Hello everyone! Is it time to switch to MX?

[asqwerth]

This will be helpful to you.

https://mxlinux.org/wiki/help-files/mx-faqs/

[az2020]

MX isn't lightweight.

Would you all like to see a bare-metal, real-life example? MX 19.4 on this Single core (Pentium M) 32bit HP from the end of 2005 with DDR2 ram (2048MB at its max). Just look at the conky , all parts.

I can only speak to my own installs of 10-20 different distros (which I posted to mx forums) showing MX to be midweight compared to L/Xubunty, Linux Lite. (Bodhi, Antix were in the extreme light realm). Some people may remember me posting that. Not sure how things are today. I didn't compare 32-bit (which might be different?). I just tried to have an apples/oranges.

If I might say. You often come off as provocative/defensive/disapproving. I'm sorry I posted. I hope as a guide, you will understand what I mean.

[JayM]

If as you say you're in no hurry, wait for MX-21. If you think MX-19 looks nice, wait until you see 21. It's beautiful!

As a present to both MX-21 and to your system I would consider upgrading to a larger SSD. The bigger-capacity ones are usually NAND which are faster. You can get a 500GB one for around $60. Of course your system is probably SATA 2 which limits the throughput, but maybe you could find a PCIE-1 SATA 3 controller card too. I know I've seen some on Ali Express and they're probably on eBay and/or Amazon too.You can get a cheap USB SATA dongle that would let you use your old SSD as an external drive.

8GB of RAM should be enough: that's rather a "sweet spot" and unless you perform a lot of memory-intensive activities such as running multiple virtual machines you shouldn't need more, at least not right away. Memory that's never utilized is memory and money wasted. Most resource-intensive activities actually use the processor more than they do RAM in my experience.

[asqwerth]

.finally a distro manages to make Xfce look good and modern out-of-the-box.

To be honest, that amused me. Many naysayers of mx go on and on about how ugly or dated it looks. Not about how well it works.

It's why mx19 was named patito feo, or ugly duckling, as a self-deprecating inside joke.

Really shows how beauty is often in the eye of the beholder.

[figueroa]

Just install now. If you don't, you'll always be waiting. Supported into 2024 and will only become more stable as it matures.

[Freja]

So-called "modern believers" prefer, for example, elementary. In Ubuntu system, which has overly complicated the basics of the system, MX is truly functional, straightforward, and provides fast, excellent MX tools with debian-tuned antiX.

There are few feature-focused distributions, and most distributions tend to be more modern in appearance. antiX / MX is probably an antithesis, against that design-trend. And the antithesis has received great support from the world.

MX artwork has a lot of innocent natural scenery and may be different from modern. However, the taste is "loved by experts" demands the system to be truly simple&homeliness. I don't hope MX to go in the direction of elementary-like design.

I love philosophical distributions that are not confused by the surface.
Hopefully, be a seeker of truth.

[andyprough]

I waited until MX 19 was released, stayed on antiX and Artix for a couple of months while waiting. Worked out well for me - MX 19 was very polished from the start, and my work flow was not harmed by the move. I'm not saying you should wait, just sharing my experience. The one thing I needed was for the distro to be painless and not interrupt my daily work, and for all my necessary work software to be available. If that's your goal, then try to plan around that. If you have other goals, then plan around those.

[MadMax]

Just install now. If you don't, you'll always be waiting.

These might be some wise words

As I said, I'm not too much concerned performance-wise. I run into RAM bottlenecks from time to time when I see Windows expanding the swapfile and my system is unsing a little shy of 10GB (thanks Chrome), so I figured, upgrading the RAM might be worthwile.

Also, yea, I've been using Mint and Xubuntu regularily, so I don't feel anxious about making the move to Linux. I'm also comfortable using the terminal and learned to do most bottom-level configurations there. Co-administering a RHEL server at work helps, too.

Again, thanks for all the input, everyone :)

[Eadwine Rose]

@Huckleberry Finn Where did you get that wallpaper from?

When I search it on Google images I get all sorts of moon images, which is not what I want, obviously

[Huckleberry Finn]

You often come off as provocative/defensive/disapproving.

You're the first member that say these. I'd be glad if anyone else says if he/she thinks the same way. All I say is I "disagree". (If I have such a tiny right ... )

Meanwhile I didn't write this to not make the post too long: I like and respect all distros. That one is not something specifically against Linux Lite.. But just as an ordinary PC user, it sounds weird to me (I'd say the same if was antiX, too): In general speaking, as the XXX distro you aim to be light , you target old / older hardware, and you don't support 32bit (for whatever reason) ...

@Huckleberry Finn Where did you get that wallpaper from?

When I search it on Google images I get all sorts of moon images, which is not what I want, obviously

I'd grabbed from Linux Mint once upon a time and keeping for it's one of my favorites. Here it is, with pleasure :)