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Welcome to antiX.

About antiX

antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy to install linux live CD distribution based on MEPIS for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems. antiX offers users the "Magic of Mepis" in an environment suitable for old computers. So don't throw away that old computer yet! The goal of antiX is to provide a light, but fully functional and flexible free operating system for both newcomers and experienced users of Linux. It should run on most computers, ranging from 64MB old PII 266 systems with pre-configured 128MB RAM to the latest powerful boxes. 128MB RAM is recommended for antiX. antiX can also be used as a fast-booting rescue cd.

antiX-M7 will not run (yet) on older processors such as Pentium I (it seems that PII is ok, but PII MMX may not boot), AMD K5, and AMD K6 as it uses an up to date i686 kernel. antiX-Spartacus should.

At the moment antiX comes as a full distro (c310MB) and as a base distro (c178MB). For those who wish to have control over the install, use antiX-base.

News

Old News

09 May 2008

antiX-M7.2 - VETËVENDOSJE! Final released. Full version (c360MB) and antiX-M7.2-base (c185MB) version available from tuxfamily.org and topcat To download from topcat, user=antiXtester and password=fluxbox and mepismo

Now available from the MEPIS mirrors below

xdelta patch also available from the above mentioned sites.(c105MB) If you have antiX-M7.2-preview2 you can patch the iso file with the xdelta patch to produce antiX-M7.2.iso. See Mepis wiki for instructions.

List of applications can be found here.

Post comments, bugs on the antiX forum

MEPIS announcement here

On-line antiX-FAQ can be found here

14 April 2008

antiX-M7.2-preview2.iso (c340MB) available for testing from tuxfamily.org and topcat To download from topcat, user=antiXtester and password=fluxbox

xdelta patch available from both sites.(c85MB) If you have antiX-M7.2-preview1 you can patch the iso file with the xdelta patch to produce antiX-M7.2-preview2.iso. See Mepis wiki for instructions.

  • Dist-upgraded to 13 April 2008.
  • Rox-desktop no longer enabled as default. Is available by a simple edit of fluxbox/startup file.
  • Further re-organisation of fluxbox menu.
  • Icewm menu re-configured slightly.
  • gxine added for dvd playback with menus.
  • mountpy added.

Have fun, post bugs, comments here or on the antiX forum

Final should be out in a couple of weeks.

31 March 2008

antiX-M7.2-preview1.iso (c325MB) available for testing from tuxfamily.org and topcat To download from topcat, user=antiXtester and password=fluxbox

xdelta patch available from topcat site. If you have antiX-M7.2 you can patch the iso file with the xdelta patch to produce antiX-M7.2-preview1.iso. See Mepis wiki for instructions.

  • Dist-upgraded to 30 March 2008.
  • Rox-desktop enabled as default.
  • New Xtralean cheatcode. Try this to speed up boot, it disables a lot of services including ipw3945d (so if you have this, don't use Xtralean)
  • Some Rox apps included.
  • Catfish included
  • Bashburn cli burner included, but not in menu. Use a terminal.
  • Re-organised fluxbox menu
  • Some (basic) organisation of icewm menu
  • antiXcc has 2 parts at the moment. Called Control-User and Control-Admin. (Thanks to OU812)
  • ceni (thanks to sidux) can now be used as user (Thanks to Urban)
  • epdfview added (default, xdpf is still available)
  • osmo PIM added
  • new mplayer skin
  • new xmms skin

Hopefully bugs from beta have been fixed, ie xkill, logout and locales. By default locales is set to en_US.

Have fun, post bugs, comments here or on the antiX forum

20 March 2008

antiX-M7.2-base-beta1.iso (c190MB) available for testing.

topcat To download, user=antiXtester and password=fluxbox

This antiX version comes with all the Mepis Utilities to get you up and running easily and quickly plus iceweasel browser, rox-filer and leafpad editor. The rest is down to you!

Testers welcome. Comments and feedback on the antiX forum

19 March 2008

antiX-kdelite.iso (c250MB) available for testing.

topcat To download, user=antiXtester and password=fluxbox

This antiX version includes kdebase and kdm, built on the antiX-base. It has a basic KDE setup and also comes with fluxbox (default in kdm).

Testers welcome. Comments and feedback on the antiX forum

18 March 2008

antiX-M7.2-beta1.iso (c320MB) available for testing.

tuxfamily.org topcat To download, user=antiXtester and password=fluxbox

Dist-upgraded to 16 March 2008.

New inclusions:

  • wicd
  • ceni (command line network, from sidux)
  • transmission (torrent)
  • gmpc (front end to mpd music daemon)
  • rox-terminal
  • geany replaces scite
  • claws-mail replaces sylpheed-claws-gtk1
  • aumix-gtk replaces aumix cli
  • gnome-commander replaces xfe

and a basic antiXcc (thanks to OU812).

At the moment I have kept the same graphics as Lysistrata, but they will be changed when antiX-M7.3 goes final.

The kernel is the same version, but has been patched to fix the vmsplice() issue. UnicornRider scripts are still included with adjustments for lean cheatcode. Extra UnicornRider script to (hopefully) auto-remove the proc errors when booting the newly installed antiX.

