Anno domini 2020 Fri, 4 Sep 10:44:02 -0500
Michael via tde-users scripsit:
> tl:dr
> MX works extremely well, is able to ‘one click’ install TDE, and saves me an
> incredible amount of time. [1]
>
> William Morder asked:
> >
> > By the way, Michael, I believe that AntiX is based on MX Linux. I forget
> > the exact relationship, but that's how I discovered the MX repositories.
> >
> > Since you are so enthusiastic about MX Linux with TDE, I wondered if you
> > knew anything about AntiX, or were more up-to-date on its status, or had an
> > opinion about it
>
> Long story very short… (and probably not entirely accurate)
>
> antiX [2] and MEPIS basically combined? to create MX. I don’t know if MEPIS
> is still around, obviously antiX is ;)
>
> - antiX is a very lightweight distribution (works well on very old hardware)
> - MX is a middleweight (it also has an advanced hardware kernel option)
> - - {Kate? Maybe try the MX ahs kernel for that touchscreen?}
>
> Dolphin Oracle is the lead dev for both distributions. There are ~20+ devs
> for MX (they all may be active on antiX, but I don’t know that), and based on
> their forum activity I’m somewhat guessing that many of the MX devs are
> basically ‘full time’ employed by MX. Truthfully I’d love for TDE to be
> rolled into the MX group, it seems like such a win-win for both
> organizations.
>
> Why am I such an enthusiastic about MX?
>
> - With one click (MX Package Installer):
> - - Full LAMP stack is installed
> - - Install LibreOffice, Opera, Wine, VirtualBox, 6 other DEs, 2 Windows
> Managers, 2 Docks, Skype, Zoom, Kodi, Plex, Handbrake, Spotify, Play on
> Linux, Steam, 6 other Kernels, 5+ VPNs, 3 Screencasts, … [5]
>
> - NVIDIA proprietary drivers works ‘out of the box’
> - MX also saved me 50 to 200 hours of customization rebuild over six months by
> having a ‘preserve /home’ option that works with existing disk encryption.
> [3]
>
> - Their MX Package Installer is completely customizable
> - - Which allowed me to create an auto-installer for TDE [4]
>
> - The MX Tools set is stellar and actually works...
> - Doesn’t use systemd
> - The MX forum answers your questions (accurately! and usually the same day)
>
> I’ll stop here, put the pom-poms down, and close with:
>
> If you want a distribution that runs TDE to ‘just work,’ go with MX.
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
> [1] https://mxlinux.org/
> [2] https://antixlinux.com/
> [3] https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=59308&p=587358#p588697
> [4]
> https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/MX_Linux_Trinity_Repository_Installation_Instructions#MX-19_Automagically_.28mostly.29
> [5] There are 380 *.pm files in their packageinstaller-pkglist directory, best
> guess is that translates to 380 unique applications that they have already
> customized the install process of so the end user gets a full ‘working’
> application.
MX and exegnulinux are the two finest linux distros for "users" that exist out there.
Nik
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