MX Linux Xfce AHS: a ready-made distro for newer PCs

MX Linux's Xfce AHS edition targets newer hardware while retaining Debian Stable's reliability. Created by the antiX and MX Linux communities, the MX-25.2_Xfce_ahs_x64 release ships with the 7.07 kernel and was updated to the Liquorix 7.0.9-2 low-latency kernel to broaden device support.

The release pairs that kernel with DKMS packages, an updated Mesa stack and an MX Nvidia installer, so discrete graphics, Wi‑Fi and sound are more likely to work without manual tweaking. Xfce supports HiDPI scaling at 125% and 150%, and the low-latency kernel is tuned for audio, gaming and other time-sensitive tasks.

Although Xfce has a traditional look, the edition runs very fast in practice; it performed strongly as a virtual machine using 4GB of RAM and two CPUs. The image comes with many preinstalled apps and utilities — Firefox, LibreOffice, Thunderbird, MX Tools and more — and you can add a different desktop environment such as KDE Plasma in minutes if you prefer a more modern interface.

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