The second beta of MX Linux 21 has been released for testing. The new version based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 Bullseye.

MX-21 beta 2 now available for testing purposes

MX-21 beta 2 series iso images for testing
–direct downloads:

Xfce Desktop

32 bit Xfce with debian standard 5.10 kernel  sha256_checksum  md5_checksum  signature

64 bit Xfce with debian standard 5.10 kernel  sha256_checksum  md5_checksum  signature

KDE/Plasma Desktop

64 bit KDE/plasma with Debian standard 5.10 kernel  sha256_checksum  md5_checksum signature

MX-fluxbox

32 bit Fluxbox with Debian standard 5.10 kernel  sha256_checksum  md5_checksum signature

64 bit Fluxbox with Debian standard 5.10 kernel  sha256_checksum  md5_checksum signature

MX-21 beta 2 is now available for testing. MX-21 is built from debian-bullseye and MX repositories.

Things that are new in MX-21:

New and updated applications.
New installer partition selection area, including some lvm support if lvm volume exists already
New UEFI live system boot menus. Now you can select your live boot options (persistence, etc…) from the boot menu and submenus rather than using the previous console menus.
Xfce 4.16, Plasma 5.20, fluxbox 1.3.7 with mx-fluxbox 3.0 configs
User password (sudo) for admin tasks by default. You can switch this in mx-tweak->Other tab.

Changes with beta 2:

All releases: updated installer and live system to latest versions. Some translation updates but most are still in progress. The live menus now include special features like rollback options for remasters gone wrong. In addition, we added the mesa vulkan drivers to the default package set. New “mx-comfort” themes are also in use. Better support for some realtek wifi parts. Debian security repo enabled by default.

Xfce isos: Updated Xfce packages to latest bug fix releases. Added thunar samba shares plugin (accessible via a folder’s properties dialog in thunar). Updated docklike plugin.

KDE/plasma iso: fix for dolphin file manager crash issues when “Save desktop changes” was utilized during install.

Fluxbox isos: updates to many of the mxfb-accessories scripts, improved localization, general configuration changes. Captions on by default on desktop, and additional pre-configured panel setups. removed gtk3-nocsd as debian’s package produced undesirable default results. the package is still install-able via your favorite package managers.

With this beta 2 release, we are particularly interested in testing the new UEFI live system boot menus as well as testing the installer. Virtualbox testing is welcome, but we are looking for edge cases on real hardware for the most part.

Known issues:

• 32bit isos only : there is an error message when you boot the iso in virtualbox. also the virtualbox guest additions are not pre-installed on the 32 bit iso.
• ***unintended issue>>> gtk3-nocsd is actually still installed on the Xfce and fluxbox isos. users are encouraged to remove that package to avoid strange interface issues in gtk based apps. These were supposed to be removed at build but they snuck back in. They will not be installed on final.

Feedback for testing should be via forum post:

MX-21_beta 2 feedback thread (Xfce)

MX-21_KDE_beta 2 feedback thread

MX-21_fluxbox_beta 2 feedback thread

Be sure to include proper system data, including the output of quick-system-info.
If posting nvidia-installer (ddm-mx) issues, please post the contents of /var/log/ddm.log.
If posting remaster issues, please include the contents of /var/log/live/live-remaster.log
If posting installer issues, please include the contents of /var/log/minstall.log
If posting issues with MX-PackageInstaller “Popular Apps”, please post contents of /var/log/mxpi.log or /var/log/mxpi.log.old (whichever contains the log of your issue).

Thank you!

Dolphin Oracle (on behalf of the MX Dev Team)

MX-21 beta 2 now available for testing purposes – MX Linux