I used to use Mepis Linux back in 2007 because it was one of the only distros that had support for Nvidia video cards. Also, pretty much everything worked out of the box. I've tried MANY different Linux distros just messing around, but MX Linux seems to be the only one that can effectively replace a Windows machine, without me having to compromise on functionality. I've installed MX Linux on quite a few laptops I've nuked for people over the years, and they all love it as well.
Here's my system info:
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Snapshot created on: 20241231_2203
System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64 [6.1.124-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-30-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=27516928
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite L50-A v: PSKLSU-01Q011
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: MP serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.80
date: 05/02/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 21.7/46.4 Wh (46.7%) volts: 14.4 min: 14.4
model: PA5107U-1BRS type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-4200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x45 (69) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x26
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1596 high: 1597 min/max: 800/2600 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1596 2: 1596 3: 1597 4: 1597 bogomips: 18357
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Toshiba driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.5:4
chip-ID: 04f2:b3e0 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 362x204mm (14.25x8.03") s-diag: 416mm (16.36")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15ab built: 2012 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101
gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Toshiba driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Toshiba 8 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-30-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
status: off tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Toshiba driver: alx v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a1 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 43.84 GiB (36.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: M4-CT128M4SSD2 size: 119.24 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 070H scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 118.99 GiB size: 116.56 GiB (97.96%) used: 43.84 GiB (37.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 19.53 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2549 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2543 libs: 1358 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/airvpn-stable.list
1: deb http://eddie.website/repository/apt stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
Processes: 257 Uptime: 12h 33m wakeups: 4 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 3.86 GiB (24.8%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI