r/MXLinux

I am asking this as a genuine concern because a lot of people seem to prefer Wayland now and call it the future, but for me Wayland has honestly never worked properly. I also use an older Kepler GPU and the compatibility has been really rough compared to X11. A lot of things either break, feel unstable, or simply do not work the same way they do on X11.

So I wanted to ask the developers and contributors directly, even after major desktop environments start dropping X11 support, do you guys still plan to support X11 on this project in some way?

sorry if my english is bad

Hi, so there is a problem, I am using kepler gpu which only supports 470xx nvidia drivers and it only supports upto 6.8, I saw linux kernel 6.6.x was in LTS.
How I can install this specific version of this kernel and make the MX Linux to stop installing latest mainline linux kernel or any other lts kernel version.

I have a Dell Latitude 7275 (detachable). It ran Windows 10, 0bviously ended support. Tried to keep using it, but curiously started crashing after the last big update. Coincidence I think not. Anyway, I installed MX (xfce, 25.1), and it runs very well! My only complaint is that there is no auto rotate when using as a tablet; and sometimes the touchscreen function gets laggy/ doesn't work right after extended use time, which a quick restart corrects. It is much more stable than Windows ever was!

i've tried the latest ones
6.18.9+1
6.19.14
7.0.7-1 liquorix

none does it
TIA

Hi.

I have a MX-25.1_Xfce_ahs_x64.iso file. Should I install that onto the laptop that's a little over 4 yo, or should I download the regular MX Linux iso?

Thanks.

I was typing away on libreoffice writer when a popup showed up about an update being available. I hit “update,” entered my password, and let it run in the background. Then I decided to see what was going on and saw systemd being installed.

I don’t use systemd, and I don’t even get the option to choose an init system when I’m booting up, so I don’t understand. If anyone can give me some information, I’d really appreciate it.

Thank you!

As the title says. I have tried installing xpadneo and xone but when I connect my Xbox Series S Controller with a USB cable it just disconnects after a while. I wasnt able to solve this issue. Can you help me?

I'm a little afraid of the firmware updates I keep seeing. I'm on AHS, which may have been a mistake...Do you think i should update? I need that machine for serious work, and I have no time for troubleshooting. Thx

Hi, I went to donate, but appears the only way is to enter my debit/credit card details. I never provide these details if it can be avoided - which it certainly can be for a donation.

Is there a way to donate with paypal?

ta in advance.

I've been using MX Linux with KDE Plasma for at least one month, I'm running MX Linux 25.1 on a HP Zbook Fury G9, with an NVIDIA A1000 with its propietary driver correctly installed, although the system runs on the integrated card, and on the kernel 6.18.15+1 from the MX repo.

The thing is that every time I've tried to connect a second screen with either HDMI or USB-C, the main screen freezes and the system completely stops to respond, I can't move the mouse or use the keyboard, not even after disconnecting the cable, so I end up having to force poweroff. Is there any way to solve this problem? Is it a common issue?

Hi, confused new user here.

I'm trying to change the driver of the wireless adapter, but I don't understand why it's not showing in the Network Assistant.

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I want to use the rtl8812ce to see if there are any improvements, how do I do that and why doesn't it show in the Assistant?

Thank you.

EDIT: I managed to install the rtl8821ce driver following this guide.

MX Linux 25.2 Beta 1 is out, and the big addition is a new text-based installer mode that works outside the graphical desktop. You can now install MX from a console or terminal with --tui, which honestly feels very fitting for a distro that still caters to Linux folks that like practical tools over flashy nonsense. The release also fixes a bunch of annoying installer edge cases, including problems where user home folders were not always created properly during install. Nice to see a Linux distro focusing on stability and installer reliability instead of shoving AI into everything.

Just wanted to hop on and share a solution to my bluetooth woes!

I am running MX Linux 25.1 Infinity on an old ThinkPad (the way Jesus intended)

I was able to pair AND connect to my bluetooth headphones, but I could not get any sound or get the mic to pick up any sound.
I checked all the inputs/outputs/playback settings.
I tried all the possible audio profiles in the bluetooth manager.
Some recommendations included stopping the bluetooth daemon and restarting it, checking to make sure I wasn't running pulseaudio AND wireplumber, and double checking that the whole bluez stack was installed.

Nothing worked.

And then I finally thought to search SPECIFICALLY for an answer with MX Linux (or AntiX) in the search query!

And it lead me to THIS super helpful page:

https://mxlinux.org/wiki/networking/bluetooth/#Troubleshooting

For posterity, here is the relevant troubleshooting info from the page:

>Problematic Broadcomm Bluetooth cards.

>A problem arises with certain Broadcomm Bluetooth cards where the card is identified, but adding a device fails when attempting to pair. Adding without pairing shows as successful, but the device fails to work.

>The following method worked when tested on a Dell XPS 13.

>From a terminal, list your USB devices with the following command:

>lsusb

>One of the lines shown will contain something similar to this:

>Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:216f Broadcom Corp. BCM20702A0 Bluetooth

>Take note of the two character strings. (0a5c:216f and BCM20702A0 in this example.)

>Go to this page:

>https://github.com/winterheart/broadcom-bt-firmware/tree/master/brcm

>and find the driver that exactly matches your character strings. Download the file, and as root copy it to here:

>/lib/firmware/brcm

>Reboot, and open the Bluetooth dialogue. Remove any items added from previous attempts, then add your device in the usual way. All being well, the device will now add and pair successfully.

>Information was found here:

>https://askubuntu.com/questions/880745/ubuntu-16-04-bluetooth-not-working-dell-xps13

My hope is that someone searching online might find this a little easier than I did. And also I really wanted to thank the MX team and the AntiX team for being awesome! Especially Jerry3904!

Thanks a lot, everyone! Really ❤️

The workspaces are arranged vertically, not horizontally, which is different from my Mint & Ubuntu systems.

I don't see a control panel or setting for changing this arrangement in MX25 (I did find a ref online to changing orientation for mx23 but the app that they used doesn't appear to exist in 25).

Any help?

Hi,

MX 25.2_beta1 available for testing:

https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-2-beta-1-isos-available-for-testing-purposes/