finding my way around the OS was not difficult: so far apps look pretty familiar and everything works nicely with minimum effort. Great job, guys, you have produced a nice OS. Keep it nice and elegant!
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-14
Votes: 16
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One of the best 2017 distros for sure. The performance and battery life is nuts, it runs well even under heavy use on ancient 1,6GHZ AMD machines, and it's a very polished XFCE desktop, took me less than 20 minutes to set it up to my liking with my favorite themes and applications. 10/10. Clearly a pro's work.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-13
Votes: 4
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MX-Linux is a faster and more lightweight alternative to LInux MInt.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-11
Votes: 6
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Runs smoothly on an old AMD laptop circa 2005, very well on an Intel Core 2 Duo from 2008, and spectacularly on a fifth generation i5. Very intuitive and user friendly with plenty of documentation. MX Tools streamlines the goodies we all look for in a distro. Well done to the MX Linux team!
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-11
Votes: 1
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Almost excellent. Easy installation of windows wireless drivers. Good selection of applications. Only criticism really is positioning of panel at side and the difficulties of changing it to a more conventional nature at the bottom of the screen with the main menu at the left-hand side. A final problem is that after installation of 17 on a 32 bit PC Firefox and Thunderbird will not run at all. At least they do not crash immediately after installation as they do on a number of other Linux distros now, but if they do not run at all, that is something of a problem.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-05
Votes: 3
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MX Linux 17 is easy to customize. The neat thing about it is that, if you can not find the package you are looking for in popular applications, you can go to full applications page and you will probably find it there. After you install the package, just close package installer, and the next time you open it you will be back in popular apps. The OS closes the full app. catalogue for you so you do not brake you'r system. Try it and if you don't like it ,you can all ways uninstall it. But I think you will like it.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-04
Votes: 2
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Stunning, been using since 16.1 and never looked back. I wish they were using Librepay for donations or had some online store with gadgets. It needs to be supported, works so flawlessly. Give it a try.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-03
Votes: 8
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I've been using Ubuntu server to create a Xfce (sometimes KDE too) desktop for my home use. I only discovered MX-17 a few days ago. My eye caught the line about Debian Stable... and it's almost like I've returned to where I started (except this isn't FreeBSD). The MX tools/apps are really helpful... and it certainly seems like they've taken away some familiar bash activity.
While some of the multimedia choices are not my favs... this distro is as near to a 10 as any Xfce DE could be! Awesome! If there was a Recommend category... it would get a 10/10!
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-02
Votes: 1
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He probado varias distribuciones de GNU/Linux y con alguna me he quedado un tiempo hasta que pienso en probar otra. Cuando instalé por primera vez MX Linux 17 beta 1 e encantó su facilidad para instalarse y su rapidez, ademas que trae lo básico para trabajar y no llena con programas que tal vez nunca usarás, Tiene un excelente gestor de instalaciones, MX Tools y con un escritorio Xfce que la hace muy rápida, al estar hecha sobre la base de Debian estable, es sólida como una roca, creo que por bastante tiempo voy a usarla.
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Version: 16.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-01
Votes: 1
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i love it and it is working like charm on my old pc which is only 1gb or ram !
and it takes only 70 mg of my ram ..and around only 500 when browsing
and it has a very good tools and programs that i did not need to install anything
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-27
Votes: 7
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I tried a few distro's before settling on MX as my operating system of choice. It flies along at a rapid rate and is very light on system resources. On my equipment, it is fully loaded in 5 seconds from a cold boot, which is astounding. Very, very stable, and not a single glitch so far. The layout is highly configurable and can be made quite minimal. There is a plethora of tools and gadgets packed with the release that almost negates the need to input via terminal, which will be comforting to new users moving from Windows to Linux for the first time. It's an intelligent and well thought-out distro that will appeal to Linux veterans and newcomers alike. It's all positive from my perspective, and I can't truthfully say that I have found any con's. I gave it a 9/10 rating because there was a slight issue on install. I couldn't get it to automatically install from the desktop installer, without manually configuring partitions first, but this might have been due to some novel, and relatively new to the market hardware I have built in to my pc.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-21
Votes: 7
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Previous Devuan user, was tired of lack of updates and outdated software. Xfce is my favorite DE anyways so I thought I'd give MX Linux a try, and I now see why so many people love it!
Stable, great theming, systemd-free and best of all; MX Tools. I've been able to do a lot of things with a GUI I previously haven't been able to do on Debian, and it just makes things easier and faster than a CLI.
My only complaint is that it's not *as* minimal as Debian/Devuan, but still isn't openSUSE-level bloat
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-19
Votes: 11
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Excellent distribution. Fast boot, suspend, shutdown and hibernate, and the performance is none to shabby as well - I would say it uses about 1/3 the memory of the Ubuntu LTS and is quicker.
