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MX Linux


Last Update: 2026-08-31 15:36 UTC


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MX Linux, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch, is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. Using Xfce as the default desktop (with separate KDE Plasma and Fluxbox editions also available), it is a mid-weight operating system designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint.

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Average visitor rating: 8.1/10 from 828 review(s).


MX Linux Summary
Distribution MX Linux
Home Page https://mxlinux.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://forum.mxlinux.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://mxlinux.org/manualshttps://www.mxlinux.org/wiki
Screenshots https://mxlinux.org/screenshotsDistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts https://mxlinux.org/videosYouTube
Download Mirrors https://mxlinux.org/download-links#MirrorsDistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://us-bz3.devzing.com/mx_antix/
Related Websites MX Community RepositoryUnofficial MX Respins
Reviews 25: Distro of the WeekDedoimedoDistroWatch
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16: DarkDuckDistroWatchDedoimedo
15: DedoimedoOCS-MagLinux-Community (German)
14.x: DedoimedoDedoimedoBlogspot
Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://mxlinux.org/donate/The Linux Shop

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-05-25: Distribution Release: MX Linux 25.2
 • 2026-01-19: Distribution Release: MX Linux 25.1
 • 2025-11-09: Distribution Release: MX Linux 25
 • 2025-10-26: Development Release: MX Linux 25 RC1
 • 2025-09-22: Development Release: MX Linux 25 Beta 1
 • 2025-04-14: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.6
 • 2025-01-13: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.5
 • 2024-09-16: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.4
 • 2024-05-20: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.3
 • 2024-01-22: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.2
 • 2023-10-16: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23.1
 • 2023-07-31: Distribution Release: MX Linux 23
 • More MX Linux releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2021-11-25 MX releases new Advanced Hardware Support edition
 • 2019-12-15 MX Linux introduces MX-Fluxbox
 • 2019-04-29 MX asks for help maintaining systemd-shim
 • 2019-01-18 MX launches new bug tracker
 • 2018-09-14 Making it easier to get Flatpaks
 • 2018-09-13 Workaround for Chromium password prompts
 • 2018-06-01 MX-14 reaches end of life
 • 2018-04-11 MX's new FAQ page
 • 2018-02-26 Improvements in MX 17.1
 • 2017-03-16 Fixing an expired GPG signature
 • More MX Linux headlines...

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Package 25.2
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23.6
libretto
21.3
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19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) 1.2.14 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.0.28 alsa-lib (1.2.16.1)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 18.1.0 -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.2)
apt (3.3.3) 3.0.3 2.6.1 2.2.4 1.8.2.2 1.4.9 1.4.8 1.0.9.8.4 apt (3.3.3)
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.27) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.27)
chromium (152.0.7977.64) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (152.0.7977.64)
cinnamon (6.6.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.9)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.10 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 2.2.1 1.7.5 cups (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.43.4 1.42.12 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (9.0.1) -- 5.1.6 -- -- 3.3.4 3.3.4 -- ffmpeg (9.0.1)
firefox (155.0) 151.0.1 137.0.1 108.0.2 87.0 66.0.2 58.0.2 53.0.3 firefox (155.0)
flatpak (1.18.2) 1.16.6 1.14.10 1.10.7 1.2.5 1.0.1 -- -- flatpak (1.18.2)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.6.3 2.7 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (16.2.0) 14.2.0 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 6.3.0 4.9.2 gcc (16.2.0)
gimp (3.2.4) 3.0.4 2.10.34 2.10.28 2.10.12 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.18 gimp (3.2.4)
git (2.55.0) 2.47.3 2.39.5 2.30.2 2.20.1 2.11.0 2.11.0 2.1.4 git (2.55.0)
glibc (2.44) 2.41 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.24 2.19 glibc (2.44)
gnome-shell (50.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.4)
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02beta3 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.4) 4.18.6 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.22.11 2.24.25 gtk (4.22.4)
httpd (2.4.68) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.56.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.56.2)
inkscape (1.4.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 30 28 26 23 23 18 kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.3)
Package 25.2
infinity
23.6
libretto
21.3
wildflower
19.4 18.3 17.1 16.1 Package
LibreOffice (26.8.0) 25.2.3 7.4.7 7.0.4 6.1.5 6.0.1 6.0.1 5.2.6 LibreOffice (26.8.0)
libselinux (3.11) 3.8.1 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.3 libselinux (3.11)
linux (7.2.2) 6.12.90 6.1.133 5.10.158 4.19.181 4.19.37 4.15.4 4.7.8 linux (7.2.2)
mariadb (12.3.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.3.3)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.2.1) 25.0.7 24.2.8 22.0.5 20.3.4 18.2.6 13.0.6 12.0.3 mesa (26.2.1)
nautilus (50.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.3)
NVIDIA (610.57.04) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (610.57.04)
openjdk (26.0.2.1) 21.0.11 17.0.14 11.0.16 11.0.9.1 8u212 8u151 8u121 openjdk (26.0.2.1)
openssh (10.5p1) 10.0p1 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 7.4p1 6.7p1 openssh (10.5p1)
openssl (4.0.2) 3.5.6 3.0.15 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0j 1.0.2l 1.0.1t openssl (4.0.2)
perl (5.44.0) 5.40.1 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 perl (5.44.0)
php (8.5.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.10)
plasma-desktop (6.7.4) 6.3.6 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5 -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.7.4)
postfix (3.11.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.6)
postgresql (18.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.6)
Python (3.14.7) 3.13.5 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.13 2.7.9 Python (3.14.7)
qt (6.11.2) 6.8.2 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 5.7.1 4.8.6 qt (6.11.2)
samba (4.24.6) 4.22.8 4.17.12 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.5.16 4.5.12 4.2.14 samba (4.24.6)
systemd (261.2) 257.13 252.6 247.3 241 232 232 215 systemd (261.2)
thunderbird (154.0) 140.11.0 128.9.0 78.13.0 68.12.0 52.9.1 52.6.0 52.1.1 thunderbird (154.0)
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.23 3.0.21 3.0.18 3.0.12 3.0.6 2.2.8 2.2.5 vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.26.0) 1.23.1 1.21.0 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.6.0 wayland (1.26.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.1 4.20.0 4.18.0 4.14.2 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.2 xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.24) 21.1.16 21.1.7 1.20.14 1.20.10 1.19.2 1.19.2 1.16.4 xorg-server (21.1.24)

