Distrowatch review grumbles

[richb]

I have yet to read a review that explains what, exactly, makes an appearance look "outdated". I suspect it means "anything that doesn't provide a noisy, chaotic desktop full of windows and widgets that swoop, bloop, fade in, fade out, shimmer, wiggle, wobble, and woop".

Need to use KDE if you want that stuff.

Yes you can implement that stuff in mX KDE if you want or you can make it look plain vanilla.

[siamhie]

Haha, perfect GIF award!

I re-watched this movie the other night for the umpteenth time and this scene was fresh on my mind. hahaha

[AVLinux]

Hi,

I think MX looks great and there are a multitude of details to pulling a concerted look together so a pile of credit is due to @asqwerth and the team. There are some Distros that put all of their cards into the Visual presentation (Deepin, Elementary OS, PopOS to scratch the surface) and for the most part they are Gnome and KDE based which to be fair are a bit easier to bling out than XFCE4. Anyone with a brain knows that what's inside the can is infinitely more important than the label paper and anyone with a brain knows that wallpapers, Icons and themes can be modified within seconds of installation so reading such reviews are immediately quite telling about the depth of experience of the reviewer.

[FullScale4Me]

I often engage those that say MX looks dated (to them) with the overall black look. I told him black is all colors.

It would be so easy to sidestep this and the tool bar complaints if a choice was offered in the installer like other distros offer. MX Tweak already has the code......so, what color? The wildflower background had a lot of choices (no, not pink).

Anyone ever read the book 'Don't make me work!' ??? New users, especially ex Windows users are 'forced' to locate the Xfce or KDE 'way' of setting things. Yes, Tweak is there too, but for the 'slow to explore' it's another 'unknown' icon.

[j2mcgreg]

People who go on and on about looks have forgotten that that it's the output that takes the prize, not the decorations.

[siamhie]

We started 2025 off with three 10 ratings in a row until this guy came along.

Version: 23.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-01-13


After using MX Linux from version 17.1 through the latest versions, I've found that 19.4 locks up about 4 to 5 times per hour,
version 23.3 locks up a few seconds after bootup. I've used the xfce version, it freezes less but still enough that using that
software is not worth the frustration of freeze-ups. I have erased all my bootup disks, and will be using another distro.
Due to having to shutdown my PC using hard power off, all the boot drives (SSDs) are corrupted. Overall, my experience of
MX Linux is it’s buggy, slow and has been a pain because of so many errors - trying to update the system and software,
trying install and uninstall problems, it’s a frustrating mess. And not worth your time at all to use.

I would have issued "sudo /sbin/reboot" or "sudo /sbin/halt" from a new tty instead.

[DukeComposed]

Version: 23.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-01-13

I've found that 19.4 locks up about 4 to 5 times per hour, version 23.3 locks up a few seconds after bootup.

Shame he reviewed 23.4. 23.5 was released on January 12 and I hear they fixed the "lock up within seconds of starting" stability problems that Debian is so widely known for having.

[siamhie]

Version: 23.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-01-13

I've found that 19.4 locks up about 4 to 5 times per hour, version 23.3 locks up a few seconds after bootup.

Shame he reviewed 23.4. 23.5 was released on January 12 and I hear they fixed the "lock up within seconds of starting" stability problems that Debian is so widely known for having.

@DukeComposed I'm sure they would have still complained after this remark.

MX Linux is it’s buggy, slow and has been a pain because of so many errors - trying to update the system and software,
trying install and uninstall problems, it’s a frustrating mess.

[BV206]

I would have issued "sudo /sbin/reboot" or "sudo /sbin/halt" from a new tty instead.

What if your keyboard was unresponsive when the system froze?

[imschmeg]

I would have issued "sudo /sbin/reboot" or "sudo /sbin/halt" from a new tty instead.

What if your keyboard was unresponsive when the system froze?

Use the magic SysReq REISUB (to reboot) or REISUO (to shutdown) key sequence, which will often work even when the system is otherwise unresponsive to the keyboard, because those key sequences are intercepted directly by the kernel.

https://gist.github.com/genyrosk/795541 ... 1966d48ebf