Debian-Based antiX MX-16.1 Distro Introduces Experimental Encrypted Home Folders

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The development team behind the Debian-based antiX MX GNU/Linux distribution announced the immediate availability for download of the first point release of the antiX MX-16 “Metamorphosis” series.

The antiX MX-16 “Metamorphosis” operating system series launched last year in mid-December based on the Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 “Jessie” distribution, but without the systemd init system. This release defaults to sysVinit init system, and it’s using a highly customized, lightweight Xfce 4.12.2 desktop environment.

Being the first maintenance update, antiX MX-16.1 adds a few notable changes, such as the implementation of experimental support for encrypted home folders in the installer, UEFI support in the autoinstall feature of the installer, as well as a fix for an issue with partition boot flags affecting various Dell computers.

The antiX MX-16.1 ISO images are shipping pre-loaded with Adobe Flash Player, deprecating MX-Flash, a new default theme, a bunch of new MX-Linux w… (read more)

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