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The MX Linux team has announced the launch of MX Linux 21. The new release is available
in three editions: Xfce, KDE Plasma, and Fluxbox. "We are pleased to offer MX-21 for your use.
Things that are new in MX-21: Debian 11 'Bullseye' base. New and updated applications. New installer
partition selection/management area, including some LVM support if LVM volume exists already
and the ability to set existing data partitions to be mounted on install. New UEFI live system
boot menus. UEFI live users can now select your live boot options (persistence, etc)
from the boot menu and sub-menus 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. MX-Tour showing an overview of each desktop
environment. Translation updates! MX-Comfort default theming, including dark variants and
'thick border' Xfwm variants. Mesa Vulkan drivers are installed by default. Better Realtek
wi-fi support. A ton of customization and custom scripts in MX-Fluxbox.
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And MX Linux 21 was officially released based on Debian 11. Check out the news and find
out where to download the distribution.
MX Linux, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on the “stable” branch of Debian,
is a cooperative venture between the antiX and ex-MEPIS Linux communities.
Using Xfce as the default desktop, it's a medium-weight operating system designed to
combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple setup, high stability, solid performance
and medium size.
Now, the MX Linux team has announced the release and general availability of MX Linux 21.
What's New in MX Linux 21
Dubbed the “Wildflower”, MX Linux 21 has been in development for six months and comes
as an update to the MX Linux 19.x series, based on the latest and greatest Debian 11
Bullseye operating system series, and comes with the environments of desktop Xfce 4.16
and KDE Plasma 5.20, as well as, for the first time, an official edition featuring the Fluxbox
1.3.7 window manager with mx-fluxbox 3.0 settings. The Xfce edition, which remains the flagship
edition of MX Linux, introduces the Thunar Shares plugin for the Thunar file manager
to access Samba shares, which you can access from a folder's properties dialog, plug -in
updated dock type as well as several other updated Xfce Packages.
The Fluxbox edition comes with a Fluxbox configuration manager similar to the Xfce configuration
manager, Tint2 as the default panel with a collection of pre-built configurations and
an expanded set of tools for panel management, tiling options using Ctrl + 1- 9 or arrow
keys, mxfb-quickshot and mxfb-timer and revised help documents ​​with ten translations.
Highlights of MX Linux 21 include a new installer partition selection area with LVM support,
new live UEFI system boot menus with the “rollback” option, and the ability to select boot options
directly from the boot menu and submenus instead of using the previous console menus, and user
password (sudo) for admin tasks by default.
This new version of MX Linux also features a new application called MX Tour, which gives
newcomers a brief overview of each desktop environment.
In addition, users will find a new default theme for all three flavors called MX Comfort,
a bunch of custom scripts in the Fluxbox edition, as well as several other small configuration
changes, especially in the dashboard with new default dashboard plugins.
Hardware support has also been improved, and MX Linux 21 is powered by the Debian 11 Linux
5.10 LTS kernel series, but an AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) ISO image featuring the
KDE Plasma desktop environment will also be prepared with the kernel series Linux 5.14
latest.
This new kernel release brings better Realtek Wi-Fi support from Dynamic Kernel Module Support
(DKMS) modules, which are installed by default, and better support for modern hardware.
Finally, Mesa Vulkan graphics drivers are installed by default in this version for a
better gaming experience.
In this update, MX Linux remains a systemd-free Linux distribution featuring SysVinit as the
default boot system. However, systemd is also available in this release as a boot option,
but only on installed systems, not the live ISO.
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The popular systemd-free Linux distribution MX Linux is becoming more mainstream with
every passing day. The reason behind this is mainly the lightweight nature, 32-bit support,
legacy hardware compatibility and preloaded applications. In addition to that, MX Linux
gives you its own native applications to make your life super easy.
This Debian based Linux distro brings it first stable release of 21.x series. MX Linux 21
brings the latest Debian 11 package base, Kernel 5.10, Xfce 4.16, KDE Plasma 5.20 and
fluxbox 1.3.7.
Here’s what’s new.
MX Linux 21 – What’s New At the core of this release is Debian 11 bullseye
which is released a while back. Debian 11 brings the latest Linux Kernel 5.10, and entire
package base updates. So you get those in this MX Linux release.
On the desktop environments front, you get the latest Xfce 4.16. But KDE Plasma version
is little behind, mostly due to Debian base. You get KDE Plasma 5.20 which is almost 3
versions behind. But on the other hand, Plasma 5.20 is stable and well-tested, so you get
the most stable KDE Plasma version.
The fluxbox edition features Fluxbox version 1.3.7 with mx-fluxbox 3.0 configurations.
A new installer partition selection area introduced, which includes 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.
This release uses user password (sudo) for admin tasks by default. You can switch this
in mx-tweak->Other tab.
Many small configuration changes, particularly on the panel with new default panel plugins
lands.
The live menus now include special features like rollback options for remasters gone wrong.
The team added the mesa Vulcan drivers to the default package set, with better support
for realtek wifi devices.
A new theme called “mx-comfort” is introduced.
The tour app MX-Tour gives an overview of each desktop environment
MX-Comfort default theming, including dark variants and “thick border” Xfwm variants.
A ton of customization and custom scripts in MX-Fluxbox
Translation updates and bug fixes across MX core and desktop environments.
Download MX Linux 21 You can download the latest .ISO from the
below links. Torrents are available as well. There are many variants of .ISO files available.
For example, separate ISO for 32-bit, 64-bit, and extended hardware support .ISO.
Upgrade from MX Linux 19.x to MX Linux 21.x There is no official upgrade path available.
The main reason is the Debian base change and no upgrade options are provided by MX
Linux. So, it is recommended that you back up your data and do a fresh installation.
Final There are very few systemd-free distribution
out there which works for older hardware. And MX Linux is one of those. And the team
is continuously pushing the productivity of this distro with native apps, easy scripts
and performance tweaks. Being based on Debian and pre-configured, you can easily consider
MX Linux as your daily driver. It can easily run for years.
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