{"slug": "mx-linux", "name": "MX Linux", "category": "os", "category_name": "Operating systems and desktop", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 1, "score": 1.752, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-11-05", "latest": "2026-07-01", "why": "MXLinux is really great for something like xfce and I really loved the snapshotting feature of it too. Highly recommended.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "MXLinux is really great for something like xfce and I really loved the snapshotting feature of it too. 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Highly recommended.", "excerpt": "MXLinux is really great for something like xfce and I really loved the snapshotting feature of it too. Highly recommended.", "context": "", "use_case": "XFCE desktop with snapshots", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubuntu now requires more RAM than Windows 11"}, {"id": 748735330, "item_id": 46795958, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795958", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-01-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "All the other daily stuff works great on MX/Void", "excerpt": "Those that love it will fight for it. Those that hate it will simply avoid using it. There may be some commercial incentives for IBM/Redhat to push for it. Either way it will always be divisive. Some sysadmins will begrudgingly support it at work and some absolutely love to support it. I have supported it in the enterprise and I use it on gaming machines at home. (CachyOS / Bazzite). 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I ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radiant Computer"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 735228611, "item_id": 45951788, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45951788", "by": "shevy-java", "date": "2025-11-17", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "MX Linux also lags behind updating versions of numers programs", "excerpt": "I've had various issues installing Void so I succumbed to Manjaro, which works surprisingly well. I have noticed in general that many non-systemd distributions work less well over time for some reason. Slackware is the best example - one release per decade means it is factually dead, but even trying more modern variants simply no longer works as it once used to work. 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But maybe I already do everyday. My daily driver is a MacBook Pro 2009 running Linux MX 23, does that count as an old computer for this challenge?", "context": "", "use_case": "daily driver OS on old laptop", "switched_from": "", "story": "Old Computer Challenge"}, {"id": 766219168, "item_id": 47888698, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47888698", "by": "dartharva", "date": "2026-04-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have shifted to MX Linux, its KDE edition is a decisive upgrade in every way.", "excerpt": "Linux Mint was my go-to but I have shifted to MX Linux, its KDE edition is a decisive upgrade in every way.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released"}, {"id": 764939153, "item_id": 47808697, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47808697", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-04-17", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "My daily driver is still MX", "excerpt": "I've been happy with CachyOS. Using in on this laptop to respond. I use it for my gaming machine. My daily driver is still MX as I personally choose to avoid systemd for a myriad of reasons that have been discussed here ad nauseam. As part of my testing I blindly apply OS updates daily and wait for something to break. Thus far no breakage. What did I just do.", "context": "avoids systemd", "use_case": "daily driver OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "CachyOS Is Now the Most Popular Desktop Distro on ProtonDB"}, {"id": 762383520, "item_id": 47648970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47648970", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-04-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "MXLinux is really great for something like xfce and I really loved the snapshotting feature of it too. Highly recommended.", "excerpt": "MXLinux is really great for something like xfce and I really loved the snapshotting feature of it too. Highly recommended.", "context": "", "use_case": "XFCE desktop with snapshots", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubuntu now requires more RAM than Windows 11"}, {"id": 748735330, "item_id": 46795958, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795958", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-01-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "All the other daily stuff works great on MX/Void", "excerpt": "Those that love it will fight for it. Those that hate it will simply avoid using it. There may be some commercial incentives for IBM/Redhat to push for it. Either way it will always be divisive. Some sysadmins will begrudgingly support it at work and some absolutely love to support it. I have supported it in the enterprise and I use it on gaming machines at home. (CachyOS / Bazzite). My daily drivers, servers both ph", "context": "enterprise sysadmin", "use_case": "daily driver", "switched_from": "", "story": "Devuan \u2013 Debian Without Systemd"}, {"id": 745379026, "item_id": 46586189, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586189", "by": "kamikazechaser", "date": "2026-01-12", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used XFCE (MxLinux) for 5 years", "excerpt": "I used XFCE (MxLinux) for 5 years until recently when I moved to KDE Plasma (Fedora) because of Wayland support. Imo, KDE is better and more resource efficient. I also got a free 10 fps boost on DotA 2 on the same hardware and settings. Zed and a lot of other apps are better supported on Wayland.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "XFCE Is Great"}, {"id": 735228611, "item_id": 45951788, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45951788", "by": "shevy-java", "date": "2025-11-17", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "MX Linux also lags behind updating versions of numers programs", "excerpt": "I've had various issues installing Void so I succumbed to Manjaro, which works surprisingly well. I have noticed in general that many non-systemd distributions work less well over time for some reason. Slackware is the best example - one release per decade means it is factually dead, but even trying more modern variants simply no longer works as it once used to work. At the same time there is less and less adapted do", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Runit Linux: Complete Guide to Unix Init Scheme with Service Supervision"}, {"id": 733220208, "item_id": 45826263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826263", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2025-11-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Its default linux snapshot feature was exactly what I was looking for and it just worked.", "excerpt": "I am wondering what linux distro/iso comes up with a liveboot gui desktop environment but without a web browser (I only know of tinycorelinux but that is too barebones and I wanted to build my own iso on top of it but it was a little hard to install packages when I tried following its remastering guide etc.) I even tried to search it on distrowatch with the negate option in their search but it seemed to be broken. I ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radiant Computer"}]}