Anyone using MX Linux?

2026-06-20 03:17 UTC

I got tired of LMDE and am a longtime lover of XFCE (though haven’t used it in years) and I gotta say this is a distro that feels like a distinct distro for once. Comes with an amazing set of tools__ the way OpenSUSE does, especially the GUI package manager and the ability to make a bootable live ISO of your running system. Definitely not your normal Debian derivative IMO. Definitely a distro I slept on for a long time. Choice of init system too is chefs kiss for all the systemD haters. The antiX foundation is nice too as I agree on their values 100%, but that distro is too minimal for my needs.

Replies (12)

@actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-20 03:35

MX is my distro of choice. For most common tasks, I can easily pop open either a command line or a GUI, depending on my mood. It’s like the REM of Linux distros: it can appeal to all different kinds of users, and of all different skill levels. Plus, it’s not a resource hog. I have one antiX laptop - an old Chromebook with limited storage and low power. My gaming PC in the living room runs Bazzite. And I test plenty of other distros. But for my general purpose computers, I keep going back to MX with either Plasma or XFCE. Plus, I love hitting F4 for the drop-down console.

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@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2026-06-20 04:38

I used MX for a handful of years after CrunchBang ceased development. I decided to migrate to just a core Debian install at a certain point, when I realized I was basically installing custom everything, and wasn’t really using MX the way it was probably intended. It’s a good, mid-weight choice. Nothing negative to say about it.

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@FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2026-06-20 04:55

Have been using it enthusiastically for a good while now. It’s got a nice balance between useable out of the box and having all the tweak ability. Can’t recommend it enough.

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@PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 06:45

I’m surprised to see comments of people actually using it. I know it’s been topping distrowatch forever by inflation numbers.

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@HairyHarry@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 07:07

I have an elderly Lenovo Yoga running it as my daily driver. Boots fast and gets everything done what I need.

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@hellequin67@lemmy.zip 2026-06-20 07:43

Been using it for a while, first with XFCE and just recently rebuilt with Plasma. Hopped a lot before arriving at MX, stayed because it just works, does everything I need and more without issues.

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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-06-20 09:44

Hm? They were Systemd-only for a while but brought back choice of inits recently? Well, let’s see how this goes. From what i understand, distros are either Systemd-only, no-Systemd or a mess of shims and wrappers.

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@SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-20 10:16

I tried it on my main desktop after dumping windows. Tried ot along with CachyOS and Bazzite. CachyOS was too bleeding edge for me. MX was very easy to work with, but I could not get a lot of my gaming stuff working with my limited skills. Things like HDR was not working well on my monitor, everything just looked washed out. Could not get it converted to Wayland, etc. It did not support 5.1 audio over Spidif on my sound card. Settled on Bazzite with plasma which was similarly stable, while having the gaming, display and audio stuff correctly configured out of the box.

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@Lemmchen@feddit.org 2026-06-20 13:22

I’m currently in the progress to switching over to it.

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@Hund@feddit.nu 2026-06-20 22:00

There’s always Devuan if you want Debian before Debian moved to systemd.

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@Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-21 03:28

MX on a laptop. It just works™. I have Artix (Dinit) on my PC. Also happy as a clam with that. My only regret is not switching sooner.

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@bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml 2026-06-21 04:35

I’ve used it in the past and its awesome. It works very well even on ancient hardware and is a fully functioning OS even if you never install it and just run it in live mode. Its basically a computer you can keep on your keychain and run on anything.

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