MX-Linux 17.1: An Amazing Distro!
MX-Linux is a GNU / Linux Distro developed from cooperative development between the existing communities of the "antiX" Distros and the former "MEPIS". Both have brought you the best of their tools and talents.
This has resulted in MX-Linux is currently a "medium weight" Operating System designed with an elegant and efficient desktop but with a simple configuration., with high stability, solid performance, and average size ISO. But what makes it most attractive is its DVD / USB customization, packaging and portability capabilities to create new Distros based on it.
About MX-Linux 17.1
This beautiful and functional Distro has the following features:
- Type of Operating System: GNU / Linux
- Based on: DEBIAN 9.4 (Stretch) with the antiX Operating Systems base
- Origin: Greece and USA
- Architecture: i386 and x86_64 (32 and 64 Bit)
- Kernels: 4.15.0-1 / PAE and Non-PAE (Asecured against known vulnerabilities)
- Default desktop: XFCE
- Category: It comes in a live format
- Condition: Current and updated
- Popularity: Growing
- Official Website: MX-Linux
- Alternative Web Pages: mx repo
- Current Version Number: 17.1
- Current Version Date: 2018-03-14
- Current Version code name: Horizon
- Installation type: Graph
- Type of parcel: .deb
- Upgrade model: Stable base augmented by continuous backports and additions
- Startup Software: sysv
- Supported File System: ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
- Supported languages: in ca cs de es fr hu nl pt br.
It also has other outstanding features like: Automatic activation of most Broadcom drivers, UEFI installer (64 bit) and an extensive User Manual which is also online.
Distribution's default apps
This Distro has some great, fairly up-to-date default apps, such as:
- Web navigator: Firefox 58.0.2
- Video player: VLC 2.2.8-2
- Music Player / Manager: Clementine 1.3.1
- Mail Client: Thunderbird 52.6
- Office Suite: Libre Office 6.0.1-1
- Backup Manager: LuckyBackup 0.4.9-1
- Security Manager: Passwords and Keys 3.20.0-3.1
- Terminal: Xfce4 0.8.3-1 Terminal
Distribution's own applications
This Distro It has excellent and very useful own applications that make this distro an excellent choice, many of them centralized in a larger call «MX Tools». Some of them are:
Applications Section "Live / Live"
- Build Live USB (MX Create Live USB)
- Create Live USB (MX Live USB Maker)
- Snapshot (MX Snapshot)
These applications are used to create ISO images Operating System File System (MX Snapshot) and burn them to USB storage drives (MX Live USB Maker / MX Create Live USB).
Applications Section «Maintenance / Maintenance»
- Menu Editor (MX Menu Editor)
- Flash Manager (MX Flash Manager)
- User Manager (MX User Manager)
- Cleaner (MX Cleanup)
- Repair Boot (MX Boot Repair)
These applications are used to Manage GRUB (MX Boot Repair), Clean the User's Home (MX Cleanup), Install or update Flash Player in the Operating System for Web Browsers (MX Flash Manager), Manage the XFCE Start Menu and Applications (MX Editor Menu) and Manage the Users of the Operating System (MX UserManager).
Applications Section «Configuration / Setup»
- Network Assistant (MX Network Assistant)
- Welcome (MX Welcome)
- Conky
- NVIDIA Driver Installer (MX NVIDIA Driver Installer)
- Codec Installer (MX Codecs Installer)
- Retouching (MX Tweak)
- Select Audio (MX Select Sound)
- System Sounds (MX System Sounds)
These applications serve to manage many important aspects of the Operating System, such as NVIDIA Brand Video Card Drivers (MX NVIDIA Driver Installer), Codecs (MX Codecs Installer), Desktop Conkys (MX Conky), Network Card Configuration (MX Network Assistant) and Sound (MX Select Sound), the Sounds or Visual Aspects of the User Environment (MX System Sounds / MX Tweak), and the User Welcome Greeting (MX Welcome).
Applications Section «Applications / Software»
- Install Packages (MX Packages Installer)
- Manage Repos (MX Repo Manager)
- GPG Keys Repair (MX Fix GPG Keys)
These applications serve to manage the operating system packages, such as Repository Keys (MX Fix GPG Keys), Repositories (MX Repo Manager) and packages (MX Packages Installer) within them.
Applications Section «Utilities / Utilities»
- Quick System Information (MX Quick System Info)
- Device Mounter (MX iDevice Mounter)
These applications serve to manage technical information Relative of the Operating System and Hardware of the Equipment (MX Quick System Info) and PCI / USB Devices Storage connected to the System.
These and other applications and features of this Distro have made in Distrowatch it is ranked # 7 with a rating of 9.6 out of 10.
Repositories
These are the current repositories for this Distro. And the same can be added to other Distros to import your custom applications. After additions, their keys must be added to the Operating System.
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# REPOSITORIOS SECUNDARIOS DE MX-LINUX PARA MX-LINUX 17
# deb http://repo.antixlinux.com/stretch stretch main
# deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
# deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/ stretch test
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# REPOSITORIOS SECUNDARIOS DE MX-LINUX PARA MX-LINUX 17
# deb http://antix.daveserver.info/stretch stretch main
# deb http://iso.mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/antix/stretch stretch main
# deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/ stretch test
# deb http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
# deb http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx/testrepo/ stretch test
# deb http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/antix/stretch stretch main
# deb http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
# deb http://mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch main
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Recommendation
I use pure MX Linux on my personal home computer, and I use it merged with Ubuntu 18.04 creating together with Systemback a Distro called MinerOS GNU / Linux. But MX-Linux itself is a very easy to use and very powerful Distro that does an excellent job without including an unnecessary amount of external or additional software.
MX Linux has in its favor a good collection of its own applications that make it definitely a very special Distro that saves time, especially less experienced users. And keeping support for both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture alongside Non-PAE kernels is definitely a wonderful incentive in a modern GNU / Linux distribution.
Finally, I recommend that you watch the following video to see the potential of this latest version of MX-Linux.