The MX community has announced the release of MX-23 Beta 1, the first development release in the MX 23 series. MX-23 inherits from Debian 12 Bookworm and brings MX-specific packages from MX repositories.

As in the previous releases, the MX 23 will feature sysVinit by default, but the systemd will be an option for installed systems.

MX 23 Beta 1 release is available for Xfce, Plasma, and Fluxbox flavors. Fluxbox and Xfce flavors are available for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, while the Plasma flavor is only available for 64-bit systems.

What’s new in MX-23 Beta 1?

MX-23 inherits from the Debian 12 Bookworm and includes several visual and under-the-hood improvements. The key highlights in the MX-23 Beta 1 release are as follows:

• The MX installer introduces support for swap files and swap partitions. The installer also includes many bug fixes and user experience improvements.
• The live boot menu includes a check media option on the top level and facilitates the installation media check for possible corruption.
• Xfce 4.18
• Fluxbox 1.3.7
• Plasma 5.27
• All flavors to feature pipewire & wireplumber instead of pulseaudio.

For further information on MX-23 Beta 1, read the official announcement on project’s webiste.

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