Welcome to an ongoing series here at Forbes that zeroes in on your very first experience with a desktop Linux operating system: the installer. This time around I'm checking out a distribution my ...

Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help MX Linux 25.1 restores the ability to switch init systems ...

When I first started blogging about Linux, MEPIS was one of the first distributions that I wrote about. I always liked it, and enjoyed using it, so I was disappointed when it quietly died a few years ...

MX Linux 25 updates its base to Debian Trixie. When downloading, interested users must decide whether they want systemd or sysVinit. In the version announcement, the MX Linux developers explain that ...

The MX Linux default desktop is about as clean as you'll find. MX Linux is the most downloaded Linux desktop distribution, and now I know why Your email has been sent Jack Wallen examines MX Linux to ...

This Linux distro has one of the smartest security features I've seen (and I've tested dozens) ...

One of the things about many user-friendly Linux desktops is that they can sometimes feel slightly limited. Take, for instance, GNOME. Yes, you can extend the feature set with the help of extensions, ...

Interesting observation: MX Linux 23 came out yesterday, and I downloaded both the standard and KDE versions to take it for a spin. MX has been an XFCE-focused distro since it came out in 2014, and ...