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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.
Version: 23.3
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-08-08
Votes: 0
After using MX Linux Xfce from version 17.1 through version 21.3, I've found that 19.4 locks up about 4 to 5 times per hour, version 23.3 locks up (freezes such that CTRL-ALT-DELETE does not restart the PC) 10 or 15 seconds after bootup. I've used the XFCE version (18.3 and 19.4). 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 wonder how many more of these copypaste reviews there are going back.
Pleeeeze don't lock this thread--Need to vent someplace! Though I'm happy to discover this AM the OBS can build my armhf packages again.
MXPI = MX Package Installer
QSI = Quick System Info from menu
The MX Test repository is mostly backports; not the same as Debian testing
Pour les nouveaux utilisateurs: Alt+F1 pour le manuel, ou FAQS, MX MANUEL, et Conseils MXConseils Debian - Info. système “quick-system-info-mx” (QSI) ... Ici: System: MX-19-23_x64 & antiX23_x32 runit
Actually I think they are comedy gold. Only a simpleton or a Windows fanboy would stay with an OS that repeatedly refuses to function properly. For the rest of us it's schadenfreude.
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Stevo wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:33 pm
I wouldn't have stayed with 19.4 if it locked up for me 4-5 times an hour. That reviewer has the patience of a saint! And so totally believable.
I would not stay with a distro if it locked 4-5 times a month.
antiX quite recently had 2 'reviews' that were identical (both got a 1) about the same version, but one 'review' was posted a month later. So I sent an email to Distrowatch informing them of this 'double post'.
No reply and no deleted post. (1 could have stayed).
Since then I haven't bothered with DW
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Adrian wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:04 pm
Not copy pasta enough, probably the same user having the same issues (and most likely they are having a hardware issue)
Though writing "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", and then writing the exact same thing five months later... raises some questions on what has actually happened, and why they are still at it - despite saying that they are 100% done
In any case, pretty darn sketchy.
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anticapitalista wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:52 pm
antiX quite recently had 2 'reviews' that were identical (both got a 1) about the same version, but one 'review' was posted a month later. So I sent an email to Distrowatch informing them of this 'double post'.
No reply and no deleted post. (1 could have stayed).
Since then I haven't bothered with DW
I'm pretty sure you guys get a lot of political hate because you are more active in that respect, don't know why so much hate against MX... I mean, if it works on your machine and you like it -- use it, if it doesn't, use Ubuntu or whatever, no need to be nasty about it...
