{"id":271543,"date":"2026-06-12T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/mx-linux-25-2-arrives-with-switchable-init-and-pi-refresh\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:25:23","slug":"mx-linux-25-2-arrives-with-switchable-init-and-pi-refresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/mx-linux-25-2-arrives-with-switchable-init-and-pi-refresh\/","title":{"rendered":"MX Linux 25.2 arrives with switchable init and Pi refresh"},"content":{"rendered":"

MX Linux 25.2 arrives with switchable init and Pi refresh<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/software\/2026\/06\/12\/mx-linux-252-arrives-with-switchable-init-and-pi-refresh\/5255017<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-12 15:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theregister.com<\/a><\/p>\n

SOFTWARE<\/p>\n

Plus, Raspberry Pi edition finally catches up<\/p>\n

MX Linux 25.2 is here, now with kernel 7.0 if you choose \u2013 although the Raspberry Pi edition still needs some work.<\/p>\n

MX Linux has been quietly turning into one of the Reg FOSS desk\u2019s favorite distros for a few years now. It has a number of desirable attributes, and with version 25.2\u00a0released late last month, some of the slightly bumpier parts of the major upgrade to version 25\u00a0are getting smoothed out.<\/p>\n

We looked at MX Linux 25 in November last year, and reported that one of the niftiest features in previous versions had been lost. In MX 23 and before, you could choose which init system the OS used every time it booted up: so, for instance, you could normally run with the classic sysvinit, but if you needed to install something which demanded systemd, you could temporarily boot up with systemd as the init, install your app, and then switch back. In our testing, we\u2019ve found\u00a0that some things require Agent P\u2019s Swiss Army Knife of a \u201cSystem and Service Manager\u201d to install, but once they\u2019re in place on your computer, they will run quite happily without it. Alternatively, if it\u2019s something you only occasionally run, you can start up with systemd only when you need it.<\/p>\n

The way that MX Linux did this no longer works on kernel 6.12 or above. So, in order to continue to offer a choice of inits at all, MX 25.0 made you choose at install time: either pick the systemd version, or the sysvinit version. (And if you wanted KDE Plasma, it was only available in systemd form.)<\/p>\n

MX Linux 25.1\u00a0fixed that with a new, different, switchable-init system. However, that made upgrading from 23 to 25 tricky, and after we tried it, the OS still worked, but the handy suite\u00a0of MX Tools didn\u2019t. These aren\u2019t essential, but they significantly facilitate common adjustments and tweaks such as installing extra external apps, switching repositories and…<\/p>\n

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