MX-19 Beta 1 available for testing



MX-19b1



August 25, 2019



Updated iso images



–direct download:



https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-linux/files/testing/MX-19/



We are pleased to offer MX-19 Beta 1 for testing purposes.



Updated packages



The latest updates from debian 10 (buster), antiX and MX repos.



Xfce 4.14



GIMP 2.10.12

MESA 18.3.6

updated firmware

4.19.5 kernel



Browser: Firefox 68

Video Player: VLC 3.0.8

Music Manager/Player: Clementine 1.3.1

Email client: Thunderbird 60.8.0

Office suite: LibreOffice 6.1.5 (plus security fixes)



and more in the MX repositories.



–New and updated mx-apps



formatusb, for formatting usb storage devices

mx-packageinstaller now displays version number for flatpak applications.

mx-alerts package for sending emergency messages to users.

tons of misc. updates to the mx tools.

most help files are now available on the iso



-antiX live system changes



The latest antiX live system updates, included improved support for hyper-v and kvm.

improved support for frugal installations on ntfs devices

live system now boots with a informative text-based boot splash.



Improved localization

almost all mx-apps received translation updates (we love translators, and BTW we are looking for a new translations co-coordinator)



Misc.



sysVinit remains the default init system. systemd is available as a boot option on installed systems (but not on live systems). In other words, exactly the same as MX17/18.



Set your gtk scaling in Appearance, log out/log in and Qt apps should follow the scaling set.



New conky configs (conky-manager for selections)



Known issues with beta:



some users with intel video chipsets may need to use “i915.invert_brightness=1” boot code as some machines apparently have brightness values backwards in the driver.



The beta will receive updates over time through the repositories, but certain items, such as the live system and some user settings defaults, will not be obvious without some user intervention.



Please place any general feedback here: MX-19 Beta 1 Feedback thread



Any specific bugs can go to our Bug Manager at bugs.mxlinux.org



If posting hardware issues, please post the output of “quick-system-info” from the menu or terminal, at a minimum.



If posting nvidia-installer 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)