MX Linux 19 Installation Walkthrough

[@shauryashrivastava8965]

Hey there, a big THANK YOU for your help. I was facing knee deep trouble in installing MX Linux but your video made it child's play for me. Keep up the good work.

[@fjack1588]

Yeah, even though I am putting this on a a five year old mid level computer with failing (sometimes freezing up and no fix for it save rebooting) Windows 8, nonetheless I was a tad intimidated. Now with this video I am feeling a lot better about going ahead with the installation. I am hoping to get a new machine with this install, and a faster and more stable one at that.

[@oldblackdot]

Perfect tutorial. The best teachers answer "why" before you ask.

[@LearnLinuxTV]

Thank you, I enjoy making these.

[@sastrydasigi7010]

Thanks for a detailed installation process. Very helpful to clarify some of the obscure options. Great job indeed!

[@runwiththedolphin]

bonus points for showing the live-usb persistence setup. if you installed applications on the running live-usb with persistence, those will carry over to the installed system on any pc you run that live-usb on.

[@DanCalloway]

Great tutorial video, but must say the music needs to be a little softer. At times, it almost masked your voice and it was difficult to understand what you were saying. Maybe it was just me, but the volume was a tad too high. Thanks.

[@badeemabidurken4420]

I'm stuck at 5:49 "and, lets go ahead and boot into this release" Huh?? my screen did not change from that setup screen to a desktop screen. What am I missing? I'm still stuck on the setup.

[@leendert1100]

MX is the most stable for my old desktop,never let me down till now.

[@LearnLinuxTV]

What about it let you down? What happened?

[@leendert1100]

@@LearnLinuxTV English is not my first language,so maybe I wasn't quite clear. It never let me down.

[@anthonymccarthy4164]

I'm watching this while trying out MX Linux, I think I'm going to at the least have it to dual boot with Mint but if it's faster on my ancient laptop I might just go with it. I really like it so far.

[@dmiracle74]

Great video! I like how you use real hardware.

[@fjack1588]

Curios how much longer he installation might have taken on a typical HD (rather than for an SSD). And what was your download speed (more or less) for this installation?

[@jakmak52]

What was the default font did you install

[@abbiedogthree856]

TY TY TY for showing the entire process on a real machine - no VM.

[@LearnLinuxTV]

You're welcome! I'm glad I was able to figure out how to do it - it wasn't easy but ended up being that I just needed to find a Linux-compatible screen recorder, and they do exist apparently. :)

[@shater1164]

Personally I don't like VM test process either, bear metal usually is always great :)

[@AndreasKandschur]

I changed from Mint to MX. I am no expert, but have the feeling, it is running faster. Especial on my old Netbooks.

[@janesticwenttip434]

Good tutorial, thanks. I am stuck in the beginning (it crashes after pressing intro in the default line, "customize boot"). Looks like it only works if I go to "Advanced Options" and then go thtough a CLI install. I could do that, but am not so comfortable. Any hints? Thanks

[@1shARyn3]

What is with the Hillary Bobble-Head front and center on your desk?

[@excitableboy7031]

I don't think that's Hillary, might be captain marvel but I can't be sure. Pop figurines look the same

[@LearnLinuxTV]

It's not Hillary or Captain Marvel, it's The Doctor.

[@fjack1588]

@@dystopia2386 After 13 years in hot and muggy subtropical Puerto Vallarta global climate warming has finally arrived. First time ever I have seen it above 34ºC. And late this summer broke all records with 40ºC. Try that with 75-80 percent humidity. I am not too much into solar minimum cooling, but a big fan of the big freeze from warming induced glacial fresh water shutting down the AMOC and bringing frigid conditions to Europe. Yeah, adverse times are here, that is they have begun. As the Chinese mixed blessing has it, "May you live in interesting times."

[@jalpa9642]

Hey....., that was cool, what did I do wrong..? I have Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop, dual-boot Windows 7 & Linux Ubutun-Mate'. I was having problems so I deleted the ubuntu-root partition and Downloaded MX-19 Linux. Using Etcher I made the live drive on a 32 gb Scandisk USB drive. Inserted liveMX, rebooted pc. Checked operation in Live mode, it was good, then I installed. I basically did what you did w/all the text questions, it completed and I rebooted again. Bios came up I selected Mx-19 Linux... it also showed my Windows 7. All of apps are showing DEMO...?

[@mysteryshmuz]

I had a problem when installing it, when i reboot it doesn't boot the os, rather it says that the efi partition create by the installation is locked by some protection protocols... Does anyone know what should i do?

[@dalebowley]

Where do you suggest anyone to go to for custom built laptops?

[@tamoneko5]

Hello, I will also try to install this Linux on my old Laptop. Could you please tell me, is it going to ears all stuff only from my C partition or from both C and D partition? Thanks very much in forward.

[@Nobilangelo]

Peppermint is streets ahead of Mx Linux. More friendly in installation and use, and a user-interface comfortably close to that of Windows. I upgraded three old Pentium 4/Windows 7 machines, and am very pleased.

[@lloritoovidexequield.8609]

Hello. Did you disable secureboot on your System76 Lemur before plugging in the flash drive?

[@BrK0511]

Cheers mate(s)! I have Mint installed on my old laptop, just 2GB of RAM. I dont know why, but online videos not running well (sound and video are not very well tuned). So im planning to switch to MX Linux. Is he light enough for my machine? TY

[@coochieman4284]

Can someone pls help me. It fails the installation and says ,,failed to set user account passwords,,?

[@kiltwo9852]

I just tried to install mx but it's stuck idev done what to do pls help

[@msi.shaaarif]

I'm having the same issue! Did you find any solution?

[@satishkumarrumandla5428]

Just a doubt how to make the user and adminstrator account without password as when I try to install them that way it's asking me admin even after I have kept it blank while installing

[@itsdarkoboy706]

help, i cant install it from the live media :( there is no options on the screen and i also have no taskbar

[@cyclesurgerywandsworth1482]

Why should I not make bootable DVD, to get live and proceed to HD Install?

[@FederationOfLight]

There is no download link to MX Linux 19 as you said in the video.

[@surajkumarwaghmode2286]

I installed on Lenovo W541. I am facing issue with dual external monitors, it is not detecting/working. Please help

[@Rick2010100]

Does it work in a MS Hyper-V VM?

[@GrubbyWubby]

im pretty sure mx linux has a script built in that automatically pings the distro watch page after being installed

[@loganbrown7744]

When I click on the internet applet all that pops up is "ethernet connection" no wireless

[@anilkrajamoni1484]

It's a LTS version or not?

[@LearnLinuxTV]

Debian doesn't do separate LTS versions, each of their releases are supported for quite a while. MX builds on top of Debian, so you could argue that they are close to LTS since they are built on Debian, though I don't know if MX considers themselves LTS.

[@thefakeryan7603]

is that sticker or laptop

[@drytool]

my computer doesn't allow me to boot from anything, it just turns on right away

[@Rick2010100]

Press F10 for bootmanager after start or change the boot order in the bios (F2)

[@subarutendou]

I don't like the encryption, because my laptop is not that powerful, just frezze 8/10, go to the point i need to wipe the drive and reinstall without encrytion... problem solve... orz

[@LearnLinuxTV]

How old are we talking? If you have some issues with defective RAM (but not so bad that it causes most things to fail) that could be an issue. If you're talking about Pentium-era computers, I agree.

[@volosnesqui9410]

thanks