MX-19.2 Users Manual v. 20200801 manual AT mxlinux DOT org Ctrl-F = Search this Manual Ctrl+Home = Return to top Table of Contents 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................4 1.1 About MX Linux................................................................................................................4 1.2 About this Manual..............................................................................................................4 1.3 System requirements..........................................................................................................5 1.4 Support and EOL................................................................................................................6 1.5 Bugs, issues and requests...................................................................................................6 1.6 Migration............................................................................................................................7 1.7 Our positions......................................................................................................................8 1.8 Notes for Translators.............................................................................................................8 2 Installation...................................................................................................................................10 2.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................10 2.2 Creating a bootable medium.............................................................................................11 2.3 Pre-Installation.................................................................................................................15 2.4 First look..........................................................................................................................20 2.5 The Installation process....................................................................................................31 2.6 Troubleshooting................................................................................................................38 3 Configuration...........................................................................................................................41 3.1 Peripherals........................................................................................................................41 3.2 Basic MX Tools................................................................................................................48 3.3 Display.............................................................................................................................61 3.4 Network............................................................................................................................66 3.5 File management..............................................................................................................75 3.6 Sound................................................................................................................................82 3.7 Localization......................................................................................................................84 3.8 Customization..................................................................................................................87 4 Basic use................................................................................................................................104 4.1 Internet...........................................................................................................................104 4.2 Multimedia.....................................................................................................................105 4.3 Office..............................................................................................................................115 4.4 Home..............................................................................................................................119 4.5 Security..........................................................................................................................120 4.6 Accessibility...................................................................................................................122 4.7 System............................................................................................................................122 4.8 Good practices................................................................................................................130 4.9 Games.............................................................................................................................134 4.10 Google tools.................................................................................................................141 5 Software Management...........................................................................................................143 5.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................143 5.2 Repos..............................................................................................................................144 5.3 Synaptic..........................................................................................................................147 5.4 Troubleshooting..............................................................................................................152 5.5 Other methods................................................................................................................153 6 Advanced use.........................................................................................................................159 6.1 Windows programs under MX Linux............................................................................159 6.2 Virtual machines.............................................................................................................160 6.3 Alternate Window Managers..........................................................................................164 6.4 Command Line...............................................................................................................165 6.5 Scripts.............................................................................................................................169 6.6 Advanced MX Tools.......................................................................................................175 6.7 SSH................................................................................................................................179 6.8 Synchronization.................................................................................................................180 7 Under the hood.......................................................................................................................181 7.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................181 7.2 The file system structure................................................................................................181 7.3 Permissions....................................................................................................................185 7.4 Configuration files.........................................................................................................187 7.5 Runlevels........................................................................................................................188 7.6 The kernel.......................................................................................................................190 8 Glossary....................................................................................................................................195 1 Introduction 1.1 About MX Linux MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS communities, using the best tools and talents from each distro and including work and ideas originally created by Warren Woodford. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint. Relying on the excellent upstream work by Linux and the open-source community, with MX-19 we deploy Xfce 4.1 4 as Desktop Environment on top of a Debian Stable (Debian 10, "Buster") base, drawing from the core antiX system. Ongoing backports and outside additions to our Repos serve to keep components current with developments as users require. KDE/plasma and Fluxbox environments are also available. The MX Dev Team is composed of a group of volunteers of various backgrounds, talents and interests. Details: About us. Special thanks for strong ongoing support of this project go to the MX Linux Packagers; to video producers Dolphin_Oracle, richb and m_pav; to our great volunteers; and to all our Translators! 1.2 About this Manual Figure 1-1: The *need* for manuals (xkcd.com) This Users Manual is the product of large group of volunteers from the MX Linux community. As such, it will inevitably contain errors and omissions, although we have worked hard to minimize them. Please send us feedback, corrections or suggestions using one of the methods listed below. Updates