MX-19 patito feo released with Xfce 4.14

The MX team has announced the release of MX-19 with code name patito feo. This stable release of MX Linux includes updated packages from Debian 10.1 snapshot and antiX and MX repositories.

MX-19 Application Menu MX-19 Terminal with neofetch command

The main highlight of MX-19 is Xfce 4.14, the latest stable release of MX’s flagship desktop environment. MX is one among the distributions which shipped Xfce 4.14 just after its release.

What is new in MX-19?

As mentioned earlier, the main highlight of MX-19 is the availability of the Xfce 4.14. It also includes other packages from upstream projects. A brief list is provided below.

Xfce 4.14

GIMP 2.10.12

MESA 18.3.6

Linux Kernel 4.19 from Debian

Firefox 69

VLC 3.0.8

Clementine 1.3.1

Thunderbird 60.9.0

LibreOffice 6.1.5 (with security fixes)

In addition to package updates, MX-19 also has the following changes.

New and MX-apps

MX-installer (based on gazelle-installer) fixes some automount related issues.

MX Date & Time utility makes clock setting easier.

formatusb tool for formatting USB storage devices

MX-packageinstaller is now capable of showing version number for flatpak applications.

MX-packageinstaller also features LibreOffice updates from Debian backports repository. Currently, it is upto 6.3.x

MX-updater no more require the password to check updates.

improved wallpaper & artworks.

Most of the help files have been updated in reference with MX-19

A new app named bash-config for theme bash and setting aliases.

mx-boot-repair contains more solutions for boot related issues.

The FAQ section has been updated

Improved support for hyper-v and kvm (inherited from antiX)

better translations.