Recently I have made a very unofficial and not-entirely-FOSS respin of MX-Linux.
It is meant to be a daily driver for someone, who is a Windows Power User, but does not know where to start in GNU/Linux world.
I made a reduced application set for live image, which now is “just” 12GB. It is based on kernel 6.0.0 and contains a set of essential software in live image. It is basically MX-Linux with software I always install on a new machine. With this respin I don’t have to spend several hours on installing and configuring software like virtualbox, vagrant, winehq, remote desktop software etc.
It is based on XFCE, but there are some elements of KDE, like Krusader and Discover – if you boot with systemd, you can install/upgrade flatpaks, snaps and software from repositories using Plasma Discover (snapd requires systemd). Once you done with installing/upgrading snap apps, you can reboot without systemd (default option in MX-Linux) and you should be fine, unless you know, you have installed software that relies on systemd.
If you choose to install it on your machine, you may want to install more software – it’s over 1000 packages and it takes a while. From the menu select “Other” > “App-install”. If there is an error in aptitude output, please open “MX-Tools” > “Codecs Installer” and confirm installation of codecs. After installing more applications, you should have some choice in every kind of software, like a good bunch of web browsers for example – if you need to test the water in GNU/Linux. Most people literate with Microsoft Windows enough to disable Cortana, should be fine with my selection of apps. In this respin I have included Bottles, which is a very complex manager for wine, software used to run Windows applications in Linux environment. There is also Firetools, GUI sandboxer for applications based on apparmor. You should be able to install VM in VirtualBox and download and run vagrant image as it is all preconfigured.
Special thanks goes to MX-Linux Facebook community, you are awesome, guys!
I would like to thank MX-Linux Devs for this release (Wildflower ahs), as it’s working great and making my own respin was nice and easy. Great job,guys!
1. Balena to transfer iso image to USB disk.
2. Rufus for Windows image.
This is new edition (12.03.2023), featuring Twister UI, new Firtefox and new Tor Browser. Image file is just over 11GB ;)
I have finally did it. I have installed MX-Linux 21.3 from scratch and installed most important apps, keeping the footprint under 8GB. Big bunch of apps (1118 packets) can be installed using script, but this is optional. Updated a bunch of apps, Kernel to 6.1 and generated all the locales.
On the boot menu, pick "Language, Keyboard, Timezone", Set your preferences, then select "Back to Main Menu" and boot from 6.1 kernel. Some software from the previous edition is not included. You are welcome to install it using KDE Discover after you install MX to your disk.
I have fixed problems with DNS and installed a few network tools. The ISO file is just shadow over 10GB
I have installed AdGuardHome.
To access config panel, go to localhost
user: admin, password: password.
I have fixed system repositories and installing more apps works again, but with twisterUI and AdGuardHome The iso file is just about 11GB
I have reduced applications number and installed firejail again and Gaming support The iso file is just about 8GB
I did some minor bug fixes, installed AppImage integration for autoamtic integration of AppImage applications, also fixed problem with wifi after installing bunch of applications. The iso file is just about 8GB
I did some slimming down, now you need about 20GB to install on your drive. The iso file is just about 8GB
I installed some more gaming apps, including Cartridges, new and very promising game launcher. Now you will need about 25GB to install on your drive - this is root file system only, your game images, ROMS, etc are not included. The iso file is just about 11GB, but now you can run practically any game, that you legally own. You still should be able to do your daily computing tasks with this image.
I have established Discord channel to deal with support requests.
I made new version based on MX-Linux 23 XFCE.
In this edition i included strictly games and educational software. There are many console emulators and some Linux games,
as well as essential system tools, like Stacer - The easiest and most elegant way of managing snaps in MX-Linux,
and Yubico manager,
AppImage Launcher - easy way of integrating AppImage applications,
and self contained DNS server based on AdGuard Home.
The iso file is just about 16GB.
So far it seems to be working, but there might be some glitches, as kernel 6.4 and bookworm itself are fairly new.
Updated version based on MX-Linux 23 XFCE.
Installed Gnome Online Accounts and Balena Etcher.
Refreshed the UI, mixing probably the best features of Windows 10 and Mac OS Big Sur. the file and installation media will be larger than 16GB.
In order to make this version work, i added quite a few backport repositories,
and as such it may be not quite kosher MX-Linux or
even not quite kosher debian.
if you don't like it, please don't use it.
As much as I think it is not too bad at this stage, it is a work in progress, so any feedback will be appreciated.
There is always Official Forum if you are looking for general help with MX-Linux.
Do you need to use Windows from time to time, but have enough of bloatware and resource-hunger? Check out this experimental installation media:
Note that you will need a product serial number to activate Windows 10. If you had Windows 10 preinstalled on the computer, it should activate automatically.
This is NOT Linux, you need working antivirus monitor and an active firewall to use this OS safely!
This is altered Windows 10 22H2 image, some components of the operating system has been removed!
I made new version based on Windows 10 22H2.
In this edition i included all the Windows versions from the original media. I have also review the settings and now apps from Microsoft Store like JW Library work fine.
I have also reduced the extra applications to bare minimum.
The iso file is just about 8GB.
So far it seems to be working, but please keep in mind, that 13mhz-WH is an experimental project and it may not work as you would like it to.
By downloading you are acknowledging that you may not expect it to work as complete MS Windows 10 installation media. This is educational, experimental project. Use it at your own risk.
