MX-Linux Raspberry Pi Respin "Ragout2": Final Version Released!
Since, I personally use a Respin (unofficial) from MX-Linux and I value very much the quality of said MX-Linux DistroI am always on the lookout for your news. And recently, the Winners will be announced in March, have given the pleasant news that they have released the stable version of one of their Respins (officials) named "MX-Linux Raspberry Pi" Respin "Ragout2".
In short words, “MX-Linux Raspberry Pi” is a personal Respin with strong support from the MX-Linux development team (MX Dev) that makes possible the ideal management of a Raspberry Pi with MX-Linux. And that also offers two lightweight window managers: Fluxbox and Openbox.
AV Linux MX Edition: An ideal GNU/Linux for content creators
And as usual, before we dive into today's topic of MX-Linux, and more specifically about the release of their new official Respin called "MX-Linux Raspberry Pi" Respin "Ragout2", we will leave for those interested the following links to some previous related posts. In such a way that they can easily explore them, if necessary, after finishing reading this publication:
“AV Linux MX-21 Edition codenamed “Consciousness” has been released based on MX-21 “Wildflower” and Debian 11 (Bullseye). This new version has been completely built from scratch and is the first version that is not a 'Respin' of an existing system and was built with the same tools used to build MX and antiX. Because you have moved to a completely new Debian platform (from Buster to Bullseye) there is no upgrade path from previous versions of AV Linux and you will have to install from the ISO". AV Linux MX Edition: An ideal GNU/Linux for content creators
MX-Linux Raspberry Pi: Final stable version – Respin “Ragout2”
As we stated before, a few days ago they gave this great news, from which we will extract some important and striking data.
What is MX-Linux Raspberry Pi?
According to MX-Linux development team, in the MX Community Official Blog, this new respin is announced as follows:
"It is a great pleasure to announce the launch of MXRPi_220307 “Ragout2” , a personal Respin with strong support from MX Dev, which links Raspberry Pi with MX-Linux, and offers two lightweight window managers: Fluxbox and Openbox".
However, a month or so earlier, they explained in more detail that this developing respin was:
"An important update to Raspberry Pi Community Respin 21.02.20. Since, "Ragout2" provides a stable, fast and fun Operating System to use with Raspberry Pi 3 and later devices. Because, unes the user-centric goodness of MX Linux with the educational flexibility of Raspberry Pi OS (=RPi). All this, together with the unique implementations of Fluxbox on top of MX, which make it a light and elegant desktop and, for the first time in MX Linux, Openbox.
Features
Among its most outstanding features and novelties, it is worth highlighting the following Top 10:
- Practical configuration panels.
- Full compatibility with Raspberry Pi.
- Use of Debian 10 32-bit base (Buster).
- 20-page documentation available in 14 languages.
- Incorporation of main applications such as: ChRome, Featherpad, VLC, DeadBeeF and Thunar, among others.
- A nice set of adaptations to use on the official Raspberry Pi display: Including virtual keyboards, modified base and panel for easy lifting, long-press context menu, larger menu fonts, adjustable-width scrollbars , among others.
- Localized Openbox menu and new localization mechanism adopted.
- Fixed MX datetime and installed NTP servers changing to ntpsec.
- Replaced dhcpcd with Network Manager to stabilize wireless connection.
- Many others, such as: Revised and localized MXRPi2-Manual, Clean Development Files, and Latest Updates Installed.
More information
For more information on MX-Linux y "MX-Linux Raspberry Pi" Respin "Ragout2" the following links can be explored:
Summary
In short, as we can see, MX Linux continues to be and has proven over time to be an excellent Base Distro from which many useful respines come life Just like now demonstrates the release of this new Respin called "MX-Linux Raspberry Pi" Respin "Ragout2" and others that we recently explored (such as MilagrOS GNU/Linux and AV Linux MX Edition). Therefore, we hope that MX Linux continue to grow for the benefit of their Communities and of all GNU / Linux users in general.
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