Basic Traits
- Three Desktop options: Xfce, Plasma, Fluxbox
- Advanced version: “Advanced Hardware Support” (ahs) for support of very recent hardware
- Kernels (secured against known vulnerabilities)
- 64bit: latest Debian 6.12.48 stable kernel for newer machines.
- ahs: Liquorix 6.16 with auto updates)
- Easy kernel upgrade or downgrade with MX Package Installer
- Foundation
- Debian Stable 13.1 (Trixie), augmented by ongoing backports and additions
- Xfce 4.20/KDE 6.3.6/Fluxbox 1.3.7
- antiX live system
- Automatic enabling of most Broadcom drivers
- Increased support for realtek wifi devices
- UEFI installer (64bit & 32bit)
- LUKS encrypted root, home, and swap partition options
Key Default Applications
The versions listed refer to the date of release; they will be continually upgraded as time goes on.
- Browser: Firefox 144.0
- Video Player: VLC 3.0.21
- Music Manager/Player: Strawberry 1.2.14
- Email client: Thunderbird 140
- Office suite: LibreOffice 25.2.3
User Experience
- Stable
- Releases utilizing Debian kernel support secure boot.
- Easy and flexible installation
- Excellent hardware recognition
- Automatic configuration for most users
- One-click change of panel orientation and default theme
- One-click enabling of Event sounds
- Hibernation now enabled by default
- Important applications updated regularly by Community
- Significant upgrades to MX Tools
- Localization for MX apps in many languages
- Great help through expanded video set and on-board manual and help files.
- Full Users Manual onboard and online.
- Excellent support on a friendly forum
Tools To Make Common Tasks Easier
Many of these Tools were developed specifically for MX, while some were forked from existing antiX apps or are existing antiX apps; a couple were imported with permission from outside sources.
- Live
Live USB maker
Live-usb kernel updater
Remaster tool
Snapshot - Maintenance
Boot Options, now expanded to install grub themes
Boot Repair
Chroot Rescue Scan
Cleanup
Disk Manager
Job Scheduler
Menu editor
User manager
Samba Config (usershare configuration) - Setup
Nvidia driver installer
Conky
Network Assistant
Date & Time
Select sound
System sounds
Tweak
UEFI Manager
User Installed Packages
Welcome
System keyboard
System locales - Software
Fix GPG keys
Package installer: Popular Applications, Debian Stable and Backports, MX Test, Flatpaks
Deb-Installer
Repo manager
MX Updater - Utilities
Quick System Info, now expanded to serve as a log reader
One-click Extras With Package Installer
The MX Package Installer is fast and has a built-in console. It includes 1) popular applications from the Debian Stable repos; 2) packages brought in from Debian Testing/Sid and properly configured; 3) packages not found in Debian repos at all but pulled from developers’ websites or other distro-specific repos and also properly configured. 4) applications undergoing evaluation in MX Test Repo; 5) Debian Backports; 6) Flatpaks.
- Audio: Audacity, DeaDBeeF, Pithos, Spotify, etc.
- Browser: Palemoon, Falkon, Vivaldi, Opera, Brave, Chrome, Librewolf
- Children: Preschool, Primary, etc.
- Graphics: ImageMagik, Inkscape, GIMP, etc.
- Docks: Docky, Plank, etc.
- Icons: Faba, Moka, etc.
- Language: language packs for Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.
- Media Center: Kodi, Plex, etc.
- Messaging: Pidgin, Skype, Zoom, etc.
- Misc: Google Earth, VirtualBox, etc.
- Network: Dropbox, Tor and Privoxy, etc.
- Office: GnuCash, Adobe Reader, Calibre, etc.
- Video: DVDStyler, MPlayer, OpenShot, etc
Advanced LiveUSB (antiX)
- Many new Live boot options inherited from antiX Linux, all selectable right from the boot menus
- Run in Live mode in 10 languages
- Live kernel upgrader
- Easy Live-remaster to make a custom LiveUSB or your own version to distribute as an ISO
- Three forms of Live persistence (i.e., what files are kept on the LiveUSB): details (video)
- Easy “frugal” installation option
- Simple creation of custom snapshots (as easy as: add/remove packages, change settings, take a snapshot)
- Automatic check of LiveUSB file systems for integrity
