I got tired of LMDE and am a longtime lover of XFCE (though haven’t used it in years) and I gotta say this is a distro that feels like a distinct distro for once. Comes with an amazing set of tools__ the way OpenSUSE does, especially the GUI package manager and the ability to make a bootable live ISO of your running system. Definitely not your normal Debian derivative IMO. Definitely a distro I slept on for a long time. Choice of init system too is chefs kiss for all the systemD haters. The antiX foundation is nice too as I agree on their values 100%, but that distro is too minimal for my needs.
I used MX for a handful of years after CrunchBang ceased development. I decided to migrate to just a core Debian install at a certain point, when I realized I was basically installing custom everything, and wasn’t really using MX the way it was probably intended.
It’s a good, mid-weight choice. Nothing negative to say about it.
Yep, same here. I went to MX after starting with Ubuntu. Now I’m a Debian guy.
I left for Void at the beginning of the year, and it knocked my socks off.
Been using it for a while, first with XFCE and just recently rebuilt with Plasma.
Hopped a lot before arriving at MX, stayed because it just works, does everything I need and more without issues.
MX is my distro of choice.
For most common tasks, I can easily pop open either a command line or a GUI, depending on my mood.
It’s like the REM of Linux distros: it can appeal to all different kinds of users, and of all different skill levels. Plus, it’s not a resource hog.
I have one antiX laptop - an old Chromebook with limited storage and low power. My gaming PC in the living room runs Bazzite. And I test plenty of other distros.
But for my general purpose computers, I keep going back to MX with either Plasma or XFCE.
Plus, I love hitting F4 for the drop-down console.
Drop down console is one of the things I absolutely love about MX, so much so that I had to install guake on my desktop I switched over to mint. I’m not sure I could go back to not having a drop down console.
Yakuake user here. Drop down terminal is my favorite terminal experience.
I know it’s actually terminal, but I can’t help call it console after years of Quake and other games.
Hm? They were Systemd-only for a while but brought back choice of inits recently?
Well, let’s see how this goes. From what i understand, distros are either Systemd-only, no-Systemd or a mess of shims and wrappers.
or a mess of shims and wrappers.
That’s called “sysv init”.
There’s also runit, s6, dinit and more, just so you know.
I have an elderly Lenovo Yoga running it as my daily driver. Boots fast and gets everything done what I need.
I’m surprised to see comments of people actually using it. I know it’s been topping distrowatch forever by inflation numbers.
Have been using it enthusiastically for a good while now. It’s got a nice balance between useable out of the box and having all the tweak ability.
Can’t recommend it enough.
