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MX Linux


Last Update: 2025-01-13 09:53 UTC


MX Linux, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch, is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. Using Xfce as the default desktop (with separate KDE Plasma and Fluxbox editions also available), it is a mid-weight operating system designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint.

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Average visitor rating: 7.95/10 from 672 review(s).


MX Linux Summary
Distribution MX Linux
Home Page https://mxlinux.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://forum.mxlinux.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://mxlinux.org/manualshttps://www.mxlinux.org/wiki
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Bug Tracker https://us-bz3.devzing.com/mx_antix/
Related Websites MX Community Repository
Reviews 23: DedoimedoDistroWatchMichlFranken (German)
21: DedoimedoMichlFranken (German) • The RegisterFOSS PostDedoimedoDedoimedoDistroWatch
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18: CMS CriticDedoimedo
17: Linux.comCMS CriticOpenSource.comDedoimedoDedoimedoDistroWatch
16: DarkDuckDistroWatchDedoimedo
15: DedoimedoOCS-MagLinux-Community (German)
14.x: DedoimedoDedoimedoBlogspot
Where To Donate, Buy or Try The Linux ShopDonate

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-01-13: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.5
 • 2024-09-16: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.4
 • 2024-05-20: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.3
 • 2024-01-22: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.2
 • 2023-10-16: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.1
 • 2023-07-31: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23
 • 2023-07-14: Development Release: MX Linux 23 RC1
 • 2023-06-16: Development Release: MX Linux 23 Beta 2
 • 2023-05-29: Development Release: MX Linux 23 Beta 1
 • 2023-01-15: Distribution Release: MX Linux 21.3
 • 2022-08-29: Distribution Release: MX Linux 21.2
 • 2022-04-10: Distribution Release: MX Linux 21.1
 • More MX Linux releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2021-11-25 MX releases new Advanced Hardware Support edition
 • 2019-12-15 MX Linux introduces MX-Fluxbox
 • 2019-04-29 MX asks for help maintaining systemd-shim
 • 2019-01-18 MX launches new bug tracker
 • 2018-09-14 Making it easier to get Flatpaks
 • 2018-09-13 Workaround for Chromium password prompts
 • 2018-06-01 MX-14 reaches end of life
 • 2018-04-11 MX's new FAQ page
 • 2018-02-26 Improvements in MX 17.1
 • 2017-03-16 Fixing an expired GPG signature
 • More MX Linux headlines...

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Feature 23.5
libretto
21.3
wildflower
19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
Release Date 2025-01-13 2023-01-15 2021-04-01 2019-05-27 2018-03-14 2017-06-08
End Of Life 2028-06 2026-06   2022-06 2022-06 2020-06
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1700-2600 1400-2300 1500-1900 1300-1500 1200-1300 1100-1300
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Fluxbox, KDE Plasma, Xfce Fluxbox, KDE Plasma, Xfce KDE Plasma, Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 armhf, i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64
Init Software systemd, SysV systemd, SysV systemd, SysV systemd, SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
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Full Package List 23.5 21.3 19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
Package 23.5
libretto
21.3
wildflower
19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
abiword (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.0.28
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 18.1.0 -- --
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3
bind (9.20.7) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (134.0.6998.165) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 2.2.1 1.7.5
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.43.4 1.42.12
firefox (136.0.3) 134.0 108.0.2 87.0 66.0.2 58.0.2 53.0.3
freetype (2.13.3) 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.6.3 2.7
gcc (14.2.0) 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 6.3.0 4.9.2
gimp (3.0.2) 2.10.34 2.10.28 2.10.12 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.18
glibc (2.41) 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.24 2.19
gnome-shell (48.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02beta3 2.02beta3 2.02beta2
gtk (4.18.2) 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.22.11 2.24.25
httpd (2.4.63) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (24.12.3) 22.12.3 21.08.0 18.08.1 -- -- --
kmod (34.1) 30 28 26 23 23 18
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (25.2.1) 7.4.7 7.0.4 6.1.5 6.0.1 6.0.1 5.2.6
linux (6.14) 6.1.123 5.10.158 4.19.181 4.19.37 4.15.4 4.7.8
Package 23.5
libretto
21.3
wildflower
19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (11.6.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mesa (25.0.2) 24.2.2 22.0.5 20.3.4 18.2.6 13.0.6 12.0.3
mysql (9.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (48.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (570.133.07) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (24) 17.0.13 11.0.16 11.0.9.1 8u212 8u151 8u121
openssh (9.9p2) 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 7.4p1 6.7p1
openssl (3.4.1) 3.0.15 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0j 1.0.2l 1.0.1t
perl (5.40.1) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.24.1 5.20.2
php (8.4.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.3.3) 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5 -- -- --
postfix (3.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.13.2) 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.13 2.7.9
qt (6.8.2) 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 5.7.1 4.8.6
samba (4.22.0) 4.17.12 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.5.16 4.5.12 4.2.14
systemd (257.4) 252.6 247.3 241 232 232 215
thunderbird (136.0.1) 128.6.0 78.13.0 68.12.0 52.9.1 52.6.0 52.1.1
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 3.0.18 3.0.12 3.0.6 2.2.8 2.2.5
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.0 4.18.0 4.14.2 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.2
xorg-server (21.1.16) 21.1.7 1.20.14 1.20.10 1.19.2 1.19.2 1.16.4

