Aristarchus
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I wonder if you understand really what you have written
I doubt also that you understand my post. I thought that this was pretty simple. Evidently I was wrong.
Compare Mint with MX
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I doubt also that you understand my post. I thought that this was pretty simple. Evidently I was wrong.
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james holmes
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Those who made it know how it works.
Hello @james holmes
Welcome to the Linux.org forum.
I've used both and they are both good in their own right. But like @Pony prefer KDE desktop and Mint dropped it several releases ago. Though it can be installed it not supported on Mint so I choose MX for that reason only. Mint is a very good Distro and you won't go wrong with it. As well as Mx it's good too They just do thing a little different. Try them both and maybe some other too and choose the one that works best for you. Good Luck.
Welcome to the Linux.org forum.
I've used both and they are both good in their own right. But like @Pony prefer KDE desktop and Mint dropped it several releases ago. Though it can be installed it not supported on Mint so I choose MX for that reason only. Mint is a very good Distro and you won't go wrong with it. As well as Mx it's good too They just do thing a little different. Try them both and maybe some other too and choose the one that works best for you. Good Luck.
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james holmes
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Thank you all for your experience-seasoned advice.
joh
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Both or at the top of the best. Through many years of using both, I find MXLinux is the best. After reading some of the other comments, I see that they didn't have much experience, if any, of the MXLinux. Some of the complaints against MXLinux is actually one of the many strong points.
Again, both or great, but I would have to recommend MX above all of the other Linux Distros, and I have tried almost all!
I installed the MX linux on my laptop, as it is intended to serve as my 'home lab' computer, while I have been running Mint as my daily driver for a couple of years.
MX Linux is great for older hardware, as it super swift, and very elegant.
It also presents some great GUI tools that I wish any and all linux distros would have - which is - at any point in time, you can create a custom installable build of your system "as is", using a single click and some patience for it to process the system while it is running.
There was a general purpose attempt at this with 'penguin-eggs' but it got very big and cumbersome, to accommodate any and all distros.
Essentially, I installed it with SysVinit, and don't remember if I had a choice of selecting/ switching to SystemD.
It works fine for the most part, but I happen to add to my distros the fail2ban package as a default security feature, and this one requires SystemD.
Otherwise both work really good for me, without any hitches I can point my finger to.
The drawback for me with MX Linux is its kernel which is now 6.8 in Mint and only 6.1.
Why does it matter? -Well, this depends on your use-case.
Example use-case:
What do I mean? -I intend my laptop to control lab equipment using a DAQ (data acquisition card digital-analog converter), so for me having the later kernels, especially since the release of kernel 6.13 which is supposed to fully integrate real-time abilities (low to non-latency in control) is a priority to control fast and precise switching of instruments. For others, this might not be the case.
As far as kernel security patches, as far as I know all maintained kernels have good people hard at work maintaining and releasing security patches, so here there is no apparent difference.
Hope this helps.
PS - I like the look and feel of the MX linux so much that I've been trying to find a way to import its theme to my Mint - but so far no joy.
Have used both for years; MX Linux is the the best! MX Linux has been the best for me above all the others and I have tried a lot of Linux distros in the past 20 + years.
Brickwizard
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I like MX and I Like Parrot home [they are very similar] but i use Mint LMDE, its comfortable for visitors, who often break their windows to use. I could not list all the distros I have tried since the late 90's, but i did develop a definite liking for Debian and other Debian based distros
Along with @Brickwizard I too have developed a like for debian distros. Try as I may just never liked RPM based ones. So for me it's Mint, MX, Debian and other deb base ones. I use Mint the most.
Just a reminder, this is a matter of personal preferences, and use-cases. For some one distro will work, for others another..-It is even subject to some distros changing their trajectories, and "not fitting the bill" anymore for specific users..-Then the have to hunt for anothre distro which does.
Bye the way,
It doesn't come asa shock to find that NAS systems moved to debian based, as well as Kali OS, and many other reputable and secure OS systems. It is a work-hourse.
