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MaX
MaX 11 Desktop
DeveloperCommunity of Madrid
OS familyLinux
Working stateActive
Source modelFree and open-source software
Initial releaseMay 2004, 27 (27-05-2004)
Latest release11.5 / May 2022, 11 (11-05-2022)
Repositoryhttps://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/max/max-11 Max 11.5
Available inSpanish
Package managerDEB
Platformsx86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic
Default
user interface		MATE
LicenseGPL and others
Official websitehttp://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/max/

MaX, also known as Madrid_linux is a Linux distribution created with funds from the Conserjería de Educación, Juventud y Deporte of the Comunidad de Madrid adapted for use in educational environments. The main features of this operating system are simplicity, stability, and a huge collection of software.

History

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Start

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MaX started out simply as an educational distribution made for lower performance computers,[1] since most of the computers in the schools of the Comunidad de Madrid had only 32 bits and very little RAM, so they had problems with the main operating systems. Later, more members joined the Max Group and received suggestions for improvements and additions. In 2013 they already had 60 members, including professors of all kinds.

Desktop and Support

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During the first versions of MaX it was used with the KDE desktop environment and only supported 32-bit computers of the i486 architecture, until MaX version 3, where the processor architecture was changed to i386, also 32-bit. In MaX version 4, the desktop environment was changed to GNOME, one of the most widely used in Linux, and in version 5 support for 64-bit computers with x86_64 architecture was added. In version 7, the desktop environment was changed to Xfce. In version 9 the desktop environment was changed again to Mate, and in version 11 support for 32-bit computers ended.

Activities performed

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The MaX team has participated in events of schools, such as 'Program-me[2] at IES Clara del Rey, to support new talents; or with IES Príncipe Felipe at MediaLab Prado, to encourage diffusion of MaX.

Conferences

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MaX has held many conferencess over the years, almost annually, to present future versions of MaX, create workshops, or hold install parties. The conference was held online in 2021.[3]

Characteristics

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Community

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The community of users actively participates, testing the system, reporting problems, contributing with improvement proposals, helping other users or sharing with their peers the benefits of using this system. In return, MAX will work better and better, it will adapt better to the real needs of the teachers and the students.

MaX has its own community forum[4] and a volunteer development group.

Included software

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MaX has learning software such as Scratch and Moodle.[5]

Launch and support

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MaX Desktop
Version Launch Desktop Architecture
1.0 2004 N/A N/A
1.1 May 27, 2004 KDE i486
1.2 October 16, 2004 KDE i486
2.0 January 30, 2006 KDE i486
3.0 March 27, 2007 KDE i386
4.0 December 27, 2009 GNOME i386
5.0 January 20, 2010 GNOME i386, x86_64
6.0 2011 GNOME i386, x86_64
6.0.1 May 5, 2011 GNOME i386, x86_64
6.5 N/A GNOME i386, x86_64
6.5.1 N/A GNOME i386, x86_64
7.0 October 20, 2012 Xfce i386, x86_64
7.5 May 22, 2014 Xfce i386, x86_64
7.5.1 June 8, 2015 Xfce i386, x86_64
8.0 July 28, 2015 Xfce i386, x86_64
9.0 February 7, 2017 MATE i386, x86_64
9.5 June 22, 2018 MATE i386, x86_64
10.0 October 26, 2018 MATE i386, x86_64
11.0 July 20, 2021 MATE x86_64
11.5 March 11, 2022 MATE x86_64
MaX Server (Discontinued)
Version Launch Desktop Architecture
2011 October 16, 2011 GNOME i386, x86_64
2012 2012 GNOME x86_64
2014 December 14, 2014 GNOME x86_64
Color Significate
Red Unsupported version
Yellow Older version with support
Green Current version
Blue Version under development

MaX 9

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MaX 9 was released on February 7, 2017,[6] changing its desktop environment for the third time, in this case to Ubuntu Mate (16.04). Not many other changes have been made to the desktop, but there is a noticeable difference in the taskbar.

MaX 10

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The MaX 10 release, based on Ubuntu Mate (18.04), was released on October 26, 2018.[7] In this version the operating system performance has been greatly improved, although the minimum requirements have been increased compared to the previous build.

MaX 11

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MaX 11 release was launched on July 20, 2021.[8] with the main purpose of making a redesign to the operating system. Added a Mac style dock at the bottom of the desktop with the most relevant applications, moved the position of the taskbar to the top of the screen, the wallpaper and icons have been redesigned, indicators have been added for NumLock and ShiftLock, and two new menus called Education/STEM and Distance Education have been added.

Added the programs programs Scratux, MuseScore3, Kdenlive, OBS, Xournal++, Phet, Step, eXeLearning 2.6. This version is only compatible with modern computers, as it no longer supports 32-bit computers, and its minimum requirements have been raised.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MAdridLinuX in La Aventura del Saber". EducaMadrid. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "MAX in programa-me 2015, supporting new talents". Televisión Española. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ "MaX conference 2021". EducaMadrid. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "MaX Forum". EducaMadrid. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Applications included with MaX". EducaMadrid. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Published MAX 9.0". EducaMadrid. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "MAX 10 is here!". EducaMadrid. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  8. ^ "It's been a long time coming but... MAX11 is already among us". EducaMadrid. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
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