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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-23
Votes: 5


I have been using MX Linux as my daily driver for about four years now. I started with 19.4 and it worked great until it reached EOL. Since there's no direct upgrade path between fixed releases, I recently installed 23.2. I had some problems with WiFi but kept at it. (I am almost always mobile and usually run it off the hotspot on my phone.)

It took me a few weeks to figure out why the network manager would sometimes say "Device not configured" or "Device not managed" but I accidentally discovered that it only happened when I booted up with the power cord plugged in. (I have a 3-year-old HP laptop. Issue did not happen with 19.4. No, I haven't reported the bug yet but plan to soon.) (And yes, moving MX Linux to a new laptop is a breeze with snapshots and the live USB maker! Really awesome!! Every distro should have it!!)

That has been the only problem I've had with MX Linux in four years. In fact, today I decided to wipe the dual boot I had been messing with for over a month trying out other distros again and gave the whole machine to MX. I think it's the first time in maybe 15 years that I haven't dual booted. I have a habit of doing so in case one distro crashes, or because one might not quite do everything I need it to do. (I love you, OpenBSD, and one day soon I promise to put you back on a separate backup laptop.)

Anyway, I know we're mostly nerds here and I could throw a bunch of technical data at you, but others have already done a better job of that than I'm willing to do, so I'm just trying to give the vibe of using MX Linux as best I can. And that is, MX Linux is very stable, usable, and reliable, with tons of great tools, capable of doing pretty much every kind of daily task that I use computers for. I'm sticking with it. It has actually replaced OpenBSD as my favorite, which I never thought I'd say about any other distro. I can highly recommend it.


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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-23
Votes: 6


New pc HP Z2 tower. Took a Xfce live-usb from snapshot, installed the system on an partitioned ssd bootdisk. Added some secondary HD's and running great with my data!

Tiny obstakel: at boot I always did a full bootlisting, but it has a halt, a pause, a gap in it in MX23 and than some not too old diplays for instance HP and Fusjitsu say "stop, go to sleep and don't awake, black screen!" So I did a less full listing and all went right.

I'm extremely happy because in a few futile moments I have a new very flashy MX-system on another rather powerful pc.
That's the power of a snapshot transformed to an installable livemedium. Great backup too next to Clonezilla for instance.
This was why in 2017 I tried MX-Linux after other flavours of Linux and for years now I use it day-to-day.

MX looks so nice and functional classic.. It is so adaptable and configurable. Not a shop with candybars! But a serious desktop!
I know, some think it is legacy.. But it is not in my humble opinion. It is functional. Installed on that HP Z2 pc was another OS installed from the computershop when it arrived here. Which I formerly used to love and used very much, Mint. Now I prefer MX Xfce.


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Version: 23.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-22
Votes: 3


I am linux user since 2005 and I'm rating MX with 10. Here is why.

On my 4 machines, it works as good as Debian, but I have to modify very little on it to different uses. You have useful and powerful tools out of the box. Its installer is fast and gives you useful options.

It has a versatile installer which works fine to manage test repos, flatpacks, and more. However, Synaptic and Apt are available in case you need them.

Community is active, responsive, and friendly. Its documentation is comprehensive and helpful.

I would recommend it to windows people over Mint since in my experience, MX has a better stability and performance. (Mint is a great distro in my opinion)

Hope this is useful, cheers


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