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MX FAQs

  • Version: MX-14, MX-15, MX-16, MX-17, and MX-18
  • Section: Help Files

The MX Tweak tool makes moving it to your preferred position very easy.

Ubuntu is not Debian, so installing PPAs will likely cause problems. See this for more details: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/add-ppa-repository
Solution: Go to the request forum for your MX version, under Community Repository (CR), and ask our Packaging Devs if the PPA can be be ported or updated for our own repository.

MX has very active sites, see this list for details.

Leaving these repos permanently enabled will result in system instabilities and likely lead to a re-installation.
Solution: use the MX-Tools > Package Installer to install individual packages from selected repos.

Systemd is included by default but not enabled. For more information see the Users Manual Section 1.7 and the WIki article.

MX Linux is fundamentally user-oriented, so includes a certain amount of non-free software to assure that the system works out of the box as much as possible. Flash is easily uninstalled using the Package Installer.

We are currently supporting versions of MX from 14 through 18.3 through the Forum. MX 14 is based on Debian Wheezy, and wheezy LTS ceased being supported on 31 May 2018.
MX 15/16 will also be supported for several more years; currently we try and roll any new packages we can for that version too, but as it ages, that becomes less practical.

General support information is available in the Users Manual Section 1.4.

Instructions for migration of different MX versions can be found on the Migration page of the MX Community website.

A number of different desktops are available in the MX Package Installer under the category Window Managers and can be installed easily. For more information on the MX Package Installer please refer to the Manual Section 3.2.11 on Package Installer: https://mxlinux.org/user_manual_mx19/mxum.pdf

Applications from Window Managers other than XFCE that are in the default repos can be installed. Very often they will bring in other applications and libraries that are dependencies of the application. In some cases full functionality of the installed application may not be achieved and will require some research on how to enable that functionality. Also the appearance of the application may not be consistent with the XFCE default theme, especially since the upgrade to Xfce 4.14.

You can check the status of the kernel in use by running spectre-meltdown-checker in a root terminal. You will need to install the package from the default Debian Repositories with Synaptic or the MX Package Installer.

sudo spectre-meltdown-checker

Patched kernels are available with status descriptions in the MX Package Installer > Manage Popular packages under the Kernels category.

Stand-alone packages are different in that they are essentially independent from the particular OS and do not need to be installed. For details, consult these pages:
Appimages
Flatpaks
Snaps

Right-click the Panel > Panel > Add New Items, select Action Buttons, and click Add. Then right-click that newly created panel button > Properties and uncheck everything except what you want to see. Even faster if you leave confirmation unchecked.

MX has no plans to discontinue 32-bit releases for the foreseeable future.

We make an official release annually, and use that year for the release number (MX-17 was released at the end of 2017). Because we work closely with our sister distro antiX, and track Xfce developments as well, the release comes toward the end of the year.

Use Alt-F8 to grab the lower-right window corner and drag to the size you want. Alternatively, install a theme (Settings > Appearance) with larger borders.

No, we do not host an IRC Channel.

This is usually due to a known bug, see this Wiki article.

That happens sometimes, especially with personal snapshots. Press F4 to get a terminal, and enter
sudo -E /usr/sbin/minstall

v. 20190917

11 thoughts on “MX FAQs”

  1. Looking on the web for ways to create a bootable USB with Persistence I have found two methods described, none of which seem to apply to MX-18. Where can I find an up to date guide?

  2. Ironically, the only way I could make a bootable iso was sing RUFUS in Windows. I tried to find a way in Ubuntu-MATE, but nothing worked! If you have a windows device, that may be your best bet. Sadly.

  3. @richard , use the gnome-disk-utility, that’s installed by issuing the `apt install gnome-disk-utility` command via the terminal.

  5. I used RUFUS to create the bootable USB. Then I believe I selected advanced boot options on the MX boot menu. One of the options was persistence saving root and home on logout. It is working fine.

  7. You could also use the live usb disk for MX Linux then use the live usb maker from there. This assumes you have two usb ports.

  8. PROŚBA.Staram się stworzyć na moim USB 8GB i systemem MX Linux 18.3 opcję live.Niestety nie mogę utworzyć takiej opcji.W żaden sposób nie mogę wybrać płyty ISO z systemem MX Linux 18.3.Te opcje widoczne na filmie nie są widoczne w moim komputerze.Bardzo proszę o pomoc.
    Pozdrawiam Wojciech

  9. Hi. I recently installed MX to a bootable USB. It runs fine right after the install. But once I restart, none of the MX-Tools will launch. I followed the installation at default, so nothing was changed. I can tell that the whenever the Welcome screen pops up, everything works. But it’s like Russian Roulette. Sometimes it works fully, but most of the time it doesn’t. Can someone please help. MX feels like a solid and stable OS and I would like have it for everyday use.

  10. One of the first questions I had about MX Linux was why were some of the settings found under Settings in the menu and some under MX Tools instead of them all being under Settings. I found out later that Settings came from upstream Debian with Xfce, and that MX added their own tools category apparently to keep the standard Xfce portions of the menu as original as possible for the benefit of people coming from other Xfce distros.

    Another issue I had was that it was difficult to find various settings at first, and once I’d found one and changed it I had trouble finding it again so I could change it back. It was as if things were scattered all over the place.

    It was really just a learning curve on my part, but maybe someone (possibly even me) could document the menu with screen captures and notes explaining what the different categories mean, plus the various settings and MX tools, as an aid to navigation.

  11. “What’s the best way to upgrade from one version of MX to another?
    Instructions for migration of different MX versions can be found on the Migration page of the MX Community website.”

    Does that imply that there will always be a migration plan from any version to the next one ?
    Because I remember reading somewhere that MX 18.3 systems won’t be able to upgrade to 19 after it gets released.

    Is MX inteded to be semi-rolling ?

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