antiX Linux Reviews and Details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux

  I'm posting this off a 2009 Samsung NC10 Netbook running antiX linux 26[1] (32 bit, debian Trixie packages but an older 5.10 series kernel) and it has Abiword running, with ROXterm and Firefox with BBC News in the other tab. The netbook has a mechanical hard drive and a gig of ram and a small but not outrageous keyboard. It jogs along OK. I dug it out of the cupboard when I saw this post. Not a snappy experience... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Alpine Linux Diskless Mode

  > Proudly anti-fascist "antiX Magic" in an environment suitable for old and new computers. AntiX looks like a cool project, but the one place I don't want to see any kind of politics is in my OS [1]. I don't want my distro taking a stance on Israel vs Palestine, or Ukraine vs Russia, for example. [1] https://antixlinux.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• well... thinkpads are awesome

  ThinkPad keyboards? Just plain amazing. Typing on one feels so good, whether you’re writing essays, coding, or idk writing an angry reddit rant about some SAAS product you didn't like, and the battery life holds up, especially with lightweight operating systems like AntiXLinux. Sure, you’ll need to do a bit of research to pick the right model, but once you do, you’re set and as per the people at r/thinkpad, the... - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What is a good small Linux for education

  & https://github.com/kisslinux 4. https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/ 5. https://www.plop.at/en/ploplinux/index.html .. Many more, but those are all too distro-specific, meaning 'family' and associated administration and packaging tools, default choices for desktop-environment, and whatnot else. Which teaches you almost nothing about 'Linux', but the specific choices of that 'distribution', and all the baggage... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Attempt Q4OS install on Netbook, BUT "unable to install grub in /dev/sda"...solutions?

  Maybe try installing a different distro, as it could be an issue with the installer. EXE GNU/Linux is very similar to Q4OS Trinity, alternatively there's antiX, for example. You would at least be able to see if it's a general problem or just one installer. Source: over 2 years ago

• first time ever using linux. I installed debian 12 on a 20 year old laptop and i’m experiencing major graphical glitches. is there anyway to fix this?

  You should probably try this https://antixlinux.com/. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Help Selecting Linux Distro for Older PC and Linux Newbie

  AnitX is a sibling distro of MX that is specifically for older, slower computers. It still has the MX suite of GUI tools and some other benefits you get with MX, however. Source: about 3 years ago

• Can you recommend to me a linux distro that will run really good on this laptop?

  I received a laptop from 2003 recently that I turned into a little white noise machine. I couldn't get ANYTHING else to run on it besides Antix Linux. Source: about 3 years ago

• EMachines etower 733i with 20 gb upgrade - uses today

  It's going to be 32-bit only; most modern Linuxes are now 64-bit only. If you track down a "low resource" distro that still supports 32-bit like antiX it should run basic server stuff. Source: about 3 years ago

• what happened to my linux mint laptop and how do I fix it?

  If you want something new you probably want to aim light. I'd opt for AntiX full version as it's very light, stable and comes with a variety of lightweight desktops, themes and other stuff to choose from at login. The sister project MXLinux could also be worth a look for a more traditional system, but I'd try the Fluxbox option to keep things light. Source: over 3 years ago

• Is anyone running a desktop/laptop OS in RAM?

  Playing around with Porteus, AntiX & Alpine on older and resource restricted hardware and stuff like GaryOS has got me thinking a modern x86_64 or aarch64 system with 64gb ram or more could easily accommodate a desktop system with plenty ram to spare for running. Porteus is ~300mb, AntiX ~5gb and Alpine a little more for an xorg desktop system. Standard install for most Linux systems seems to be below 32gb. Source: over 3 years ago

• Linux?

  If you're interested, antiX is an explicitly anticapitalist distro. I'm not aware of any leftist Linux subs, but r/socialistprogrammers exists. Source: over 3 years ago

• I need to upgrade my laptop with Linux...

  Check out antix linux, which is specially designed for older/lower power machines. It'll give you everything you need for normal day-to-day computer use. Source: over 3 years ago

• Switching to linux mint for development

  I use Linux Mint XFCE for web development. Uses something like 700MB of RAM on boot, so it should help you save resources for programs. Only thing I can think of that uses appreciably less is Antix, which I've never used. Source: over 3 years ago

• Best way to create a bootable livelinux usb for using Chntntpw

  Download the antix iso and flash it to a usb using balena etcher (I recommend antix because the iso is small and it runs on old computers well but you can use an ubuntu iso as well). Source: over 3 years ago

• on an old budget laptop, what nonessential things can I delete to make Linux Mint run smoother?

  AntiX is still Debian, but with systemd ripped out, and using IceWm for the desktop. It bills itself as the OS to revive that old machine, and indeed, I have put it on those disposable old EEE PC's without much complaint. Unless you're already super deep into using and managing your Linux system, you probably won't notice the absence of systemd unless some package specifically demands its presence. In short, it's... Source: over 3 years ago

• What's The Best Lightweight Option For an Old Laptop?

  It's about as far from Manjaro as you can get but have a look at AntiX. Source: over 3 years ago

• Not even Linux could save this old Asus eee pc. Still slow as. Throw it away or can it have some kind of use?

  Depends on the hardware. Try a lightweight 32 bit distro, like AntiX Linux, Debian 32 bit, or a Puppy Linux distro, like BionicPup. Source: over 3 years ago

• USB as boot drive

  Anyway, probably yes, but if that's an usb stick this is going to be horribly slow and therefore an unpleasant experience. There's no real advantage over using a live usb with persistency. I recommend antix for older systems like yours. Source: over 3 years ago

• Please help me

  Antix is one of the lightest distros out there also worth trying openSUSE with Icewm. Source: over 3 years ago

• Looking for a method to convert any linux distro more like tails

  AntiX does not run fully in RAM afaik but makes heavy use of it to create a snappy system on less than ideal storage. Source: over 3 years ago