On 16th August 2020, the MX Linux team has announced the release of MX 19.2 KDE Edition. This release includes all the core features of MX distributions, plus a stable and pleasant Plasma desktop experience.

MX-19.2 KDE is the first official release from the MX project that features a KDE/Plasma desktop. It gives more priority for Qt-based applications that make Plasma experience more complete.

MX 19.2 KDE Preview

By introducing the Plasma Desktop in MX, the MX team is trying to make the distribution appealing for a wider range of users. Currently, MX officially supports Xfce and Fluxbox ecosystems.

The main highlights of MX-19.2 KDE include the below.

  • KDE/plasma 5.14.5 (current Debian buster version)
  • GIMP 2.10.12
  • MESA 20.0.7 (AHS)
  • MX AHS firmware package
  • Debian (AHS) 5.6 kernel
  • Browser: Firefox 79
  • Video Player: VLC 3.0.11
  • Music Manager/Player: Clementine 1.3.1
  • Email client: Thunderbird 68.11
  • Office suite: LibreOffice 6.1.5 (plus security fixes) (6.4 available in MX-Packageinstaller->Popular Apps)

For further information on MX-19.2 KDE release, read the official release announcement.

MX 19.2 KDE screenshots

These screenshots are captured on a BETA release of MX Linux 19.2 KDE. There could be slight difference with the final release

01 MX Welcome01 MX Welcome01.1 About MX01.1 About MX02 MX Plasma Desktop02 MX Plasma Desktop03 Application Menu03 Application Menu04 Dolphin File Manager04 Dolphin File Manager05 Konsole Terminal05 Konsole Terminal06 Yakuake Dropdown terminal06 Yakuake Dropdown terminal07 Busy Desktop07 Busy Desktop08 Window switching08 Window switching09 Firefox Browser09 Firefox Browser10 VLC Media Player10 VLC Media Player11 digikam11 digikam12 Gwenview12 Gwenview13 Clementine Music Player13 Clementine Music Player14 LibreOffice14 LibreOffice15 GIMP splash15 GIMP splash16 GIMP in action16 GIMP in action17 MX-Updater17 MX-Updater18 MX-Tools18 MX-Tools19 MX-Tweaks19 MX-Tweaks20 MX Software20 MX Software21 MX Flatpak21 MX Flatpak22 System Settings22 System Settings23 Background Selection23 Background Selection24 Resource Usage - KSysGuard24 Resource Usage - KSysGuard25 Resource Usage - htop25 Resource Usage - htop26 Resource Usage - top26 Resource Usage - top27 Calendar Widget27 Calendar Widget28 Battery and brightness widget28 Battery and brightness widget29 Leave Menu29 Leave Menu30 Leave Confirmation30 Leave Confirmation

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