"MX Linux 25 "Infinity" is now available, and the new version has some significant differences from the 2023 release, with things that used to be boot-time choices now more loaded pre-install decisions. Infinity is available in no fewer than seven different downloads. They are all for x86-64: there's no x86-32 edition any more. MX 25 is based on Debian 13, and since the parent distro no longer offers a 32-bit x86 edition, nor does MX Linux."
"One of the things that impressed us about MX Linux 21 and then in MX Linux 23 was that it didn't use the controversial systemd as its init system, but even so, systemd was present and could be triggered at startup. As we reported back in August, and just as in the beta version, that useful feature has gone. It relied on the Linux kernel's cgroups version 1."
"As a result, you can still have MX Linux without systemd if you wish - but now, the flavors with the traditional sysvinit are in separate downloads. In other words, you must choose the edition up front, and you can't readily switch once installed. MX still offers the same choice of just three desktops: the default middleweight Xfce, the full-fat KDE Plasma, or super-lightweight Fluxbox. Like Debian 13 itself, the KDE flavor of MX Linux has Plasma 6.3.6,"
MX Linux 25 "Infinity" provides seven x86-64-only downloads and is based on Debian 13, removing 32-bit editions. The previous ability to switch init systems at boot relied on cgroups v1 and the systemd-shim; cgroups v2 and changes in the LTS kernel have disabled that mechanism. Sysvinit-based flavors are now separate downloads requiring an up-front choice, preventing easy post-install switching. MX 25 offers Xfce (default), KDE Plasma, and Fluxbox desktops. KDE uses Plasma 6.3.6 and is only available with systemd. Xfce 4.20 and Fluxbox 1.3.7 can be used with systemd or sysvinit. The Xfce flagship also has an AHS variant with the Liquorix kernel.
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