Is AntiX the best Lightweight Linux Distro?

Today we take a look at AntiX Linux and get a sense of how lightweight the operating system and see how easy is it to deploy in different applications such as a USB live environment or on an old laptop.

[ChrisJonescciustn]

I have used it, have it on many systems now and love it. Also use MX Linux and love that also.

[LucianoSoares]

Nice one Jeremy. I left Windows for two months or so, I fell in love with Debian with XFCE but it was still a bit too much for my old laptop. I tested a few of the lightweight distros everyone knows and antiX just hit the spot for me, it's a great balance between accessibility and lightweightness (is that a word?)...
It was a challenge to have it as a first Linux distro but it taught me really cool things and being able to actually use it for studies and work is a bliss, subscribed and liked!

[mikefoxtrot]

Just installed it on an IBM G41 Thinkpad. Ubuntu would not set up, bootloader fail. Peppermint would not allow to unlock Num Keys. Raspi Desktop installed but no mouse. Puppy would not install. OpenSuse did not like the adapted SSD. AntiX installed fine. Runs fine. Got this old potato with bag, PS, XP DVD for 10 bucks at a thrift store.

[coinsilo]

Great video, just installed AntiX for the first time in about four years. . . It's nice!.Thanks for the help and hints

[Mr.Atari]

I got AntiX running on a 1.4Ghz Intel Pentium III Tualatin with 512kb ram & a 3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 in 1280x1024.

[rmcellig]

This is a fantastic distro with so much to offer. Great

[BlkArtz]

Installed antiX on a chromebook after watching this

[ghungrooseth]

AntiX is so good. Even as a beginner I feel comfortable using it. It is clean and simple and has almost everything I need.

[alexsky]

Currently installing AntiX Linux on a old Asus EEE PC 1000H...Seems to run real fine. I had installe Mint previously and sluggish. Only 1gb RAM, Intel Atom processor...

[andrey]

I have installed antiX on my netbook with 2 GB of RAM, Intel Atom D455, 1024x600. Nice!

[OliverWoodphotography]

I've been trying AntiX and yes it is very light and fast. It is a bit cluttered though and GUIs look very dated. My other fav light distros are Lubuntu and PeppermintOS but now Lubuntu can easily suck up 700MB of ram at idle!

[MindCaged]

I've tried AntiX, but have had problems with it. Firstly the first version I tried had a broken installer where you had to run an apt upgrade while in the live environment to fix it. It also had problems with the volume control on my test laptop. Then in the latest version I downloaded somehow the repo got corrupted or something, or maybe the keys, but I couldn't run an update/upgrade because it errors out. And looking up the commands to fix it and trying them triggers even more errors.

I will say it boots very fast and the RAM usage is remarkably low, but it's had several obvious issues in the short time I've looked into it.

[dimitriskaraganis]

antix is light light light as a feather ! love it!

[ilovealbundy]

Thank you for your video, it is very informative. I am still looking for a lightweight distro for my old Asus EEE PC and would like to try Antix. There are two versions on the download page, "sysvinit" and "runit". I have no idea what the differences are, can you tell me which version I should use? Many thanks!

[jasond.valentine]

Hello Jeremy.
Thank you very much for your video. I am currently checkin Antix out on a VM based on a suggestion . I was looking for an OS to put on a thin cliente i plan to use only for internet browsing. The idea is to recycle an old piece of junk for an elderly woman i know so she can browse the internet without buying a laptop or whatever.
I will keep you guys posted in case things work out, the OS seems promising.

[thebutterflyvoice]

I don’t know what Antix is but I like you

[rmcellig]

Can you please do a video on setting up anxix persistence? Much appreciated!!!!

[gbncondor]

can you make a video how to install Antix in dual boot with windows11?thankyou..

[Zheartbeat]

Is this Linux Distro work In My PC I Have Intel® Pentium® Processor G2020
3M Cache, 2.90 GHz

[raylowe]

Great review. Instead of installing it with persistence, why not do a full install. I have done that before and had a better experience than persistence.