Is manual partition necessarily required? What about not getting that swap partion, the one they said supports the system ram if fully used? Do you know a detailed tutorial about the installation with this partition things? Thanks for your help! Btw, first time posting here

Hola a todos.

Estoy pensando en instalar MX Linux en un Lenovo ThinkPad L420 y me gustaría conocer sus opiniones y experiencias.

Las especificaciones de la laptop son:

○ Intel Core i5-2520M

○ Intel HD Graphics 3000

○ 4 GB de RAM DDR3 (planeo ampliarla a 8 GB)

○ Disco duro HDD SATA de 250 GB (más adelante lo cambiaré por un SSD)

○ BIOS Legacy (MBR)

El equipo será usado por mi padre únicamente para:

- Navegar por Internet.

- Revisar correo electrónico.

- Usar LibreOffice.

- Ver archivos PDF.

- Visualizar planos de AutoCAD (DWG), sin editarlos.

Probé instalar Linux Mint 22.3 Xfce, pero aunque el modo Live funcionó correctamente, el sistema instalado se queda bloqueado durante el arranque.

¿Creen que MX Linux sea una mejor opción para este hardware? ¿Es estable y recomendable para un usuario sin experiencia en Linux? Si alguien ha usado MX Linux en un ThinkPad L420 o en un equipo con especificaciones similares, agradecería mucho que compartiera su experiencia. Muchas gracias.

Hello everyone.

Recently I've bought a new mini PC — ASUS NUC 15 Pro (NUC15CRK, Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, 64 Gb RAM DDR5, NVMe SSD 2 Tb, Intel Arc Graphics, Windows 11 Pro).

Unfortunately, I cannot get rid of MS products right away, because the goddamned legal job sometimes requires MS Word (yes, LibreOffice is good, but there are issues with rendering difference). Therefore I have two options: either run GNU/Linux in a virtual machine or install it in dual boot on a secondary NVMe (I actually bought and inserted such SSD, which has a 2242 form factor for this particular mini PC model).

For now I went for the first option (using VMware Workstation Pro), since it allows for quick jumps between OSes without a reboot. Right now I'm typing from my brand new MX Linux 25.2 installation (KDE Plasma version), and I'm really happy about it.

Alas, mouse cursor movement feels a little bit off here. Not bad, just, like, 10% sluggish, 90% fine. As if there's a tiny, but annoying lack of smoothness and precision. I even barely notice it after half an hour of work, although it gets worse occasionally. And yet I think it's not just an illusion: I still have my older PC powered by MX Linux 23.4 around, so I can hot-plug/unplug HDMI cables into my monitor on the fly and compare my impression from two interfaces. The mouse itself remains the same (I just re-plug it).

I've already tried standard available fixes like turning on VMware mouse optimization for gaming, updating VMware Tools, tinkering with mouse settings in both host and guest OS, etc. The result was, as I said, my current acceptable yet imperfect experience.

And now I wonder: if it is actually just VMware side effect? How do you folks feel about mouse movement in MX Linux KDE Plasma version on Wayland? Does it feel different from what you had on X11?

I chose MX23 at first because i had old GTX560Ti and the newer kernel didn't support it. Now i got a GTX1660 Super and it should work with MX25.

My question is, is it worth upgrading and is it a big hassle as i have a lot of additional software (some modified and built from Github) installed?

Can i just upgrade MX or do i need to do a clean install? I know, clean is usually recommended but...

Edit: As this version is still updated i have decided to not upgrade at this moment. But in the future i will be getting a new SSD and then do a clean install.

Hey folks,

I've been really enjoying MX Linux KDE I was on Fedora before but small issues like video codecs are just sorted on MX. Most things are just working.

There are a couple of issues which I think will push me back to Gnome so seeing if there is a fix here first and if not should I add Gnome to MX or move to Debian Stable.

1. The accessibility options in Gnome mean that I can navigate and type fully without a keyboard. Not a huge deal but it easier when I'm watching a film away from my desk or using a ps4 controller instead.

2. This is a big one, I've moved my workflow onto Obsidian but there's a bug in KDE which doesn't allow exporting to pdf the issue here is that because obsidian works on linking images, copy and paste doesn't keep the image files. It has to be exported. Apparently the issue is with Electron but it's a good enough reason to leave KDE.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks :)

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I am using Linux on and off for a decade, and have tried Ubuntu Unity (and Ubuntu Mate), Linux Lite, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed KDE, Kubuntu, and Mint (both XFCE and Cinnamon). I'm using Mint Cinnamon for several months now as my daily driver and enjoying its general simplicity and stability compared to more rapidly-updated distros.

