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MeX 64 bit Linux based on Debian Sid and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with Ubuntu Desktop (Gnome 40)
a new version of MeX, in which I've included Kodi Matrix 19.4 - latest version.
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment
hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, tvOS and Android.
It is designed around a "10-foot user interface" for use with televisions and remote controls.
Kodi runs very well in MeX.
On a web site called FireStickTricks you can find instructions how to install 27 (?!) extra
Kodi Builds with their own repositories and skins.
The article is called Best Kodi Builds December 2022.
I've tried Grindhouse today.
Works very well.
Otherwise MeX version 220617 works in the same way as previous versions.
NEWS/CHANGES 220617 Mex Linux is no longer based on Linux Mint.
MeX Build 220617 is based only on Debian Sid and Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.
I have replaced the original kernel (5.15) with "my" special kernel 5.18.3-amd64-exton.
All installed packages in MeX Linux have been upgraded to the latest version by 220617.
This version of MeX uses the Ubuntu Desktop Minimal.
I.e.
Gnome 40.
The very nice icon theme Papirus is installed and used.
MORE MeX NEWS 220617 1.
The MeX ISO is now a ISO-hybrid, which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied)
to a USB pen drive.
2.
Another big improvement is that MeX now can run from RAM.
Use Boot alternative 2 (load to RAM).
When the system has booted up you can eject the disc (DVD)/USB stick.
You'll need at least 2 GB RAM to run MeX that way.
The ISO file is of only 1750 MB so MeX will run super fast from RAM!
3.
I have replaced Google Chrome with Firefox.
Google Chrome is no longer needed to be able to run Netflix in Linux.
4.
The best thing with this new MeX build - Create your own installable Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Live
DVD with Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed)!
The whole “remaster process” is so simple that a 10 year old child can do it.
5.
I have installed Calamares Installer as in many of my other Linux builds.
Calamares is an installer framework.
By design it is very customizable, in order to satisfy a wide variety of needs and use
cases.
Very easy to use.
You can use Calamares to install MeX on both UEFI computers and non UEFI computers (for
example VirtualBox and VMware).
6.
VirtualBox Guest Additions are pre-installed so you can run MeX in full screen in VirtualBox.
Important about Refracta You can use the Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed
in MeX Build 220617) to create your own installable Ubuntu Live DVD once you have installed MeX
to hard drive.
I mean change everything and then create a whole new Ubuntu 22.04 LTS live system.
When you start Refracta Snapshot it will look like this.
You don’t even have to install MeX to hard drive before you can use the Refracta Snapshot.
If you have plenty of RAM you can create a new (your own!)
Ubuntu system while running MeX from DVD or a USB stick.
Please note that the whole Refracta process (creating your new ISO) will only take 10
– 30 min!
You can then install VirtualBox in MeX so you can test run your own created new Ubuntu
ISO.
Or do it in Windows.
Btw: You can do the whole thing in VirtualBox.
I mean install MeX in VirtualBox, change everything, create a new Ubuntu 22.04 system using Refracta
Snapshot and transfer your new ISO to your server with FileZilla (pre-installed).
Or use Samba - screenshot.
NOTE: If you want to create your own distro you must install MeX to a partition of at
least 30GB.
You’ll find your new ISO file in /home/snapshot.
(You can of course change that before you start Refracta Snapshot).
The system language is ENGLISH.
Program content etc To make it possible to run MeX from RAM I
have kept down the number of installed packages.
The MeX ISO file is of 1750 MB.
All packages have been updated to the latest available stable version as of June 17, 2022.
See a complete list of all installed packages.
Used KERNEL Kernel 5.18.3-amd64-exton
What’s new in kernel 5.18?
COMPATIBILITY Differences: Ubuntu 22.04 and MeX Linux is
different only in principle to the terms of program content.
A general truth: If an original system can run on a particular computer an "Exton remaster"
of the same original system can run on the same computer.
I never change a
Linux system for the worse in terms of auto configuration and hardware detection, etc.
It happens that I replace the original kernel (which I have done in this case), but always
to a "better" one with even more native support for various hardware etc.
Passwords and login The password for root (superuser) is root.
When you start up MeX from the live DVD/USB stick you will end up logged in to the Ubuntu
Desktop as the ordinary user live.
The password for the ordinary user live is live.
You can't log in to the Ubuntu Desktop from LightDM as root.
You can, however, press F1 Ctrl Alt simultaneously to go into console mode.
That is if you want to run MeX/the Ubuntu Desktop as root.
In console mode run the following commands: 1.
sudo su 2.
cd /root 3.
startx Watch this screenshot.
During the installation process (using Calamares or Refracta Installer) you'll get the chance
to create your own ordinary user.
Installation to hard drive Note that you in advance (just in case) should
create a partition of at least 8 GB for MeX Linux and a SWAP space double the size of
your computer's RAM.
I.e.
if you have RAM of 1024 MB or less.
If you have RAM of 2 GB or more it's enough with a SWAP space of 2 GB.
The installation program in MeX is otherwise "intuitive".
Choose manual partitioning and select the partition you created in advance for installation.
Use Refracta Installer.
Or use Calamares Installer.
Read more about hard drive installations...
Language settings After a hard drive installation you may want
to change /home/YourUser/.bashrc.
Also: If you want to have Firefox and Thunderbird (for example) in your language you'll have
to install locale files via Synaptic.
Samba - connect to your Windows computers Samba is running all the time so you can very
easily reach your Windows computers.
USB installation Read my USB INSTRUCTION.
Spotify You may want to install Spotify in MeX or
another Debian/Ubuntu system.
Just go ahead.
It’s very easy.
Follow this instruction for Ubuntu.
Or while running MeX just run the command sudo apt update followed by sudo apt install
spotify-client.
Who can benefit from MeX?
All who like Debian/Ubuntu and want a system that is easy to use and maintain.
And of course those who want to create their own Ubuntu 22.04 LTS system in a very simple
way with Refracta Snapshot.
Regarding MeX also those who want to run a Linux system super fast from RAM and/or like
to run Linux from a USB flash drive.
And those who want a new kernel – 5.18.3.
DOWNLOAD MeX Linux can be downloaded from SourceForge.net
- Fast, secure and free downloads from the largest Open Source applications and software
director.
md5sum for MeX Linux ISO which is of 1750 MB.
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