MX Linux GNOME Remix released

[Joseph DeGarmo]

MX Linux GNOME Remix is a new respin of MX Linux 23.3, an unofficial respin using systemd. It replaces the XFCE desktop with the GNOME desktop. It provides a macOS-like look and feel with an emphasis on simplicity and HiDPI display compatibility. The desktop background was created by myself using a non-licensed HiDPI image.

The package set features the basic applications created for GNOME as well as the Firefox web browser to keep the experience simple and familiar. This includes gThumb for viewing and choosing desktop backgrounds created for this project as well as a few extensions like a clipboard manager and customization options for the desktop theme. More extensions are available from the web by adding the GNOME Shell Extensions browser extension. Neofetch has been replaced with fastfetch.

This project is a community respin which is not endorsed by MX Linux and therefore, the MX Linux development team will not provide support for it. This respin is as is; use at your own risk. But feel free to report bugs and apply fixes to the build as you see fit. Please enjoy and provide feedback for this project.

MX Linux GNOME Remix developed by Joseph DeGarmo
Base distro provided by the MX Linux team

Live username and password: demo

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6fbyjnrl ... a1nwz&dl=0

[CharlesV]

Interesting.. I shall have to check it out! And thanks for sharing it!

[dorrellkc]

I agree, Thank you for sharing. :)
Planning to make a snapshot. Where do I add this? I do not see this in the options when using the tool?
When creating a snapshot ISO of your running system, the following GRUB boot parameter is required:
init=/lib/systemd/systemd

[Stevo]

You probably need to eliminate the "MX" from the name, in order to forestall any chance of mistaking the release as "official" from the MX team.

Just changing it to MiX, or MaX, would be enough.

[orcrist]

Hello,
Thanks for this respin, it was something I have long hoped for .
I have installed it on my Acer laptop and after a day it seems to work fine. I think I will keep it.
A "problem" that I have so far, is that in Nautilus file manager I see no thumbnails of JPG and PNG files. There is not such a problem with AVIF images though...
Are you aware of this? Have you found a solution maybe?
Thanks in advance.

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Snapshot created on: 20240915_0824
System:
  Kernel: 6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.10-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
    quiet splash
  Desktop: GNOME v: 43.9 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM3 v: 43.0 Distro: MX-23.3_x64 Libretto May 19
    2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A515-57 v: V1.22 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ADL model: Ganymede_ADU v: V1.22 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.22
    date: 05/31/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 25.4 Wh (55.8%) condition: 45.5/53.0 Wh (85.9%) volts: 14.5 min: 15.4
    model: PANASONIC AP19B5L type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12
    level: v3 note: check built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154)
    stepping: 3 microcode: 0x433
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 mt: 4 tpc: 2 st: 4 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 704 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB, 4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB, 4x64 KiB L2: 7 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB
    desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1208 high: 3300 min/max: 400/2501 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1748 2: 1862 3: 422 4: 401 5: 400 6: 399
    7: 1266 8: 600 9: 3299 10: 3300 11: 400 12: 400 bogomips: 59904
  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: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
    v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a3 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Quanta ACER HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-7:3
    chip-ID: 0408:4033 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: gnome-shell
    driver: X: loaded: vmware unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x0c9c built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
    size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 356b hci-v: 5.2 rev: 356b
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A
    bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 79.61 GiB (16.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 73101100 temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 29.21 GiB size: 28.58 GiB (97.85%) used: 18.71 GiB (65.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 600 MiB size: 598.8 MiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2480 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2473 libs: 1239
    tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,gnome-software,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ 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://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 400 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 1711 Memory: 15.34 GiB used: 2.52 GiB (16.4%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (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