The choice of software is very wide, and the mixture of standard Debian repositories plus MX Linux repositories to give the latest version of popular user-facing packages is a good one. I am seeing 80-100 updates a month.
xfce is very refined, with good artwork and the archaic themes and settings which come by default fixed or omitted. That the authors stick to one desktop environment as default shows; there has clearly been a lot of effort poured into improving xfce. The left-hand panel, rather like Unity, takes a bit of getting used to but is easily changed to a more conventional position by one of the unique tools as described below. (That said, putting the panel on the side is sensible when screens are far wider than they are tall; for a long time they were not, which is why the convention of panel on the bottom is out of date).
The best part, though, is the unique MX tools. They might be a bit messy - there are a lot of them and they could do with a tidy-up to make them behave consistently - but they do some astoundingly powerful things which I have never seen in any other distribution, or operating system for that matter. Even the Conky configurator helps with something which is tricky to do by editing text files.
I knock one point off because there is a lot to explore and, as suggested earlier, some combination or amalgamation of tools would make things a bit easier. However, this is a remarkable "unknown distribution".
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-16
Votes: 0
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Very good, but 9, because no one can be good as debian.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-14
Votes: 4
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It installed and runs on my (very) old 1000HE EeepPC (2GB Ram) without a hitch. There are some scaling problems with some windows due to the odd 1024x600 screen. I use ALT+Left mouse button to move those apps.
Initial install had Conky badly distorted but (oddly) changing the date/time color fixed that. Trying to change Conky from the MX app does not work - themes are blank!
Runs quickly enough for me (I'm not a gamer) for streaming videos.
I'm glad that MX17 has not dropped support for the older 32-bit systems, they still work and are still useful for general purposes.
Thanks guys.
Dave G.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-14
Votes: 5
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I have been using windows all my life. Since December last year I started experimenting with 3 linux distros. I tried Solus but it won't install. I then tested Lubuntu but it wasn't stable then I tried MX Linux.
I installed it on a desktop hp 8200 elite core i5 with onboard intel graphics but I ended buying a cheap used nvidia graphics card ($10) since I was a struggle getting high resolutions with the intel onboard graphics. After research I found out that if you are using old graphics card then you need to create an xorg.conf file if its not set up.
I been using Linux MX version 17 for the past 3 weeks and its excellent. I use it as my main operating system. It takes sometime to get used to the terminal. Updates/upgrades does not break the system.
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Version: 16.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-12
Votes: 6
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My go to work horse...Up and running for nearly a year without a glitch.
The fact that it's Debian based, highly customizable, easy on the eyes with frequent updates makes it my distro of choice.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-11
Votes: 0
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I'm happy with it. I did not find any errors yet.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-09
Votes: 2
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I love MX Linux, very lightweight and is very fast on my old specced laptop.
The snapshot app is impressive, practically the snapshot to USB feature where you can build your own backups, or provide a pre-configured OS to family/friends.
I also quite like the minimalistic look & feel of the XFCE desktop environment.
Once installed, booted up and running, MX only uses around 300MB of ram which is ideal for limited power devices.
I wouldn’t hesitate recommending MX Linux to anyone, rock solid Distro (Debian Stable Based) with little clutter pre-installed.
J
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-08
Votes: 0
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Very good distro, easy to use and complete. The monthly snapshots are "extra".
I rate a 9 because i would see the most important free APP (like Gimp, VLC, Openshot) at their last stable version.
I would appreciate to get the MATE DE.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-08
Votes: 10
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Awesome, solid distro. Debian Stable, easily customizable, solely dedicated to one DE (XFCE), lightweight without sacrificing depth. The forum is helpful and friendly. But what really impressed me was the Snapshot feature: with MX Linux I could easily save my customized install to a USB drive and boot it as a live system and install retaining all my settings! Panel, theme, icons, workspaces, wallpapers... even my Chrome session was preserved! That is a truly impressive feature and very well executed.
MX also comes with very handy tools and tweaks, like Repo Manager, Package Installer, Nvidia Driver Installer, Boot-Repair, iDevice Mounter and many more. What doesn't MX Linux have? Bloat, and programs you don't need.
That's not entirely true: since MX is based on Debian Stable, you'll need to fetch some deb packages for apps like Simplenote or Spotify. Not a deal breaker by any means, but be advised that you'll not be able to use PPAs or install some packages built specifically for Ubuntu and it's derivatives.
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Version: 16.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-05
Votes: 17
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I spent 6 months examining traditional distros under Distrowatch's old category 'old computers' for a Pentium II at 366 MHZ with 256 MB Ram. A complete waste of my time. The classification misleading for 2018. Perhaps old as defined as less than 10 years and vintage anything older is needed.
MX Linux advertised as mid-weight is the distro that should not have worked.
However MX Linux CAN work for a 20 year old laptop born in the time of dial-up without wifi. In fact MX14 through MX17 can be made to work. Quite a surprise. A TP-Link PCMCIA wireless card is recognized.
The level of effort is high for vintage machines. You must install on a more powerful machine and prepare a snapshot (MX provides). Things like samba, bluetooth, firefox must be removed or disabled. QTWeb as a replacement and so on. You then burn this iso to dvd and install removing the 'quiet' from the live dvd and put antix=lmxd instead. And test. Depending on your old laptop you might need several attempts to get it nice. Questions? The MX forum always seems to have exactly the right answers or clues along with Antix. Antix was not choosen because the sound card OPL3-SA3 was and is still not supported.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-04
Votes: 0
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Compared to what I was looking for, excellent! But a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 can not be installed without first:
# apt-get install subversion svn-buildpackage
# apt-get build-dep nvidia-driver
And yet, thank you very much!
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-03
Votes: 3
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Just installed version 17, 32 bit on old eepc and is working without a problem. Installed version 17, 64 bit, on two more recent HP laptops: it is working without a problem too, installed where some other recent distros show problems like not booting. Maybe not the friendliest distro, but, for sure, one of the best distro around. If you are not looking for the glimpses or the shining lights of the best dektop, in my opinion, like KDE Plasma, but you are looking for a stable, working and usable distro, this is the right place to stay. Good documentation and wonderful forum for assistance.
Previously I installed version 16 on other machines and this new version confirms all the best impressions from the past.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-02
Votes: 4
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Debian can be this good, and with no dependency hell from the init.
My jaw dropped.
I am still exploring the possibility's especially for running live and remastering with my own tools for the keyring.
I am not missing anything up to now.
Had to search what the mentioned non working plex media server is, says a centralized brain that organizes all my media. Organizes my media !!!. No way, especially after reading the privacy policy. Something I always do.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-02
Votes: 14
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Pour tous ceux qui veulent une bonne impression de ce qu'est Linux, voici une excellente distro!
For my daily use, definitely MX Linux :)
Juste un petit pimpage de l'apparence selon mon goût ...; style: Greybird, icônes: Gnome-brave, fenêtres: Wallis.
Même si votre aventure Linux vous mène loin, vous reviendrez à MXLinux, pourvu que ça dure :)
Xfce lui va comme un gant. d'ailleurs pour les nouvels arrivants de win.., la barre des tâches verticale, peut facilement devenir horizontale et en-bas :) et les icônes sont deplaçables (exemple menu à gauche etc.)
installation trés facile, distro solide comme du rock! épuis legère.. même pour les anciennes machines.
Voilà, merci à vous et merci aux équipes Mépis et AntiX, bonne année à tous :)
P.S: J'en ai vu des distros .. pas une ne lui arrive à la cheville pour une utilisation quotidienne, je dirai même plus..
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Version: 17
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-01-01
Votes: 0
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For being Debian-based, it should be child's play to install Plex media server and have it work ootb. However, this is not the case with MX 17; and even after avahi-utils, the daemon still could not be found. Now, either I missed something *really* obvious, or the distro needs work in this respect; and because of this, I've rated it 6/10.
I simply cannot believe that out of 165 reviews, no one has mentioned that Plex doesn't work.
Notwithstanding, I did like the o/s overall; and if it weren't for something so trivial as requiring Plex media server to function my rating would otherwise be a 10/10.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-01
Votes: 5
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I run this distro on an older laptop. It runs well and doesn't try to impress me with fancy bells and whistles. Yeah, it requires the user to be fairly knowledgeable about Linux (Debian in particular), but the learning curve is short. Easy to customize to my liking. It's little dark out of the box, but I guess that's the trend. Fast, simple, stable. If you like XFCE, then this is the distro for you.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-01
Votes: 8
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MX has been my daily Linux axe since the 2014 release. It has some quirks and limitations, but I've found it indispensable because I am able to run it entirely from RAM, and customize and maintain it on a USB stick without ever having to install the distro anywhere.
Once it boots, the USB live media can be ejected. When changes are made, the USB live media can be rewritten from RAM -- if everything pleases me. This gives me a huge amount of security to experiment and enjoy the net knowing that I'm never more than a shutdown away from forgetting everything that just happened.
