Shifted to MX Linux, based on Debian, with Xfce desktop. Looks not bad in my opinion, but let’s see how it goes. @thelinuxEXP @linux@lemmy.ml @Linux@linuxrocks.online @debian
@thelinuxEXP @linux@lemmy.ml @Linux@linuxrocks.online @debian A small update. For some reason, MX Linux has a lot of issues while installing software like RStudio, Discord etc. If I can’t fix those somehow, I might hop distro again.
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Update: Switched to Lubuntu to have an experience of LXQT. Let’s hope it doesn’t have those issues.
Honest question, but why not just install Debian with the Xfce DE? Why rely on a fork for updates?
From what I can tell both by testing MX Linux and by reading about it, it’s nothing more than Debian with a few pre-installed packages and some customization. All of which could be done on Debian directly without much trouble.
@packetloss I’ll look into it. Thanks for letting me know
Not saying you have to or anything, and I can understand and respect using something like MX Linux to save time on the customization. Just know that because it’s based on Debian, any core OS updates will be delayed while the MX team rebases them into their fork.
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