I tried to move from mint to KDE based experience, and my MX Linux is configured this way, and it is awesome for MY use-case, for THIS specific laptop configuration.
I use Mint as my daily driver becase it is still the most stable environment for ME, and for the time being.
PS From MX linux I got to know 'yakuake' terminal, which has been my favorite so far. In all my installs I make suere to install both 'nala' instead of apt, and 'yakuake' instead of whatever default terminal there is.
BUT, this is MY workflow, so you're welcome to try and see if it also works for you..
It doesn't come asa shock to find that NAS systems moved to debian based, as well as Kali OS, and many other reputable and secure OS systems. It is a work-hourse.
I tried to move from mint to KDE based experience, and my MX Linux is configured this way, and it is awesome for MY use-case, for THIS specific laptop configuration.
I use Mint as my daily driver becase it is still the most stable environment for ME, and for the time being.
PS From MX linux I got to know 'yakuake' terminal, which has been my favorite so far. In all my installs I make suere to install both 'nala' instead of apt, and 'yakuake' instead of whatever default terminal there is.
BUT, this is MY workflow, so you're welcome to try and see if it also works for you..
theLegionWithin
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used both - only different I noticed out of box (as it were) is that mint had issues with my main rig's wifi chipset and mx did not. I like them both. mx has a bunch of helper apps built into it (nvidia driver installer, system tools, etc) so yeah it seems to be aimed more at the "office" side of things. with mint you have choices - the lmde version or the based on ubuntu version, but they seem very similar inasmuch as I could tell.
put em on usb drives and play around with the live versions, or set up a vm of each in virtualbox/boxes & play around with them to see which you like better
put em on usb drives and play around with the live versions, or set up a vm of each in virtualbox/boxes & play around with them to see which you like better
Aristarchus
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I doubt that anyone sees it otherwise: just user opinions. At the end one has to try both distros to know what's best.
Also, RT capabilities are available for a long time just get patched kernel. If you want official, then since 6.12 RT is there and you will have to recompile the kernel still as it does not make any sense to have these options enabled by default. In short you can make your RT kernel now without waiting for 6.13 (because RT options will not be enabled, particularly options referring to the specific hardware).
Thank you for the info Aristarchus, I remember reading recently that it was finally adopted completely into the 6.13 kernel, but it will take I suspect some time until it will be a viable option for instrument precise control use-case. For now, it is probably present in ARC distros, for the brave & bold, which I'm not.
Aristarchus
Active Member
Just in the case: linux kernel 6.12 adds official RT capabilities
Linux Kernel 6.12 Release Adds Real-Time Capability and Initial Raspberry Pi 5 Support
Linux Kernel 6.12 finally brings in real-time computing capabilities to the mainline.
news.itsfoss.com
Thank you for the info.Just in the case: linux kernel 6.12 adds official RT capabilities
I tested these (compiled kernel with enabled RT). I had to specifically turn on the options for my video card (Intel XE). Some options have cascading structure so for my card I had to enable RT for i915 first to see the options for my card. I noticed similar setup for AMD video cards and some other hardware so you have to know exactly what to enable. RT boots fine but then it needs "Whole lotta love" to take the full advantage of RT.Linux Kernel 6.12 Release Adds Real-Time Capability and Initial Raspberry Pi 5 Support
Linux Kernel 6.12 finally brings in real-time computing capabilities to the mainline.
Since my laptop is an old asus UX303U, with a Core i5 CPU (4-cores, 4-threads), and a built-in graphics card, which I manged to install 20GB RAM, and an M.2 SATA stick as storage, It will run fine, but the DAQ software it will run is supposed t control the devices, and it needs more of the capabilities of collecting data and putting out an appropriate graph, or several of them, at a time, I'm not sure how much involving the GPU is going to affect it. On the other hand, if the software itself is ran under RT rules, it is supposed to collect the data at maximum bandwidth, and this should be enough for me.
