This Linux distro is a new spin on my old favorite - and it's delightful

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• MX Moksha is a new take on MX Linux.
• Moksha is a fork of the old-school Enlightenment desktop.
• MX Moksha is fun to use and can revive old hardware.

Back in the early 2000s, Enlightenment was my desktop of choice. To this day, Enlightenment is still an option, and it's one that remains just as fun and unique to use.

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Back in those days, I had to install Enlightenment manually, because there were no distributions that offered it as a default. At one point, a new Linux distribution came into being that made use of Enlightenment as its only desktop environment -- Bodhi Linux. After some time with Enlightenment, the primary developer decided to fork the DE ...