Basic Traits
- Integration of MX-Fluxbox
- New third version: “Advanced Hardware System” (ahs) for support of very recent hardware
- Kernels (secured against known vulnerabilities)
- Foundation
- Debian Stable 10.4 (Buster), augmented by ongoing backports and additions
- Xfce 4.14
- core antiX systems
- Automatic enabling of most Broadcom drivers
- UEFI installer (64bit & 32bit)
- LUKS encrypted root, home, and swap partition options
- Bug Manager for better user experience
Details in the Blog post by Dolphin Oracle.
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Key Default Applications
The versions listed refer to the date of release; they will be continually upgraded as time goes on.
- Browser: Firefox 76
- Video Player: VLC 3.0.10
- Music Manager/Player: Clementine 1.3.1
- Email client: Thunderbird 68.6.1
- Office suite: LibreOffice 6.1.5 (x64)
- Backup: LuckyBackup 0.4.9-1
- Security: Passwords and Keys 3.30.1.1-1
- Terminal: Xfce4 Terminal 0.8.8-0
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User Experience
- Stable
- Easy and flexible installation
- Excellent hardware recognition
- Automatic configuration for most users
- One-click change of panel orientation and default theme
- One-click enabling of Event sounds
- Hibernation now enabled by default
- Important applications updated regularly by Community
- Significant upgrades to MX Tools
- Localization for MX apps in many languages
- Great help through video set
- Full Users Manual onboard and online
- Excellent support on a friendly forum
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Tools To Make Common Tasks Easier
Many of these Tools were developed specifically for MX, while some were forked from existing antiX apps or are existing antiX apps; a couple were imported with permission from outside sources.
- Live
Live USB maker
Live-usb kernel updater
Remaster tool
Snapshot - Maintenance
Boot options, now expanded to install grub themes
Boot repair
Cleanup
Menu editor
User manager - Setup
Nvidia driver installer
Codecs installer, now includes updated S3 texture packs
Conky
Network Assistant
Select sound
System sounds
Tweak
Welcome
System keyboard
System locales - Software
Fix GPG keys
Package installer: now includes Debian Backports, MX Test, Flatpaks, and Debian Stable repos
Repo manager - Utilities
Quick System Info
iDevice Mounter
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One-click Extras With Package Installer
The MX Package Installer has undergone a major rewrite for MX-17.1. It is much faster and has a built-in console. It includes 1) popular applications from the Debian Stable repos; 2) packages brought in from Debian Testing/Sid and properly configured; 3) packages not found in Debian repos at all but pulled from developers’ websites or other distro-specific repos and also properly configured. 4) applications undergoing evaluation in MX Test Repo; 5) Flatpaks.
- Audio: Audacity, DeaDBeeF, Pithos, Spotify, etc.
- Browser: Palemoon, Qupzilla, etc.
- Children: Preschool, Primary, etc.
- Graphics: ImageMagik, Inkscape, etc.
- Docks: Docky, Plank, etc.
- Icons: Faba, Moka, etc.
- Kernels: various patched options
- Language: language packs for Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.
- Media Center: Kodi, Plex, etc.
- Messaging: Pidgin, Skype, etc.
- Misc: Google Earth, VirtualBox, etc.
- Network: Dropbox, Tor and Privoxy, etc.
- Office: GnuCash, Adobe Reader, Calibre, etc.
- Themes: Adapta, Obsidian1, etc.
- Video: DVDStyler, MPlayer, OpenShot, etc
- Window managers: Budgie Desktop, Compiz, MATE, etc.
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Advanced LiveUSB (antiX)
- Many new Live boot options inherited from antiX Linux
- Run in Live mode in 10 languages
- Live kernel upgrader
- Easy Live-remaster to make a custom LiveUSB or your own version to distribute as an ISO
- Three forms of Live persistence (i.e., what files are kept on the LiveUSB): details (video)
- Easy “frugal” installation option
- Simple creation of custom snapshots (as easy as: add/remove packages, change settings, take a snapshot)
- Automatic check of LiveUSB file systems for integrity
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