DW reviews MX-19 KDE

[Jerry3904]

Haven't even looked at it yet, but Jesse's reviews are always thoughtfulsand I'm looking forward to it:

https://t.co/eGRhaNX4uH?amp=1

[dolphin_oracle]

Looks reasonable to me, and he immediately got the main design point...its MX with a different desktop.

That makes me happy.

[andyprough]

I get the feeling he really likes MX. Most readers don't seem to realize he's not just another distro reviewer, he's the maintainer for SysV init. His depth of knowledge about the innards of GNU/Linux is profound.

[linexer2016]

Looks reasonable to me, and he immediately got the main design point...its MX with a different desktop.

That makes me happy.

Agreed DO, the KDE version no doubt has its roots firmly within the MX ecology and the chief reason to use one or the other (KDE/XFCE) must surely be personal preference

[Stevo]

I scrolled down and saw Swift Linux mentioned in the torrent section: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=swift

If it's truly just MX with different wallpaper, why is DW giving it separate distro status?

[JayM]

It isn't even much of a respin, really. They've taken standard MX, both Xfce and KDE versions, changed themes, and call it their own distro. That's edging close to being a violation of the terms of use, isn't it? https://mxlinux.org/terms-of-use/

[andyprough]

I scrolled down and saw Swift Linux mentioned in the torrent section: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=swift

If it's truly just MX with different wallpaper, why is DW giving it separate distro status?

It was originally a more independent distro that was in the DW top 100 in 2012 and used to get a fair amount of press, so it got its own page. As long as he keeps making releases, they won't have a reason to take his page down.

It isn't even much of a respin, really. They've taken standard MX, both Xfce and KDE versions, changed themes, and call it their own distro. That's edging close to being a violation of the terms of use, isn't it? https://mxlinux.org/terms-of-use/

IANAL but I took a few law classes, and it looks to my partially trained eye like he is sticking to the terms, as his About page is full of information about how it is an MX respin and how much he enjoys MX (https://www.swiftlinux.org/about/). Also, he's a member here who posts about his respins in the modified section - it's not like he's hiding or doing anything behind anyone's back. He's actually quite nice, and his releases have had a bit of a following for years.

[asqwerth]

Is he the guy who used to have another distro spin created in honour of another star?

[andyprough]

Is he the guy who used to have another distro spin created in honour of another star?

Hannah Montana Linux wasn't originally his, but he took it over after it was abandoned. He announced his intention to revive Hannah Montana right here on this board, to Adrian's great delight: viewtopic.php?p=572328#p572328

[asqwerth]

So it looks like this latest one is a tribute to Taylor Swift, based on the screenshot.

As long as he makes it clear that it's an unoffficial spin of MX, and i note he is very frank about the wallpapers being the only difference, I don't see any issues.