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Linux Mint or MX Linux

Linux Mint and MX Linux Jan 27, 2024 by mrtim in Linux I’ve been using Linux Mint for several years and still consider it to be one of the best (if not the best) distros available. Occasionally I would try another distro that looked interesting. I always went back to Linux Mint. I was familiar with it and it is very easy to navigate. While looking for a good USB Linux OS with persistence I finally found MX Linux, a mid-weight Debian based Linux OS with a excellent “Live USB Maker” that allows persistence. Now I could carry my USB with MX Linux on it, work from any PC, save my work, and leave no trace on the computer I was using. Perfect! In the process I got really interested in MX Linux. I loaded it to a 10+ year old desktop and started testing. This PC has a 500GB SSD and only 2GB of RAM. MX Linux ran good on it however I upgraded the RAM to 4GB and noticed the increase of performance. MX Linux was easy to operate and navigate. It’s fast even on this old PC. MX Linux has several cust

January 15, 2024 Satellite List Released

 The January 15th, 2024 list is out and ready for your download. See the details here