We are pleased to offer MX Linux 18 release candidate 1 for testing. The latest updates from Debian 9.6 'Stretch', antiX and MX repositories: GIMP 2.10 (with plugins), MESA 18.2.6, updated firmware, 4.19.5 Linux kernel (with blk-mq file system corruption patch), Firefox 64.0, VLC 3.0.3, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.9.1, LibreOffice 6.0.1, some updated Xfce components. New and updated MX applications: selectable themes for installed system GRUB boot menu and Plymouth bootsplash via 'mx-boot-options'; system keyboard and system locale options allow easy access to configuration of system default keyboard and locales management; updates to MX package installer, including faster performance....