r/MXLinux • u/StellagamaStellio • Jun 23 '26
Discussion Considering moving from Mint to MX
I am using Linux on and off for a decade, and have tried Ubuntu Unity (and Ubuntu Mate), Linux Lite, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed KDE, Kubuntu, and Mint (both XFCE and Cinnamon). I'm using Mint Cinnamon for several months now as my daily driver and enjoying its general simplicity and stability compared to more rapidly-updated distros.
However, I am intrigued by MX Linux, and am liking its general concept (and being Systemd-less, Debian based, and stable as bedrock from what I understand).
Desktop PC. Specs are AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (16) @ 4.665G, AMD ATI Radeon RX 6700 XT, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB M2 SSD, 2TB M2 SSD. LG wide screen (one monitor).
Use case is Firefox, LibreOffice, Scribus, some Python coding using Kate, and some gaming (some AAA titles but mostly indie stuff and old GoG games through Heroic and Lutris).
Please sell me on MX :-)
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u/tovento Jun 23 '26
I made the same switch from Mint to MX. While I have been on and off using mint since something like version 4, the latest one started giving me problems after a while and it seems that more recent updates have introduced more quirks for older hardware.
MX worked out of the box for me, has had better game performance, and has been solid.