I'm able to boot MX from USB on each of the 5 machines I routinely use. Even tho these machines have a Linux distro installed (or VMware workstation on the Win box), I typically use MX because it runs from RAM and hence is very, very fast. If things get crowded in memory, it will mount and use a swap partition if it finds one on the box.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-01
Votes: 2
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Runs acceptable on a wireless Emachine 3507 inside a metal quonset hut shop building.
http://images2.imagebam.com/f4/29/86/62080f694680953.JPG
Computer specs while browser is open and streaming a movie:
System: Host: biker Kernel: 4.13.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31) Distro: MX-17_x64 Horizon December 15, 2017
Machine: Device: desktop System: GATEWAY product: W3507 v: 500 serial: N/A
Mobo: Intel model: D102GGC2 v: AAD70214-201 serial: N/A
BIOS: Intel v: GC11020M.15A.2010.2006.0817.0956 date: 08/17/2006
CPU: Single core Intel Celeron D (-UP-) arch: Netburst Prescott rev.4 cache: 512 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6400 speed: 3200 MHz (max)
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] bus-ID: 01:05.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 )
drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1024x768@85.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Def. Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-1-amd64
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:02.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac:
Card-2: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter driver: r8712u usb-ID: 001-004
IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A
Info: Processes: 173 Uptime: 41 min Memory: 946.6/1875.6MB
I do not judge a distro by one media application
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-31
Votes: 5
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So far the best distro for me. Recently ran Antergos, Mint, Manjaro, Ubuntu Mate. MX use of Xfce is the best I tried. Cinnamon does not work for me, sluggish. I have medium level hardware. One suggestion for MX is to default the software to SUSPEND on laptop lid closing. Don't require a user to find this feature first. I hadn't /discovered/changed the power management settings and when I closed the lid the HDD continued to run--until I opened the lid and then the screen went haywire. I had to hard-kill the computer as it wouldn't stop. Once I selected SUSPEND on lid closing MX has worked great.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-27
Votes: 10
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I love that switch-user actually works out-of-the-box. I am a long time Debian user and MX fit like a glove. Very fast OS, feels lightweight, lots of features ready-to-go. A must-try for sure.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-25
Votes: 0
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Pro's
very fast on my old Dell optiplex 745.
The MX tools really works for me, a one stop shop to tweak or fix.
Con's
None
Overall a great easy to use operating system.
I have been using Linux for about 10 years now, MX17 is the best so far.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-22
Votes: 14
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Fine distro: stable, simple. Tools are second to none. It's listed as middle weight, but it acts more like a lightweight distro. Very snappy, even on old machines. Flies on new hardware. Maybe the best aspect of using it is the help forum. No attitude, just smart, helpful people.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-22
Votes: 0
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I live in the MX of Linux, starting with the MX-14. Many times I tried other distributions, but I did not find better MX!
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-22
Votes: 5
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Easy to install. Simple to use. Can be configured to exactly how you like your Linux distro to be.
Pros - Everything
Cons - Nothing
I've been using various mainly Debian/Ubuntu based Linux distros since early 2014, following the demise of Windows XP. Without any doubt MX-17 is the closest thing to Linux perfection that I have ever used.
Many thanks to all those responsible for this King of distros.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-21
Votes: 1
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The best distro available today. It leaves nothing wanting and one can tell, it's compiled by dedicated people who know what they are doing and NOT be amateurs who think they know.
The distro is fast, comprehensive, synaptic package manager is there (thank goodness) and it's well rounded and balanced - perfect for everyday work. The desktop is great - with one glimpse you know the time, date, and day of the week, which is, for a forgetful person like me, very important !! And it's so beautifully done !!
A big "thank you" to the team.
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Version: 17
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-12-20
Votes: 3
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MX-17 is the best XFCE distro I've tried to date, and I've looked at quite a number of them. It's really quite nice! Because it was Debian based I expected the install to be a little more difficult and protracted than say an Ubuntu based distro. Not true, it installed easily. MX-17 is fast, feature rich, stable, user friendly and one that is quite nice looking. The developers have added a number of nice tools with it too, some that I've never seen in other distros. Very cool! It also comes with an EXCELLENT help manual; one that's well illustrated and that has quite a number of videos. If you haven't seen MX-17 and are shopping for a quality mid-weight distro you really should give this one a look. I was pleasantly surprised when I took it for a spin.
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Version: 17
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-12-19
Votes: 4
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I tried V17 on Virtualbox on my Macbook Pro before deciding to install on my 11 year old Dell Latitude D520. No major issues during installation, except for the typical screen flickering : that is a known issue on my laptop that somehow only occurs on Debian based distros. Wireless connection okay, external keyboard, DVD, audio worked fine. Great looks and performance given the hardware limitations.
I had used V15 a while back and now i wonder why I replaced it in the first place!
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