A Quick Look at AntiX 23

AntiX is a Debian-based Linux distribution that features 4 window managers, multiple file manager options...and no systemd.

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[hudefuk]

Another thank you to the developer for maintaining a 32bit distro!

[GeoStreber]

I installed AntiX 23 on a 24 year old Dell Pentium III laptop a few days ago. Dell Latitude CPx-J 750GT. It's surprisingly performant. Modern OS with a pretty new kernel, 5.10 LTS on a machine that's almost a quarter of a century old.
The installer warned me that the HDD already has defective sectors, so my plan is to get one of those transcend IDE SSDs. Gotta run the old machine for yet another quarter century.

EDIT:
I got the IDE SSD, and it shortened boot times by about half. Everything now also feels a lot snappier. While originally only rocking 256 MB RAM, I found another old 128 MB module that fits, so the entire thing now has 384 MB.

[Maceta]

Revived an old 2010 Acer Aspire PC with 4GB ram and Pentium processor with this one. I figured that since I spend 90% of the time in the browser the least resources wasted on the OS the better. I also switched the governor to "performance" mode to boost CPU frequency. It's blazing fast compared to the windows 10 it used to have, and almost as fast as my 8GB RAM, i5 laptop running windows 10.

[lloritoovidexequield.]

The sections of DT's distro review/installation videos where he mentions the "strong and complicated password" part are entertaining for some reason. =)

[Jeff_Seely]

This was a very thorough and well-paced showcasing Derek. Great work! I like it. It's lightweight with some unique window manager selections. Probably pretty stable. I enjoyed watching it!

[ThePressurizer]

I have a soft spot for antiX, it's so tiny yet quite full-featured. The developer is quite a character, too.

[leafheadza]

I've been a fan of AntiX for several years. You should've mentioned the Control Centre! It's one of AntiX's highlights!

[needsLITHIUM]

Also, AntiX is my first choice for super lightweight server applications, like if I just want a little home server to run some basic CLI stuff, use as a torrent box and file share, basic LAMP intranet host for the home network, or use as a media center/HTPC, etc. If I want or need something more robust I usually go with Ubuntu Server, but just basic stuff, AntiX gets butter on the bread and bacon on the plate.

[mchlbk]

My favourite OS, even on a new system with lots of ram and power.

[PoeLemic]

Thanks for showing us this, and I am glad to watch you walk through it. As I am learning Linux, very nice that you walk through these different Distros.

[BWGPEI]

Over the years you've shown me many interesting distributions to try out. Being retired this has been good for me, and I haven't tendered appreciation nearly often enough. So Thank You and all the best in your future endeavors.

[needsLITHIUM]

AntiX and MX Linux KDE are my favorite distros these days. Their shared tools make them functional as a portable thumbdrive or external drive OSes, which is great, but they also run really well on properly installed systems, obviously. I'm debating whether to use MX Linux or AntiX on a new low power laptop I have coming in the mail.

[Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh]

I was given an old studio dell running on a 2008 pentium. I couldn’t get other distros except for puppy Linux to run. But wow can it run! It feels like a celeron 4000. It’s fast even watching 720 video! This thing is a dinosaur but it moves well. Looking at media surfing the web! It’s faster than vista on 2 gb of ram! I’m blown away. How snappy it feels, what it does. Even puppy Linux was choppy watching video. So if you’re unsure to give your old computer a visit. It will run on a core 2 duo. I’m going to upgrade it to 4 gb. This mammoth of a machine had a great screen and now I can use it again!

[MrJakeTucker]

Tempted to try this on my old Dell laptop. 2005 era. It has Debian 32bit on it at the moment. There's one thing that's making me hesitate - the laptop's wi-fi is Broadcom (BC). I just had a look at some comments on various forums. Some people seem to get BC working on antix and it picks up wi-fi spots, but not their own. I'm so used to adding the BC driver to Debian. Probably done it at least 10 times over the years. Only takes me a few minutes. I don't want to spend hours faffing around with antix and BC, especially if I can't get it to work anyway.

[ezequielortiz]

I have an HP Compaq DC 5750 Small Form Factor PC, I tested on it a lot of Linux distros for older hardware like this one, MX Linux 21 x64 Fluxbox came on Top, it out performed all the other distros like AntiX for example, the hardest part for older hardware is playing videos at high or medium definition with older graphics cards or with low specs, I was able to play videos at 720p very good with MX Linux Fluxbox, all the other distros stuttered or had a hard time trying to play videos at 720p.

[handmade_videos]

AntiX is amazing. Just installed it on a eeePC Netbook from 2010. That old trash with an AtomCPU is now usable again! By the way, in Multimedia now there are AntixTV and Radio preinstalled. They work well. Greetings

[doctorsocrates]

Puppy linux users will feel right at home with roxfiler.

[Mantikal]

JWM has that "refresh menu" button - which allows new app installs to show. Open box is hit or miss if new app installs will be in the menu.

[jeremiahlyleseditor]

Great demonstration.
Have you ever done a video about BSD that explains the differences between that and Linux variants?

[jwk]

"strong and complicated password"