for someone who doesn't know how to use debain itself
Huh? What special knowledge does using Debian require and what does MX do differently?
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it's basically Debain but more user friendly and it's suitable for new Linux users
Yeah but how? What is Debian lacking in user-friendliness that MX is making up for?
Yea, I'd like to know as well. I've used both Debian and MX. Other than the control panel thing MX has I can't really think of any discernible differences.
I’m drawing a blank on it… makes me think of MK Linux, AKA MicroKernel Linux from the 90s, but I’m pretty sure they’re not related if this is Debian-based.
How can someone not know how to use Debian though? It was a pain when 1.0 was released, but these days installs just as easily as Mint….
It may be a good distro if someone doesn't have time to configure debian.
It's great if you are experienced with Linux & its tools as it has a one stop suite for most things I'd give myself messing with at some point.
I could write out an entire review, but long story short as a former distrohopper of at least 60, this is my second favorite "I need a good desktop" distro.
My dude, you can't just drop a comment like this and then leave us hanging on what your first favourite is.
Fair enough lol, my number 1 is Linux Mint (Ubuntu) because compared to all of the other distros I've tried, it ACTUALLY "just worked".
Well, what is your favourite then?
do you think it’s worth it’s legacy
It depends on what you want to achieve. MX Linux is one of the less annoying Linux distributions (although I'm more into Void and Slackware, to be honest), but in terms of privacy (which is the very topic of this Lemmy community), it doesn't do much better or worse than most other Linux distributions.
https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/systemd/
I'm pro-systemd so that's an immediate pass from me.
how can someone be pro systemd lol. it's been one of the cancers' of the Linux desktop for years
It really hasn't. Some people freaked out about it for weak reasons, similar to people freaking out about Wayland.
It's made working across distros so much nicer. The fundamental service management, logging, etc is all just a bunch of common tools and patterns.
Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Majaro, etc didn't switch to it because "it's one of the cancer's of the Linux desktop for years."
I've been using it as a daily driver for months now. It comes with many nice features, it's easy to use and mess around with.
Been using it on all 3 of my machines for the last few months. I used to always end up back on Mint but about a year ago that started crapping out on things. MX just works for me. One thing about all distros (that I've tried anyway) lately, is that they don't see the wifi card in my small Beelink PC. So it's plugged in. Windows did see it, but I wiped that and installed Linux not long after I bought it. Had a couple of issues with KDE and it wouldn't wake from sleep so back to XFCE. Not too heavily customised but it seems to be a keeper for my main machine - the Beelink. I have a Lenovo Ideapad that currently has Manjaro on - might try vanilla Debian on that. The other machine is an ancient HP laptop - MX XFCE will be staying on that until it craps out for good.
Thanks i hope you loved like me as well
The theming is stunning
been using it since the pandemic and it is all good. i started with xubuntu but had problems with R after an LTS update (in 2020 i think). looked for an easy to install xfce alternative - tried mx linux and havent had a problem since.