MX Linux 25 loses systemd toggling power as Debian 13 looms

Debian 13 "Trixie" is coming, closely followed by a new release of MX Linux, MX 25, which will lose some of its init-system switching abilities.

Debian 13 "Trixie" is scheduled for launch on August 9. Trixie will have the latest LTS release of the kernel, version 6.12, and will offer KDE Plasma 6.3.5 and GNOME 48.

After Debian 13 ships, various downstream Debian-based distros will follow with their own version updates. One of these is MX Linux, which is one of the most popular among the smaller and lesser-known distros. The team released MX Linux 23 back in August 2023, and the latest point release, MX Linux 23.6, back in April.

The developers have published a blog post, Changes coming with MX 25, which details some of the things users can expect from the forthcoming release, and the news isn't all good.

One thing we ...