{"id":261583,"date":"2026-06-01T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/i-tried-the-latest-mx-linux-version-on-my-pc-and-it-made-the-system-look-and-feel-like-new\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T00:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:40:16","slug":"i-tried-the-latest-mx-linux-version-on-my-pc-and-it-made-the-system-look-and-feel-like-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/i-tried-the-latest-mx-linux-version-on-my-pc-and-it-made-the-system-look-and-feel-like-new\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried the latest MX Linux version on my PC, and it made the system look and feel like new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/mx-linux-xfce-ahs-best-distribution-for-new-hardware\/\">I tried the latest MX Linux version on my PC, and it made the system look and feel like new<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/mx-linux-xfce-ahs-best-distribution-for-new-hardware\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/mx-linux-xfce-ahs-best-distribution-for-new-hardware\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-01 20:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET:\u00a0<span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MX Linux&#8217;s Xfce AHS is a Linux distro for modern hardware.<\/li>\n<li>Whether it&#8217;s a desktop or laptop, MX Linux AHS should work out of the box.<\/li>\n<li>MX Linux is free to download and install.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MX Linux is a dual adventure between the antiX and MX Linux communities and serves as a collection of open-source operating systems that are all built around the Debian Stable distribution. Because of its Debian base, MX Linux is a highly stable operating system that performs brilliantly on PCs of all types &#8212; from older systems to midrange and powerhouse computers.<\/p>\n<p>There are five different versions of MX Linux:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MX-25.2_Xfce_x66 &#8211; The standard release that is based on Debian 6.12 with hardware support from Debian Stable and is suitable for PCs that are a few years old.<\/li>\n<li>MX-25.2_KDE_x64 &#8211; Based on the 6.12 kernel with the Advanced Hardware Support repositories enabled and defaults to the KDE Plasma desktop environment.<\/li>\n<li>MX-25.2_fluxbox_x64 &#8211; Same as the KDE version above, only it ships with a custom fluxbox desktop.<\/li>\n<li>MX-25.2_rpi_respin &#8211; A respin of the Raspberry Pi OS with an MX Linux setup, and is suitable for Pi4, Pi400, and Pi5 hardware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a version, MX-25.2_Xfce_ahs_x64, which includes the 7.07 kernel and includes new graphics drivers and firmware. This version of MX Linux is ideal for newer systems that are 1-3 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <\/strong><strong>CachyOS vs. MX Linux: Are you seeking speed or stability in your distro?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The MX-25.2_Xfce_ahs_x64 version ships with a Liquorix kernel that is tuned for high-performance audio and video, which makes it an outstanding option for gaming. You also get DKMS packages to ensure that modern GPUs and Wi-Fi chips work out of the box. The combination of the kernel and Mesa stack offers HiDPI scaling via XFCE at 125% and 150%, while looking crisp, and you get the MX Nvidia installer to make it exponentially easier to install and get the proper GPU driver working&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/mx-linux-xfce-ahs-best-distribution-for-new-hardware\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tried the latest MX Linux version on my PC, and it made the system&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/313f1851882e912f6732fad63372481f5e228853\/2026\/06\/01\/0e0e5829-bd34-40d6-b559-1d6790e51a48\/mxlinuxlaptophero.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[91,71],"class_list":["post-261583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-debian","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261586,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261583\/revisions\/261586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}