There is no need for users to remove their existing antiX-M7(.01).

Could testers please give feedback particularly about wicd, ceni and whether the proc messages during boot disappear when installed.

Have fun!

20 February 2008

antiX Mepis kernel has fixed the security breach vmsplice() issue. A simple upgrade should install the patched kernel and necessary linux-header files.

28 December 2007

Lysistrata has been upgraded!

Now available antiX-M7.01. This is an upgraded version of antiX-M7 incorporating the kernel version in the released Mepis 7, the Debian Stable upgrades and upgrades from the Debian testing repository. In this version, the Mepis repo is not used by default, so upgrading should pose few, if any, problems.

Now available from the mirrors below (309MB). It is larger as it also includes kernel headers.

md5sum:730f08faa55dae5761e0a51b5f1200cf antiX-M7.01.iso

Torrent available here

antiX-M7.01-base (178MB) also available from mirrors below and topcat. Many thanks.

In order to download from topcat, you need to enter user=antiXtester and password=fluxbox

antiX-M7.01-base also available from tuxfamily.org. Many thanks.

md5sum:a7627f2f33aa85acd1faa7d30651711c antiX-M7.01-base.iso

Torrent available here

Post comments and feedback on the antiX forum


10 December 2007

For those who wish to boot directly form an iso file on a hard disk (fromiso/frugal install), I have made the vmlinuz and initrd.gz files available here. Allan/EnigmaOne

For instructions of how to boot fromiso see Boot from iso on hard-disk

22 November 2007

antiX-xfce-alpha1.iso available for testing

I have made available an antiX-xfce-alpha1.iso of 187MB for those that want a basic xfce desktop environment and the freedom to add apps of your choice. antiX-xfce has all the Mepis tools to help get you going and install to hd, but little else! It is not a full xfce install, just the minimum. Please note this is an untested alpha release, and suitable for those who wish to 'play' and give feedback. It is also 'unsupported', in the sense that I know very little about xfce. I'm sure other antiX users and MepisLovers will chip in though to help.

At login, default is fluxbox, which includes the Mepis tools in the menu. To login to xfce, simply toggle the F1 key to xfce, before pressing Enter. The xfce menu doesn't show the Mepis tools (I think), so any configuration ie network will have to be done via a terminal as root. mnetwork muser msystem mconfig minstall

Feedback would be much appreciated and also helpers/developers willing to take on the project are encouraged.

Get it from Allan/EnigmaOne

19 November 2007

antiX-base.iso available for testing

I have made available an antiX-base.iso of 176MB for those that want a basic Lysistrata install and the freedom to add apps of your choice. antiX-base has all the Mepis tools to help get you going and install to hd, but little else!

Included are:

  • fluxbox
  • links2
  • xterm
  • gparted
  • nano
  • MidnightCommander
  • sysvconfig
  • antiX cheat codes (lean, mean, nogui, kbd selection) written by UnicornRider

Post comments, bugs on the antiX forum

29 October 2007

antiX-M7 goes final!

Code named "Lysistrata" it is my pleasure to offer you antiX-M7, a fast, light, fully functional and flexible distro for low-end boxes (not k5/k6), based on MEPIS7, running fluxbox window-manager by default and icewm as a choice. List of applications can be found here

Post comments, bugs on the antiX forum

Get it from here and Allan/EnigmaOne and from the MEPIS mirrors

09 July 2007. antiX goes final! With great pleasure, after a lot of hard work, I am pleased to announce that antiX final, code named Spartacus, is now available for download. (See link below and extra mirrors provided by MEPIS) List of Applications

Downloads

antiX-M7.01 'Lysistrata' is the latest final release. Available from 28 December 2007 (309MB) from here Torrent from linuxtracker

antiX-M7 'Lysistrata', released 29 October 2007, available here (300MB)

antiX-M7 'Lysistrata' torrents available tuxdistro and LinuxTracker

Download for the previous stable, (k5/k6 boots) antiX-Mepis6.5 "Spartacus" (410MB)

antiX is also available on the MEPIS mirrors

antiX-Mepis6.5 "Spartacus" patches available.

antiX-Mepis6.5 "Spartacus" available as a torrent here

Mirrors/Download

Screenshots

VETËVENDOSJE! screenshots

Lysistrata screenshots can be viewed here

Spartacus Screenshots.

Just click on "Resume" to start the slideshow.

Quick Tips

  • Login as 'demo', password = 'demo'.
  • For root access, password = 'root'. Please do not login as root. It is totally unnecessary.
  • Use 'sux' rather than 'su' when opening GUI apps as root in a terminal.
  • Sudo is not configured by default. antiX is not Ubuntu!
  • To boot from floppy, I suggest SmartBootManager.
  • antiX can also boot from an .iso file on a hard-drive. Boot from iso on hard-disk This is very fast.
  • antiX can also be installed as a livecd to usb. Using a live-usb-cd is very fast.
  • This site is under construction. For questions, comments, please use the antiX forum or the antiX forum on MepisLovers
  • There is also a lot of information suitable for antiX in the MEPIS wiki.
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