A potato can run antiX...Lightweight Linux ep. 3

Time to check out the most recommended lightweight Linux distro from the audience - antiX! Color me surprised.

0:00 MX Linux and antiX
1:59 IceWM minimalism
2:58 Use case and resource usage
3:25 antiX custom tools
4:55 Launching heavy apps
6:02 antiX Control Centre
7:40 Package selection (full iso)
8:50 Installing packages
9:57 Bonus - terminal apps
10:44 vs MX Linux

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[mitchelvalentino]

For those new to AntiX, please don’t forget to read the official documentation. It clarifies the nuances that make AntiX different, and will make your AntiX experience so much easier.

[runwiththedolphin]

FWIW, "anti-X" is accepted, based on the developers name. "antics" is another well accepted pronunciation, and a tongue in cheek toward "antiques" too. Very Nice video thank you. Kernel: the live system on the "full" isos defaults to the 4.9 kernel, but the 5.10 should be present too.

[The_Wandering_Nerd]

I can confirm, the x86 (32-bit) version of AntiX runs very well (with about 100 MB at boot) on my old HP Atom netbook with 1 GB of RAM, which is not even a potato, it's more like a mashed potato. However, I couldn't get the installer to load unless I put 2 GB of RAM into the machine, but that could just be an issue with the hardware or my RAM.

[euphanasia]

I was ready to give up on debian based distros, with the exception of dietPi, until I tried antiX, and MX Linux. You could literarily run it on a potato. Perfect distro to run debian packages on Windows in a VM with almost zero overhead.

[brazildan]

Q4OS 32-bit version with TDE (Trinity Desktop Environment) is very lightweight yet provides many more bells and whistles so you don't have to resort to terminal apps where graphical apps would provide a better experience.

[silverfoenix]

Basically speaking, antiX is an alternative for windowsXP! If you want to revive an old machine without the vulnerabilities of windows or certificates issue browsing the internet that is...
Another option is puppy linux arcade image (tahr606_arcade works well on 512mb centrino laptop), even managing to play youtube flawlessly (mobile version) 240p!!!
Only cartoons look good at that resolution, Tom & Jerry anyone?

[sylwester]

Thank you! Just getting into linux and it's wonderful for reviving old computers. Just installed linux lite on an old netbook and it's great. Compared to Windows 7 it was running it's so much faster. But after watching this I'm installing antix on that laptop. Thanks once again.

[bmmartin]

I use Antix on a machine with two gigs of ram from over ten years ago with intel celeron. It works by very far better than lubuntu. Though the menu system is overloaded which makes it overwhelming, but it has really cool apps OOTB.

[cejannuzi]

If you like MX Linux and are serious about Linux distros for older hardware, AntiX is great. It also runs really well on a lot of new equipment, too.

[STONE_]

For people that have a 32 Bit CPU 1-4GB of RAM Computer, Antix is the Best Distro that offers so much out of the Box, and runs YT at 480P like a dream, Just make sure you use a light Browser on 32 Bit.

[thesidneychan]

No matter what distro I try, I always end up reinstalling antix on my atom netbook. No other lightweight distro felt as snappy. Not even q4os. The menus pop up instantly, with no lag. Firefox ESR is still sluggish, but installing Falkon makes web browsing usable and tolerable. YouTube runs ok at 480p.

What's missing is a 32 bit WhatsApp app, and reasonable performance with Google docs.

[donpeer]

Having been a field service tech for 25 years, I've used my share of recovery tools. As such, it was a boon to me when I discovered "distros" that would run without being installed on a system! The first, and favorte for many years, was Ultimate Boot CD (Windows). Later came SystemRescue, GParted Live, ddRescue, and Knoppix. When I started looking at Linux as a possible desktop OS, I would install it on old systems that our customers had replaced. These were NOT powerful, by any stretch of the imagination! Thus, I tended to gravitate towards Linux Lite, Linux Mint, and later (of course) MX Linux. All of these, IMHO, outshine antiX Linux by miles. Then there was that short side trip I took with Puppy Linux... but that's a story for another day. ;)

[BUDA]

I did a lot of testing to run Firefox really well on 1GB of ram and AntiX 32 bit is by far the best

[RHTORAS]

Antix Tiny core linux and slitaz linux all of them WITHOUT systemD...

Please show us Void Linux or Chimera Linux...both independent projects!!!

[BUDA]

I did update the kernel to 5.x (I believe it was 5.15) and it took 50MB more of ram, I think is an ok trade of for more hardware support (if needed, otherwise I recommend to stick to their kernel)

[yakonpetzinc]

I need: Python, office edition, graphic editor, vector editor, pdf utils, music and audio, movie development, screen capture, python programming, something fast

[sheldonkupa]

I like this series of videos a lot👍 i tinker around with old hardware and sorry to mention this again (did it on a preceding video), i found SLAX linux really awesome, its debian based, has significant less footprint than antix, uses normal debian repos, and the module system is very interesting for customizing. Also Porteus linux is very much a look worth. Both run well on old Intel atom architecture. And btw, if you have Uefi machines, and do multiboot, i found the Refind boot manager super useful. Just in case this is useful for one of you.

[encapsulatio]

InstantOS can do the same thing while using a more recent kernel.

[thriftybob]

antiX CPU and memory requirements are low enough that even the full version runs just fine on my old Pentium II from 1997. And it just flies on my I7. The newer kernels are easy to install from the Package installer.

[dustanddeath]

Running this on a 14 year old netbook with zero issues - Acer AspireOne 10" w/ single core Celeron @1.0Ghz, 2gb ram, SSD ugrade.Runs in 74 Mb of ram!