Honest question, but why not just install Debian with the Xfce DE? Why rely on a fork for updates?
From what I can tell both by testing MX Linux and by reading about it, it’s nothing more than Debian with a few pre-installed packages and some customization. All of which could be done on Debian directly without much trouble.
Not saying you have to or anything, and I can understand and respect using something like MX Linux to save time on the customization. Just know that because it’s based on Debian, any core OS updates will be delayed while the MX team rebases them into their fork.
I transitioned from MX Linux to Debian without reinstalling the whole thing, since there is a Nextcloud instance running in that server and I’m not an expert on that kind of setup. I know it’s not recommended, and upgrading to Debian 12 wasn’t pleasant, but it seems like it’s full Debian now.
Don’t understand the MX Linux popularity in distrowatch, for example. While MX Linux, there was always some problem, now that it is Debian stable, it works and does not break.
one of the mentions that you added to your post (along with thelinuxEXP for some reason) makes it appear in a Lemmy community that’s focused on Linux news, not screenshots.
Been using the fluxbox 32bit variant for a while, pretty good and solid, lightweight on resources (the device runs on 1GB of ram and still serves me well enough) only drawback is outdated packages (cuz debian AND 32bit), also I’ve noticed the MX team has done some cool stuff (like I found telegram-desktop (kinda active package) in the MX repo there is no official binary for 32bit Linux)
I can tell you, I’m using it for 5+ years, after years of Ubuntu.
MX is fantastic, I’m using it on laptops and my main PC (AMD 5600H) with the AHS version. Everything works fine, super stable, it’s on my work PC for years and I’m using it 8h/day.
Just modify the panel (taskbar) to have something like a good old taskbar with icon/title of windows, and it’s basically this.
Support forum is also pretty good if you have any problem.
@thelinuxEXP@linux@Linux@debian A small update. For some reason, MX Linux has a lot of issues while installing software like RStudio, Discord etc. If I can't fix those somehow, I might hop distro again.
@EthanolParty it feels way better than using Windows 10, no doubt. Even if I had only 1 or 2gb of ram, it might run pretty well, but 4gb, no way to go wrong with it.