MX Linux

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MX Linux
MX LINUX Logo.svg
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MX-23
Developer MX Dev Team
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source
Initial release24 March 2014;9 years ago (2014-03-24)
Latest release 23.2 [1] / 22 January 2024;33 days ago (22 January 2024)
Available in Multilingual
Update method APT
Package manager Apt
Platforms x86-64, i686
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface 		Xfce, Fluxbox & KDE
License Linux Foundation Sublicense No. 20140605-0483
Official website mxlinux.org

MX Linux is a Linux distribution based on Debian stable and using core antiX components, with additional software created or packaged by the MX community. [2] The development of MX Linux is a collaborative effort between the antiX and former MEPIS communities. The MX 'name' comes from the M for MEPIS and the X from antiX – an acknowledgment of their roots. The community's stated goal is to produce "a family of operating systems that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and solid performance".

Contents

MX Linux uses Xfce as the main desktop environment, to which it adds a free-standing KDE Plasma version and, in 2021, a stand-alone Fluxbox implementation. Other environments can be added or are available as "spin-off" ISO images.

History

MX Linux began in a discussion about future options among members of the MEPIS community in December 2013. [3] Developers from antiX then joined them, bringing the ISO build system as well as Live-USB/DVD technology. To be listed on the Linux distribution clearinghouse website DistroWatch, MX Linux was initially presented as a version of antiX. It received its own DistroWatch page with the release of the first public beta of MX-16 on November 2, 2016.

Desktop environments

MX Linux has four desktop editions:

Recent releases

A table of current MX Linux Development Team supported releases and how long Debian will provide Long Term Support. [27]

VersionReleaseKernel [28] Kernel (AHS) [29] NotesDebian LTS support [30] ends:
Current stable version:MX-23.2 all DE's [19] January 21, 20246.1.x6.62nd refresh of MX 23. AHS now has the 6.6 Liquorix Kernel.Debian 12.4 December 2026
Current stable version:MX-23.1 all DE's [18] October 15, 20236.1.x6.5All ISOs updated to the newest 6.1 Kernel and AHS now has the 6.5 Kernel.Debian 12.2 [31] December 2026
Current stable version:MX-23 all DE's [17] July 31, 20236.1.0 [32] 6.4.0Xfce Desktop Environment upgraded to 4.18Debian 12 "Bookworm" [33] December 2026
Current stable version:MX-21.3 all DE's [34] January 15, 20235.106.0Debian 11 “Bullseye”

To be defined; roughly
July 2024 to June 2026
Current stable version:MX-21.2.1 all DE's [15] September 18, 20225.185.19 & 6.0 kernel are in the AHS repo. [35]
Current stable version:MX-21.2 all DE's [13] August 28, 20225.18
Current stable version:MX-21.1 all DE's [12] April 9, 20225.165.14 & 5.16 Kernel available

in Package Manager [36]
Current stable version:MX-21 AHS [37] November 22, 20215.14
Current stable version:MX-21 [38] October 21, 2021
Older version, yet still maintained: MX-19.4.1April 8, 2021Debian 10 “Buster” [39]

June 30, 2024
Older version, yet still maintained: MX-19.4 [40] March 31, 20214.19
Older version, yet still maintained: MX-19.3November 11, 2020
Older version, yet still maintained: MX-19.2 KDEAugust 16, 2020
Older version, yet still maintained: 19.2 [41] May 31, 2020
Older version, yet still maintained: MX-19.1February 14, 2020
Older version, yet still maintained: MX-19October 21, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: MX-18all releasesDebian 9 “Stretch”
June 30, 2022
Legend:
Old version
Older version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release

Features

MX Linux has basic tools like a graphic installer that handles UEFI computers, a GUI-based method to change a Linux kernel and other core programs.

It includes MX Tools, [42] a suite of user-oriented utilities, many of which were developed specifically for MX, while some were forked from existing antiX applications or are existing antiX applications; a couple were imported with permission from outside sources. These tools are also available in Debian Stable-based Linux distributions, and some of the main tools are as follows:

A particularly popular one is MX-snapshot, [43] a GUI tool to remaster a live session or installation into a single .ISO file. [44] The "cloned" image is bootable from a disk or USB flash drive, maintaining all settings, allowing an installation to be completely backed up, and/or distributed with minimal administrative effort since an advanced method of copying the file system (developed by antiX Linux) uses bind-mounts performing the "heavy lifting".

System requirements

Minimum

Recommended

See also

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