MX Linux is great for resource management on my Dell E5470. While the switch to Thunar from Fedora/Debian had a slight learning curve (especially the Shift+drag mechanic), the customizability via GTK themes is excellent. The biggest win for me is the hardware compatibility—it handles my mobile hotspot flawlessly where other distros like Fedora and LMDE struggled. It’s stable, light, and just works I personally use it as my Daily Driver at the moment because I’ve yet to find a better distro that doesn’t eat my resources and disconnect my mobile hotspot but I’ve been messing around with NixOS in a VM it might be my next one this is like my fourth or fifth distro.
Ye, but what I mean by ‘compatibility’ is that it isn’t picky with my drivers like other distros I’ve tried. Fedora acts a bit strange on my hardware, and half the distros I’ve used have issues dropping my hotspot connection. MX Linux just works, especially on older hardware. While I like Fedora and Debian, MX feels much more resource-efficient for a system with 8 gigs of RAM.
MX Linux is great for resource management on my Dell E5470. While the switch to Thunar from Fedora/Debian had a slight learning curve (especially the Shift+drag mechanic), the customizability via GTK themes is excellent. The biggest win for me is the hardware compatibility—it handles my mobile hotspot flawlessly where other distros like Fedora and LMDE struggled. It’s stable, light, and just works I personally use it as my Daily Driver at the moment because I’ve yet to find a better distro that doesn’t eat my resources and disconnect my mobile hotspot but I’ve been messing around with NixOS in a VM it might be my next one this is like my fourth or fifth distro.
how do you mean? Doesn’t it use the same Linux kernel as everyone else? Why would some hardware be more compatible?
Ye, but what I mean by ‘compatibility’ is that it isn’t picky with my drivers like other distros I’ve tried. Fedora acts a bit strange on my hardware, and half the distros I’ve used have issues dropping my hotspot connection. MX Linux just works, especially on older hardware. While I like Fedora and Debian, MX feels much more resource-efficient for a system with 8 gigs of RAM.