MX-17 is a stable release of Debian based midweight GNU/Linux distribution that adopts best practices from antiX and former MEPIS. It follows conventions established by these distributions and brings a unique user experience with various tools & applications. Let's have a quick tour through various screens of MX 17.0.
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| MX Linux 17.0 Desktop - First impression. In addition vertical panel, it also includes a beautiful wallpaper and Conky plugin which displays time, date & various system resource usages. |
| Distribution Name | MX Linux |
| Version | 17.0 |
| Code name | NA |
| Base | Debian |
| Desktop Environment | Xfce |
| Release date | 15th December 2017 |
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| On loading MX Linux 17.0 for the first time, it shows MX Welcome App which includes links to various user documentations, forums and other applications shipped with MX Linux. |
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| MX 17.0 uses a well customized Xfce4 desktop environment. One unique feature of this distribution is a vertical panel. All items in panel occupy their space effectively. |
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| Thunar is default file manager is used in MX Linux. It also includes Midnight Commander - a text-based alternative file manager. |
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| Xfce4 Terminal application is tweaked to show colorful output. |
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| Alt + Tab window switching. |
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| Mozilla Firefox is used as default web browser in MX Linux. |
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| VLC Media Player. |
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| Clementine Music Player. |
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| LibreOffice Writer |
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| GIMP Image Editor |
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| MX Linux 17.0 uses almost 350 MB on idle state, which is quite expected from a distribution shipping Xfce4 desktop. It clear aligns with their claim as a midweight (between lightweight & heavy) distribution. |
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| Xfce4 Task Manager showing resource usage graphically. |
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| Synaptic Package Manager |
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| Featherpad is a lightweight, tabbed, plain text editor written on Qt5. |
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| The Xfce4 Settings Application includes various customization options provide by Xfce4 Desktop. Additionally, it also includes links to various tools shipped by MX team. |
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| The MX Linux is shipped with various tools to manage your system. The MX Tool App is one place to access all tools provide by MX Linux team. |
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| The MX Package Installer is a graphical package manager to install/uninstall various applications including proprietary applications. |
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| The MX Boot Repair tool allows fixing various issues associated with the boot loader. |
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| The MX Remaster Control Center allows you to create your own custom ISO so that, same configuration can be carried out to multiple systems without duplicating the configuration effort. |
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| MX User Management |
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| MX Menu Editor |
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| MX Snapshot helps to backup system regularly |
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| MX Codecs Installer provides option to install various restricted codecs that permit advanced video and audio functions. |
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| The MX Tweak tool provides the option to customize look & feel of the operating system. |
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| The MX System Info - A command line tool that displays various system configurations. |
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| MX Linux 17.0 includes various beautiful wallpapers |
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| Shutdown Confirmation |