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Current Release Features
Basic Traits
Three Desktop options:  Xfce, Plasma, Fluxbox
Advanced version: “Advanced Hardware Support” (ahs) for support of very recent hardware 
Kernels (secured against known vulnerabilities)
32bit: latest Debian 6.1.133  PAE (non-PAE kernel: antiX). Very stable kernel for many machines.
64bit: latest Debian 6.1.133 stable kernel for newer machines.
ahs: Liquorix 6.14 with auto updates)
Easy kernel upgrade or downgrade with MX Package Installer
Foundation
Debian Stable 12.10 (Bookworm), augmented by ongoing backports and additions
Xfce 4.20/KDE 5.27/Fluxbox 1.3.7 (MX Fluxbox 4.0)
antiX live system
Automatic enabling of most Broadcom drivers
Increased support for realtek wifi devices
UEFI installer (64bit & 32bit)
LUKS encrypted root, home, and swap partition options
Package installer
Package Installer: kernels
Key Default Applications
The versions listed refer to the date of release; they will be continually upgraded as time goes on.

Browser: Firefox 137.0
Video Player: VLC 3.0.21
Music Manager/Player: Strawberry 1.1.3
Email client: Thunderbird 1.128.9
Office suite: LibreOffice 7.4.7
Libre office
Libre Office Dashboard
User Experience
Stable
Easy and flexible installation
Excellent hardware recognition
Automatic configuration for most users
One-click change of panel orientation and default theme
One-click enabling of Event sounds
Hibernation now enabled by default
Important applications updated regularly by Community
Significant upgrades to MX Tools
MX Tweak now includes tabs for KDE and Fluxbox versions
Localization for MX apps in many languages
Great help through expanded video set
Full Users Manual onboard and online, newly updated to include KDE and Fluxbox versions
Excellent support on a friendly forum
MX Tweak
Panel Orientation Tool
Tools To Make Common Tasks Easier
Many of these Tools were developed specifically for MX, while some were forked from existing antiX apps or are existing antiX apps; a couple were imported with permission from outside sources.

Live
Live USB maker
Live-usb kernel updater
Remaster tool
Snapshot
Maintenance
Boot Options, now expanded to install grub themes
Boot Repair
Chroot Rescue Scan
Cleanup
Disk Manager
Job Scheduler
Menu editor
User manager
Samba Config (usershare configuration)
Setup
Nvidia driver installer
Codecs installer, now includes updated S3 texture packs
Conky
Network Assistant
Date & Time
Select sound
System sounds
Tweak
User Installed Packages
Welcome
System keyboard
System locales
Software
Fix GPG keys
Package installer: Popular Applications, Debian Stable and Backports, MX Test, Flatpaks
Deb-Installer
Repo manager
Utilities
Quick System Info, now expanded to serve as a log reader
tools
MX Tools Dashboard
One-click Extras With Package Installer
The MX Package Installer is fast and has a built-in console. It includes 1) popular applications from the Debian Stable repos; 2) packages brought in from Debian Testing/Sid and properly configured; 3) packages not found in Debian repos at all but pulled from developers’ websites or other distro-specific repos and also properly configured. 4) applications undergoing evaluation in MX Test Repo; 5) Debian Backports; 6) Flatpaks. 

Audio: Audacity, DeaDBeeF, Pithos, Spotify, etc.
Browser: Palemoon, Falkon, Vivaldi, Opera, Brave, Chrome, Librewolf
Children: Preschool, Primary, etc.
Graphics: ImageMagik, Inkscape, GIMP, etc.
Docks: Docky, Plank, etc.
Icons: Faba, Moka, etc.
Language: language packs for Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.
Media Center: Kodi, Plex, etc.
Messaging: Pidgin, Skype, Zoom, etc.
Misc: Google Earth, VirtualBox, etc.
Network: Dropbox, Tor and Privoxy, etc.
Office: GnuCash, Adobe Reader, Calibre, etc.
Themes: Adapta, Obsidian1, etc.
Video: DVDStyler, MPlayer, OpenShot, etc
Window managers: Budgie Desktop, Compiz, MATE, etc.
Package installer
Package installer
Advanced LiveUSB (antiX)
Many new Live boot options inherited from antiX Linux, all selectable right from the boot menus
Run in Live mode in 10 languages
Live kernel upgrader
Easy Live-remaster to make a custom LiveUSB or your own version to distribute as an ISO
Three forms of Live persistence (i.e., what files are kept on the LiveUSB): details (video)
Easy “frugal” installation option
Simple creation of custom snapshots (as easy as: add/remove packages, change settings, take a snapshot)
Automatic check of LiveUSB file systems for integrity
Snapshot Tool
Snapshot Tool
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