MX-Fluxbox RaspberryPi Respin “Ragout2” (Beta) available for testing

[jerrymxfb]

A major upgrade of the MX Linux Raspberry Pi Community Respin 21.02.20, “Ragout2” now provides a stable, fast and fun OS for use with Raspberry Pi 3 and later devices. It unites the user-centered goodness of MX Linux with the educational flexibility of Raspberry Pi OS (=RPi), implementing the light-weight and elegant desktop MX’s unique implementations of Fluxbox and–for the first time ever in MX Linux–Openbox.

Features
–Remains with i386 (32bit) and Debian 10 (Buster) for stability and touchscreen options.

–Many MX-21 traits incorporated, from new Tools to art and style.

–Now with two Window Managers: Fluxbox (default) and Openbox. Select from the Session Manager located in the center of the top panel on the login screen.

–New Settings Manager dashboard that includes commonly used System, User and Raspberry Pi apps.

–MX Tools with new apps (a few are excluded because they can not function on RPi OS).

–Fully compatible with Raspberry Pi OS.

–Optimized touchscreen setup, including right-click capability, dedicated panel and dock, virtual keyboard, etc.

–Documentation available in multiple languages: First Steps and MXFBPi Docs. Dedicated video channel linked from desktop.


Full details in the Blog announcement: https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-linux-rasp ... out2-beta/

[jerrymxfb]

Here is a short intro video:

https://youtu.be/bAL9QJlLF6E

[jerrymxfb]

For anyone testing this beta, we have killed some good bugs (including a flaky wireless):

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=68680

[jerrymxfb]

May have produced a big yawn here, but Leepsvideo just did a strongly positive review of the beta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd3vlc0DHks&t=8s

Looking for release of Final in about 10 days.