release of a lightweight distribution , created as a result of collaboration among communities formed around projects and . The release is based on a Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and numerous custom applications that facilitate the configuration and installation of software. By default, the Xfce desktop is offered. For available in 32-bit and 64-bit builds, sized at 1.5 GB (, ).
In the new release:
- The package base has been updated to Debian 10.4, borrowing some packages from the fresh antiX and MX repositories. Besides builds with the default Linux 4.19 kernel and Mesa 18.3.6, there is an AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) build for 64-bit systems, including kernel 5.6, Mesa 20.0.7, and new releases of graphic drivers.
- Updated package versions with Xfce 4.14,
GIMP 2.10.12,
Firefox 76,
VLC 3.0.10,
Clementine 1.3.1,
Thunderbird 68.6.1,
LibreOffice 6.1.5 (version 6.4 is also available through MX-Packageinstaller). - In the mx-installer (based on ) the ‘-oem’ option is implemented for OEM-style installation (user account and basic settings are created after the first boot, not during installation).
- A new confirmation dialog for installing and removing applications through apt and flatpak has been added to the package installer.
- In conky-manager, settings for the system monitor are preserved according to desktop environments and window managers. The mx-conky-data package has been significantly expanded with a collection of configuration examples for conky.
- In the MX-Fluxbox window manager, menu localization has been completed, design elements have been updated, a new vertical application launch panel has been added, and an interface for configuring desktop settings has been implemented. .
Source: opennet.ru
