I feel like MX Linux has been at or near the top of Distrowatch forever, but I literally never hear it mentioned elsewhere on the web. Is it just people literally asking this question for them selves, clicking on it and bumping it up? Has anyone tried MX to see if it lives up?

  • 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕒𝕓𝕚@feddit.org
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    3 hours ago

    Distrowatch popularity is a pointless metric. IIRC they measure clicks on their own site as popularity. That means that people that just want to check out that distro near the top that they never heard of actually ensure that it stays near the top.

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      This is true. I’m pretty sure they acknowledge this transparently.

      It’s helpful to hilight the common distro’s but it’s not an endorsement.

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    From what I understand about distrowatch is that their “ranking” system is based on how many people (or bots) visit a distros page.

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    I’ve been using it for a few years on my gaming desktop and I couldn’t be happier about it, it’s the distro that stopped my distro-hopping.

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    MX has become my go-to for low-power, outdated computers.

    It runs on a toaster. It installs on 64-bit systems with 32-bit EFI. The base install supports touchscreens. It fits on a 16GB SSD with room to spare. 2GB RAM is plenty. It has an active development community.

    If your computer is less 5 years old, there are better options. But if you’re trying to keep a Chromebook out of the junk yard, MX is a good choice.

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    Yes and yes, hits to the page drive it up that list. It’s a fine Debian reskin, nothing special.

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      I asked because I saw a video talking about Catchy and Edeavour, and had them near the top which I don’t think of as super old, so it seemed like somehow newer ones here moving up the list.

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    I used MX Linux all of 2024 because I had previously installed antiX on an old netbook and I really liked the tools it came with that meant I didn’t have to touch the console too much, and MX Linux is a sister project based on antiX sharing the same custom utilities. And I have no clue why it rose to the top of distrowatch, but once it was there it stayed there because people click the top distros on the list in the sidebar, which in turn gives it clicks making it stay on top.
    I do still believe it’s a good starter distro, it’s just that once you get a bit more comfortable with linux the old Debian packages become more and more annoying.