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MX Linux


Last Update: 2024-09-16 11:33 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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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
Screenshots https://mxlinux.org/screenshotsDistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts https://mxlinux.org/videoshttps://youtu.be/9lyJV5DdRnA
Download Mirrors https://mxlinux.org/download-links#MirrorsDistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://us-bz3.devzing.com/mx_antix/
Related Websites MX Community Repository
Reviews 23: DistroWatchMichlFranken (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:
 • 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
 • 2021-10-21: Distribution Release: MX Linux 21
 • 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 23.4
libretto
21.3
wildflower
19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
Release Date 2024-09-16 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 23.4 21.3 19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
Package 23.4
libretto
21.3
wildflower
19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.12) 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 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3
bind (9.20.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (129.0.6668.70) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.10) 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 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.43.4 1.42.12
firefox (130.0.1) 130.0 108.0.2 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 (2.10.38) 2.10.34 2.10.28 2.10.12 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.18
glibc (2.40) 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.24 2.19
gnome-shell (47.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.8) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02beta3 2.02beta3 2.02beta2
gtk (4.16.2) 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.22.11 2.24.25
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (24.08.1) 22.12.3 21.08.0 18.08.1 -- -- --
kmod (33) 30 28 26 23 23 18
krita (5.2.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.8.2) 7.4.7 7.0.4 6.1.5 6.0.1 6.0.1 5.2.6
linux (6.11) 6.1.106 5.10.158 4.19.181 4.19.37 4.15.4 4.7.8
Package 23.4
libretto
21.3
wildflower
19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (11.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mesa (24.2.3) 23.1.2 22.0.5 20.3.4 18.2.6 13.0.6 12.0.3
mysql (9.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (47.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (560.35.03) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (23) 17.0.12u1 11.0.16 11.0.9.1 8u212 8u151 8u121
openssh (9.9p1) 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 7.4p1 6.7p1
openssl (3.3.2) 3.0.14d 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0j 1.0.2l 1.0.1t
perl (5.40.0) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.24.1 5.20.2
php (8.3.12) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.1.5) 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5 -- -- --
postfix (3.9.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.12.6) 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.13 2.7.9
qt (6.7.3) 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 5.7.1 4.8.6
samba (4.21.0) 4.17.12 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.5.16 4.5.12 4.2.14
systemd (256.6) 252.6 247.3 241 232 232 215
thunderbird (130.0) 115.15.0 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 (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.0 4.14.2 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.2
xorg-server (21.1.13) 21.1.7 1.20.14 1.20.10 1.19.2 1.19.2 1.16.4

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Version: 23.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-16
Votes: 1


For years I was using Manjaro KDE on my old laptop Dell Latitude 5430 (8Gb RAM). After change to MX Linux KDE it is much faster. That's a pitty I have changed so late. Another plus of MX Linux is possibility of making mirror/backup of installed distro in form of iso. Greate! It seems that other components are working well and smooth. Till now only installing of caffeine-ng was a little bit complicated - it is a pitty it is not addede to official repos. I hope that distro will continue in future.


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Version: 23.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-01
Votes: 1


This is style of linux I have longed to see for some time now. My first foray was with Mepis back in 2006 on a pentium. Today MX Linux runs on every peice of hardware I throw at it both very old and very new, even old macbooks and every piece of hardware just works. It even runs software that I see others complain about all the time with ease. OBS for one. If you need more AV centric AVLinux is now based on MX Linux. Since it uses such minimal resources I use it as a server running jellyfin for a TV box and server, in one. It works better at gaming than the Gaming OS's i tried for my intel system running a Nvidia 1650, Nothing massive for hardware i know, but before installing MX Linux, I had all kinds of errors on that system, and terrible framerates. When i switched to MX Linux and installed steam, again everything just worked with minimal tweaking if any at all. It even has a 386 version which can be run on very old hardware and it revives it for a modern OS that just works.


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Version: 23.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-16
Votes: 2


I've been seeing people complain about silly things with MXLinux. My experience it that it simply works, with a variety of hardware. MS Winders is a paid for OS that is probably the only other system that has run this cleanly for me for the last 20 years. Like Winders, you have to know where to go to adjust things to your discretion. Spend the time to learn it. I recently reconfigured MX to act and look like Winders just to see if I could. It was fun! The update process patches all the holes so I suggest people just let it run.....and not be so upset over not having absolute control over every minute process. This is a VERY solid system. Spend the time and get to know it. Its solid, stable, and is ready out of the box.


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