MX-19.4: You are done! And it brings us interesting and useful news

MX-19.4: You are done! And it brings us interesting and useful news from 01/04/21

Yesterday, April 01th 2021, the well-known GNU / Linux Distro call «MX » which still follows from primera between DistroWatch favorites, has released the latest version available under the number «19.4».

Therefore, and as it is logical to think, «MX-19.4» is the fourth update of its current series, «MX-19». And as we will see later, it brings not only bug fixes and updates of various basic and essential applications that come from their original version «MX-19», but other interesting and useful news.

MX-19.3: MX Linux, DistroWatch number 1 has been updated

Before entering fully into the content of the news of the new version «MX-19.4 », we will leave you here some links to previous publications on «MX » for those interested in delving a little more about bliss GNU / Linux Distro.

Related article:

MX-19.3: MX Linux, DistroWatch number 1 has been updated

"MX is una Distro GNU / Linux made cooperatively between the antiX and MX Linux communities. And it is part of a family of Operating Systems that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and robust performance. Its graphical tools provide an easy way to accomplish a wide variety of tasks, while Live USB and snapshot tools legacy from antiX add impressive portability and excellent remastering capabilities. In addition, it has extensive support available through videos, documentation and a very friendly forum.".

Related article:

MX Snapshot: How to create a personal and installable MX Linux Respin?

MX Linux: New version 19.4 available from April 2021

What's new in MX version 19.4

Among the novelties that its developers have announced in a respective publication inside of Official website, mention the following:

• Ease of upgrade: through the console with a simple «Apt upgrade» from previous versions of «MX-19 ».
• New ISOs available:

1. 32 bit ISO with XFCE and Fluxbox with a Debian kernel standard 4.19
2. 64 bit ISO with XFCE and Fluxbox with a Debian kernel standard 4.19
3. 64 bit ISO with XFCE and Fluxbox with an AHS 5.10 kernel
4. 64 bit ISO with KDE Plasma with a Kernel AHS 5.10 kernel

• Updated apps:

1. XFCE4.14
2. KDE Plasma 5.15
3. GIMP 2.10.12
4. TABLE 18.3.6 (20.3.4 for AHS edition)
5. Latest debian kernel 4.19 (5.10 for AHS edition)
6. Browser: Firefox 87
7. Video Player: VLC 3.0.12
8. Music Manager: Clementine 1.3.1
9. Email client: Thunderbird 68.12.0
10. Suites Office automation: LibreOffice 6.1.5 (plus security fixes)

Finally, they add the following:

"The standard versions of MX-19.4 (32-bit and 64-bit) include the latest debian 4.19 kernel. The AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) iso features a debian 5.10.24 kernel, 20.3 table updates, as well as new updated firmware packages. The KDE iso has also been updated and being AHS-based it also has the 5.10.24 kernel and updated mesa and firmware packages. As usual, this release includes the latest debian 10.6 (buster) updates and MX repositories". MX-19.4 is out now!

Why use MX Linux?

Personally, I currently use «MX-19 » and I use it since the version was available «MX-17.1 ». And certainly many often wonder and ask me: Why use a Distro like "MX"? that it is not the lightest available among so many and less the most beautiful among many, which by the way, lives up to its current code name of «Ugly Duckling". And also: What makes it so special to be at the top of DistroWatch for so long?

My arguments

So these are my 6 arguments or strengths what do i see at «MX-19.X » to prefer it:

1. A low and acceptable consumption of resources for its 64 Bit version.
2. A version available for 32 Bits, very useful for old or low-resource equipment.
   
3. An excellent own package, that is, native software tools developed by and for MX.
4. It is based on Debian GNU / Linux 10, which gives it a stable and modern foundation, with excellent support.
5. It accepts the installation and use of extra Desktop Environments very well, that is, apart from XFCE, Plasma and FluxBox, it works very well with LXQT, OpenBox, I3wm and IceWM, at least as far as I have come to test.
6. It allows you to create a Respin (live, customizable and installable Snapshot), which, when used on a USB storage device, has an excellent persistence capacity.

Note: The latter gives the advantage that, once we have spent hours or days improving, customizing, adapting our «MX-19.X » we can make a respin of the same, so that in case of fatal error or want to do a simple reinstallation or reset our Operating systemLet's just spend a few minutes (re) installing it and have everything as we want it, saving us many hours / labor in repeating everything from scratch. And in case of using it in a USB storage unit with or without persistence, we can start our own on any computer «MX-19.X ». Just like I do with my own respin called Miracles.

Conclusion

We hope this "useful little post" about «MX-19.4», ie the last version available from April 01th 2021 full GNU / Linux MX Distro that still follows from primera between DistroWatch favorites; is of great interest and utility, for the entire «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» and of great contribution to the diffusion of the wonderful, gigantic and growing ecosystem of applications of «GNU/Linux».

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