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Version: 25.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-08-23
Country: United States
Votes: 19


Back home with MX. I've had MX Linux installed on one or more of my former Pcs or Macs since 2015. Prior to that I was a Ubuntu user for 10 years.

Yet, sometimes when things are just going so smooth, I get bored, so I start "dating" other distros. Sometimes it's just to find out what the hype is about some new distro and at other times I just want to try something new. The last couple of years I've installed Mint, both Ubunut based and their elegant LMDE version, and I had a fling with Zorin OS. They are all great distros. None of them had any sertous issues.

For one reason or other, I keep creeping back to using MX Linux daily. Why? It's easier to customize because of their excellent MX Tools. MX is generally faster and offers both Sysvinit and Systemd, an option not available in most distros. Recently the clock ran out on an old 2013 Macbook, so I converted it to the distro that always worked on Macs, so I installed MX KDE 25.2. As usual almost everything worked immediately after the installation, though I had a camera driver issue I was unable to solve, but I just took one of the Logitech USB cameras I had lying around, plugged it in in and it works great. This little Macbook now runs like new and I'll get at least another 5 years out of it.

Usually I've used the XFCE default desktop of MX, but I chose to use their KDE desktop instead. It works great with just 8gb of RAM. I don't usually recommend MX Linux for newbies because of the MX Tools that make this distro so special because when you know absolutely nothing about Linux it's easy to start flirting around with every app you see and that can get you into some trouble that you can't escape from so easily. To absolute Linux newbies I recommend Mint. Then after they have some experience, I suggest they give MX a try.

MX is a 10 all around. Why more people aren't flocking to Linux on the desktop I don't understand. WinDoze 11 to me is such intrusive spamware with so many limitations I honestly don't understand how the average person gets a full day's work done. Mac OS is certainly elegant as is their hardware, but that "walled in garden" is getting more and more restrictive all the time and that elegance is very costly. If people actually saw demonstratoins of the actual use of Linux Vs Mac Vs Win, I think there would be even more converts to Linux.

Thank you to the developers at MX, the community and users of this great software. There are reasons why MX remains at the top of Distrowatch ratings.


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Version: 25.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-08-13
Country: Poland
Votes: 12


Great distro with passionate developers and user base.

Stable Debian base with up-to-date packages curated by the developers. You can always ask on the forum if you want a package to be updated.

You can also ask for a new package to be added to the repo. Request are usually granted, provided that they are compatible with the Debian Stable base. No need to use a rolling distro if you need newer versions.

Amazing and unique suite of MX Tools, that allow system administration from a GUI level. OpenSUSE used to offer something similar with YaST.

Distro is extremely stable and well put together, gives you no headaches and just works.


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Version: 25.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-07-30
Country: United States
Votes: 19


Amazing Distro:

folks this distro is amazing. here is why
1- solid Debian based distro.
2- have flatpacks installed and enabled, but not bushing any flatpack application on you.
all native applications in the stock distro are .deb ( so you can install flatpack applications only if you need it).
3- very optimize XFCE desktop .
4- have many useful tools
5- light weight

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the look of the desktop.
to me, I love the old fashion look of the desktop, and I love it have no rounded corners


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