I got tired of LMDE and am a longtime lover of XFCE (though haven’t used it in years) and I gotta say this is a distro that feels like a distinct distro for once. Comes with an amazing set of tools__ the way OpenSUSE does, especially the GUI package manager and the ability to make a bootable live ISO of your running system. Definitely not your normal Debian derivative IMO. Definitely a distro I slept on for a long time. Choice of init system too is chefs kiss for all the systemD haters. The antiX foundation is nice too as I agree on their values 100%, but that distro is too minimal for my needs.
Been using it for a while, first with XFCE and just recently rebuilt with Plasma.
Hopped a lot before arriving at MX, stayed because it just works, does everything I need and more without issues.
I used MX for a handful of years after CrunchBang ceased development. I decided to migrate to just a core Debian install at a certain point, when I realized I was basically installing custom everything, and wasn’t really using MX the way it was probably intended.
It’s a good, mid-weight choice. Nothing negative to say about it.
Hm? They were Systemd-only for a while but brought back choice of inits recently?
Well, let’s see how this goes. From what i understand, distros are either Systemd-only, no-Systemd or a mess of shims and wrappers.
There’s always Devuan if you want Debian before Debian moved to systemd.
I’ve used it in the past and its awesome. It works very well even on ancient hardware and is a fully functioning OS even if you never install it and just run it in live mode. Its basically a computer you can keep on your keychain and run on anything.
Have been using it enthusiastically for a good while now. It’s got a nice balance between useable out of the box and having all the tweak ability.
Can’t recommend it enough.
I’m currently in the process to switching over to it.
