It's great if you are experienced with Linux & its tools as it has a one stop suite for most things I'd give myself messing with at some point.
I could write out an entire review, but long story short as a former distrohopper of at least 60, this is my second favorite "I need a good desktop" distro.
I’m drawing a blank on it… makes me think of MK Linux, AKA MicroKernel Linux from the 90s, but I’m pretty sure they’re not related if this is Debian-based.
How can someone not know how to use Debian though? It was a pain when 1.0 was released, but these days installs just as easily as Mint….
Debian is far from difficult but it is certainly not as easy and beginner friendly to install as Ubuntu, Fedora, or Mint or any other mainstream distro (unless I’m using the wrong iso or something). Debian is a great intermediate distro, but I can’t feel comfortable recommending it to newbies until there is a proper beginner friendly guided install process.
I understand and respect the choice of some distros to not go the guided installer route and go with approaches that are more traditional, flexible, and better suited for more advanced users. And I don’t want to see these options go away. But I don’t recommend these distros to beginners unless they express interest in learning/DIY
I admittedly missed the last part way down at the bottom about systemd-sysv. I suppose that's more acceptable... but still you're going to be using a minority distro with a minority configuration ... that rarely ends well.
It depends on what you want to achieve. MX Linux is one of the less annoying Linux distributions (although I'm more into Void and Slackware, to be honest), but in terms of privacy (which is the very topic of this Lemmy community), it doesn't do much better or worse than most other Linux distributions.
Been using it on all 3 of my machines for the last few months. I used to always end up back on Mint but about a year ago that started crapping out on things. MX just works for me.
One thing about all distros (that I've tried anyway) lately, is that they don't see the wifi card in my small Beelink PC. So it's plugged in. Windows did see it, but I wiped that and installed Linux not long after I bought it. Had a couple of issues with KDE and it wouldn't wake from sleep so back to XFCE. Not too heavily customised but it seems to be a keeper for my main machine - the Beelink. I have a Lenovo Ideapad that currently has Manjaro on - might try vanilla Debian on that.
The other machine is an ancient HP laptop - MX XFCE will be staying on that until it craps out for good.
Works great for me. I'm running mx23 after running mx19 for a few years.
I hope mx23 is better with updates, or making easier to update, as updates broke in mx19 not long after I first installed it. My only complaint. Otherwise great.
Will its really good but isn't Linux mint de and especially MX is better than Debain for A few tools but i agree that they're better than official Ubuntu and easier than vanilla arch
been using it since the pandemic and it is all good. i started with xubuntu but had problems with R after an LTS update (in 2020 i think). looked for an easy to install xfce alternative - tried mx linux and havent had a problem since.
If it works for you go for it. I don’t hear much about it, and haven’t encountered anyone using it. I know it is one of few Debian based distros that is based on Debian itself and not Ubuntu, that is about all I know about it.
What attracts you to it? What are its selling points and what makes it different from Debian? Do you know anything about the developers.