MX Linux 21 Release Candidate Readied for Public Testing with Xfce, KDE Plasma, and
Fluxbox Flavors.
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The MX Linux development team informs 9to5Linux today about the general availability for public
testing of the first Release Candidate (RC) images of the upcoming MX Linux 21 distribution.
Coming exactly one month after the second beta release, MX Linux 21 Release Candidate
is here with some small changes, numerous bug fixes and updated translations, as well
as updated components and latest security patches from the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”
software repositories.
MX Linux 21 Release Candidate adds “thick” variants of the xfwm4 mx-comfort themes in
the Xfce flagship edition, and adds new mx-comfort color schemes as part of the MX global themes
to the KDE Plasma edition, which also received various improvements to the default settings.
On the other hand, the new Fluxbox edition ships with new mx-comfort styles for the Fluxbox
window manager and the ability to automatically update the menus during package installation
so you can find your newly installed software without having to log out of the session.
The MX Linux team tells 9to5Linux that they worked really hard in the last few weeks to
squash as many bugs as possible, so that the final release of MX Linux 21 “Wildflower”
can see the light of day sooner than initially planned, which should happen by the end of
the month.
However, if more bugs are found during the first Release Candidate testing, a second
RC could be baked in the coming days for some extra testing. If you want to help the MX
Linux devs deliver a bug-free release, go ahead and download the first RC of MX Linux
21 with your favorite flavor, Xfce, KDE Plasma, or Fluxbox, from the release announcement
page.
All three flavors come with the long-term supported Linux 5.10 LTS kernel from Debian
GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye,” but only the Xfce and Fluxbox editions are supported on
both 64-bit and 32-bit systems. However, please try to keep in mind that these are pre-release
versions, not ready for use in a production deployment.
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Debian-based MX Linux 21 RC is here to spoil Microsoft's big Windows 11 launch party.
Today is October 5, which is particularly significant as it is the official Windows
11 release date. This is even more special as Microsoft's latest desktop operating system
isn't just good... it's great. Yes, this is probably the best version of Windows ever,
and if you are a Windows user, you should absolutely upgrade if your computer is compatible.
Unfortunately, that is a pretty big "if" this time around. You see, Microsoft is quite strict
with the system requirements, meaning many computers will not be compatible or officially
supported. Even though Windows 10 will continue to be supported for a while, understandably,
some users will want to jump ship immediately knowing their PC has no future in Microsoft's
eyes. Thankfully, these users have a wonderful alternative to Windows 11 -- Linux!
Today, the first release candidate of MX Linux 21 is released, and Microsoft is probably
not very happy about that. After all, the Linux distribution is essentially spoiling
the big Windows 11 launch party. Heck, Microsoft is even serving ice cream!
The upcoming MX Linux 21 is based on Debian 11 "Bullseye." The operating system is offered
with the Fluxbox window manager or your choice of two popular desktop environments -- KDE
Plasma and Xfce. The Linux distribution features mesa vulkan drivers by default and an updated
installer. There's improved Wi-Fi support baked in too.
But what's new in the first release candidate, specifically? The developers share that below.
New installer partition selection area, including some lvm support if lvm volume exists already
New UEFI live system boot menus. Now you can select your live boot options (persistence,
etc…) from the boot menu and submenus rather than using the previous console menus.
Xfce 4.16, Plasma 5.20, fluxbox 1.3.7 with mx-fluxbox 3.0 configs
User password (sudo) for admin tasks by default. You can switch this in mx-tweak->Other tab.
Many many bugfixes since beta2.
If you are ready to try out MX Linux 21 RC 1, you can download it here now. Should you
replace Windows 10 with MX Linux today? No, not immediately -- you should try it first
and make sure sure it fully meets your needs. Plus, don't forget, this is merely a release
candidate and not the final version. With that said, it should be pretty stable at this
point. At the very least, you should wait for the final stable version before making
any decisions.
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