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The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:07 am
by danielson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzr0qBQ_N0
A heads-up to mods here at the forum, along with other daily contributors to development and maintenance, would be good.
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:09 pm
by CharlesV
I think there are a few things a little off, but it is a nice, short shout out.
It is a pity he didnt mention the *fantastic* support the devs provide here - I think one of the things that seriously set this distro to the top for me was their integral help in the forum, their invaluable feedback on many many topics, and their *amazing* quick response to requests and mods.
This is a great place, a great distro and I am very happy to be able to participate and help here.
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:42 pm
by uncle mark
It should be noted that MX was originally conceived for use with low powered netbooks that were reaching Windows EOL and wouldn't run with newer MS versions. Hence the lightweight antiX base and the choice of a midweight DE in Xfce. It also is the reason for the default side panel.
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:43 pm
by talera
CharlesV wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:09 pm
It is a pity he didnt mention the *fantastic* support the devs provide here - I think one of the things that seriously set this distro to the top for me was their integral help in the forum, their invaluable feedback on many many topics, and their *amazing* quick response to requests and mods.
This is a great place, a great distro and I am very happy to be able to participate and help here.
I couldn't have put it better myself. I absolutely agree.
I also have the impression that especially because the developers here engage with so much helpfulness and patience, it rubs off on the rest of the community here.
I've never come here with a problem or question and left without an answer or help, so to speak. And always in a respectful and friendly manner.
That is really nice :)
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:59 pm
by anticapitalista
I watched the video and thought it to be mostly accurate. It got over the main points of MX history.
I'm not sure about m_pav's comment though. I don't know who he is referring to when he says 'The original product lead moved off to join Ubuntu around 2016-2017'.
Care to enlighten us @m_pav ?
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:14 pm
by Jerry3904
Missed that; no idea what he means...
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:13 am
by operadude
CharlesV wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:09 pm
I think there are a few things a little off, but it is a nice, short shout out.
It is a pity he didnt mention the *fantastic* support the devs provide here - I think one of the things that seriously set this distro to the top for me was their integral help in the forum, their invaluable feedback on many many topics, and their *amazing* quick response to requests and mods.
This is a great place, a great distro and I am very happy to be able to participate and help here.
+1
Just a smattering of what I have to say about Team MX:

Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:36 am
by davidy
MX ideally summarizes why corporate behemoths are never actually good for the actual people they supposedly serve. Just like food, when farms are so big you need robotic tractors, the quality of the food itself becomes secondary to the profits and/or the political whims of the ceo's. I like the premise of segueing from a low power windows pc straight into debian itself. I would love to be smart enough to be a pc mod just to contribute. Alas, just my typing skills alone would hold me back. MX Linux is #1 for many reasons and the first and foremost is it serves those who run it and not the other way around. Love You Guys!
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief. [Solved]
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:10 pm
by amlug
One of the written comments is not correct:
The only down side is that it is the slowest to boot of the four different flavors of Linux that I run. Manjaro, Gecko Rolling, and Cachy OS are all substantially faster to boot.
I don't think @user-hv9sg5pl8b is using MX Linux boot setting but something else.
Re: The Story of MX Linux - nice and brief.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:58 pm
by Mjaakko
amlug wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:10 pm
I don't think @user-hv9sg5pl8b is using MX Linux boot setting but something else.
I am using Arch Linux and tested Manjaro and Cachy (Arch Linux-based). The boot is slower than MX Linux.

@user-hv9sg5pl8b is promoting his favorite distros.