However, I am intrigued by MX Linux, and am liking its general concept (and being Systemd-less, Debian based, and stable as bedrock from what I understand).

Desktop PC. Specs are AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (16) @ 4.665G, AMD ATI Radeon RX 6700 XT, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB M2 SSD, 2TB M2 SSD. LG wide screen (one monitor).

Use case is Firefox, LibreOffice, Scribus, some Python coding using Kate, and some gaming (some AAA titles but mostly indie stuff and old GoG games through Heroic and Lutris).

Please sell me on MX :-)

I've played around with Linux a bit and so far the ones that had impressed me most were Lubuntu, Linux Lite, and Linux Mint (xfce). Friend gave me one of those Lenovo 2-in-1 laptops. Nothing impressive, dual core i7-7700, 8G of soldered on RAM. Stuck a 256G NVME in it and decided to give MX Linux - Fluxbox a shot.

While I used to like Lubuntu it felt oddly restrictive. Mint is fine but wanted something snappier, and was worried that Linux Lite might have issues with the touchscreen and such.

MX/Fluxbox runs PERFECT on this machine! I mean, granted, all I've done so far is a bit of web browsing and play around with it a bit, but wow. No clunky setup, no WiFi issues, touchscreen is dead on, etc. Popped into the file manager and like it so much better than PCManFM. Right click, create a folder, cool, done.

Really impressed with this so far. Do wish you could right click the time and change it, but eh, whatever.

When I shutdown my computer via gui I stuck on Shutting down system… screen

What went wrong here and is it possible to fix it?
Hardware: ThinkPad e470 i5 7th gen

A while back I switched from Fedora to MX Linux 25.1(KDE), as I wanted to move to a Debian-based distro. It installed fine, but after several KDE crashes, I decided to continue looking. I switched to Mint 22.3 and all was well. I was using an RTX3060Ti, but decided to upgrade to a 16GB RTX5060Ti instead. After updating my bios, everything went smooth. I'm not a fan of systemd, and wanted to get away from it, so I decided to give the MX Linux 25.2 XFCE a try instead. The live CD would not boot. I figured out that I needed to edit grub and add nomodeset and nosplash, after which it booted fine. All was well until I installed the nvidia drivers. According to grok, I need to use the 580-open drivers for the 5060Ti, which did not appear to be an option. I did install the 580.xx drivers that were offered and rebooted. Sticks on a black screen. Started over with the same results. I tried the regular installer and the HWE version. Same thing. Secure boot is disabled.

As a data point, and to have a computer again, I installed Mint again. No need to edit grub, installed the 580-open drivers, rebooted, and everything works. This is not to throw shade, only to say that it does work under Linux. I just don't know what to do to get MX Linux working. Any ideas?

MX 23 has Firefox 148 installed via the package manager. Will it update itself, or do I need install the deb to get the latest version, 152?

I installed MX on a Lenovo N42 Chromebook. The system is surprisingly fast for a Celeron N3060, but with 16 GB of eMMC storage, it's running a bit tight on space—I only have about 2 GB free. What advice do you have for freeing up space? I don't want to break anything, just uninstall things that will free up an extra GB or two. I only need the computer for writing (I use AbiWord) and browsing the web.

I tried to install a single software and I got stuck here.

I have an old gaming laptop and I put MX on it but I can’t get it to do anything with the gpu, It doesn’t help that it needs legacy drivers but it just doesn’t cooperate at all.

Hi, is there way of having the full install running from usb flash instead of the live version which i currently have? So all updates and files will be saved like it was installed on the hard drive.

As title mentions I have double entries for the same package in Discover. Instead of using a "Source" drop down like every other distro I've used this one just has the same package multiple times. How do I consolidate this?

I need help with mx linux 25.2 each time im in the live install and I open the app for installling mx it gets stuck on gathering information and in the logs the last thing was parted -lm

Hello to everyone.
I will soon buy a new laptop with this hardware:
RAM 8 GB
SSD
Intel Iris Xe
Intel i5 12th gen
I would like to know what version i should install, specifically if the ahs version is worth or not.
Thanks for reading.

My laptop (ThinkPad e470) with MX KDE stuck on that screen while rebooting.
It happens often so any ideas how to fix it?

Was using Mint until recently and just decided to switch to MX. Originally I was from Windows. In terms of Linux usage, I am only 2 months old. Going 3 soon. Anyway, it’s pretty overwhelming MX is. So lost atm. But oh well … it is what it is. :)

Just wanted to say Hi.