We would like to get some early testing and feedback on the updates. Here's how you can enable those updates early and help us out!
1. Enable the dev repo: create a file called /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devrepo.list
2. include these contents in that file
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deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/ mx18 dev
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Here are some other details.
1. the kernel will not auto-update. Once we near release, we will have a new kernel entry in MX-PackageInstaller->Popular Apps=>Kernels with the new kernel.
2. your home folder will not be touched during the update. No xfce settings should be changed by the update, so things like wallpapers and theme selections should not change.
3. You can use the MX-Tweak "reset defaults" options to pull in the new thunar custom right-click menu actions and the new lightdm greeter configuration, if you desire.
Those running the current MX Beta 1 can also enable the devrepo to enable installation nvidia drivers via the nvidia-driver tool.
The plan is that all packages in the devrepo will move to our main repo before final release of the MX-18 iso.