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20 December 2008

The first public-test of antiX-M8 (antiX-M8-public-test1.iso c390MB) mepisimo and tuxfamily.org Delta patch from test3 is also available. Also available from the MEPIS mirrors

Release notes:

Now available the first public test release of antiX-M8, a fast and light complete desktop and livecd based on MEPIS and Debian Testing, with a little bit of sidux.

  • This release defaults to a fully customised icewm desktop (fluxbox is also installed)
  • All MEPIS tools updated to MEPIS 8 beta6
  • Includes firmware included in MEPIS 8 beta6
  • MEPIS 2.6.27-7 kernel.
  • Improved antiX-Control Centre, new scripts for screenshots, phonebook.
  • Improved and extended themes and artwork for icewm and fluxbox.
  • Inclusion of sidux meta-installer.
  • Updated ceni and wicd for wired/wireless connections.
  • UMTSmon - a simple connect program for users using 3g usb modems.
  • Firehol firewall.
  • Gnomebaker replaces brasero.
  • urxvt replaces wterm.
  • X.org 7.3
  • auto-login with latest SLiM
  • smxi, inxi, svmi scripts from h2.
  • Can also be used as a quick rescue cd.
  • Dillo 2
  • New apps included: zim (wiki), Gjots (notes), Grsync, parted
  • Dist-upgraded to 20 December.


21 August 2008

With great pleasure, antiX-M7.5 - Toussaint Louverture now available (392MB). mepisimo tuxfamily.org

Also available from MEPIS mirrors. antiX-M7.5-base (c210 MB) is also available for those users who want to build from a basic install. For those that have antiX-M7.5-test1 or test2 iso's you can patch them via the xdelta patches also made available. (see MEPIS wiki for help)

Known bug: The default font set for abiword shows garbage when you type.

Solution: Either choose another font or install msttcorefonts (in repositories)


Release notes for Toussaint Louverture. (antiX-M7.5)

This release concentrates on 3 main areas.

1. Customised icewm. 2. antiX Control Centre. 3. smxi script integration.

All three options were from community input to make antiX as user-friendly and flexible as possible.

1. Fully customised icewm. antiX-M7.5 is probably the best configured OOTB icewm distro, thanks to the great work by OU812. Icewm in antiX-M7.5 works as a fully functioning and stylish desktop, with tools to customise as the user wishes.

2. antiX Control Centre. Inspired by the Control Centre in TinyMe, OU812 developed one for antiX. Users can now carry out desktop, admin, networking and hardware related tasks from one central control centre.

3. smxi script integration. Thanks to h2, the smxi script can be used in antiX. This script enables users to keep their antiX rolling along and fully maintained. This has allowed antiX to be incredibly flexible (even more so the antiX-base version) If users wish they can 'sidux' or 'sid' their system, install newer kernels from Debian and sidux, install graphics drivers (ATI and nVidia), install other desktop environments such as xfce, kde, and install virtualbox and lots more!

Main upgrades from VETËVENDOSJE!(antiX-M7.2)

  • abiword version 2.6.4
  • abiword plugins added
  • iceweasel 3
  • Rox-filer 2.7
  • python 2.5
  • eeepc-acpi-modules and scripts added
  • mybashburn added
  • smxi script added
  • improved remaster script
  • lxappearance added
  • pcmanfm filer added
  • icemc added
  • ario replaces gmpc
  • abscreen (from absolute linux) added
  • nitrogen added

All apps: apt-get dist-upgrade on 20 August.

Thanks:

  • OU812 for all his work on antiX-M7.5, particularly on antiX Control Centre and icewm configuration.
  • h2 for integrating the smxi script into antiX.
  • Sakasa for the never-ending supply of quality wallpaper.
  • impuwatt for Royal-Red wallpaper and fluxbox theme.
  • Adrian for the remaster script.
  • Jerry for 'All applications' tip for fluxbox menu, FAQ editing and general documentation work.
  • Dave Foster, the developer of nitrogen, in helping OU812 to use nitrogen to set a different wallpaper for each window manager. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Deskt...en-27450.shtml
  • KDulcimer of TinyMe. http://tinyme.mypclinuxos.com for inspiration for antiX Control Centre.
  • Paul Sherman of Absolute Linux http://www.pcbypaul.com/absolute
  • carlops for hosting antiX at mepisimo
  • topcat for hosting at topcat.

and all users, testers friends at antiX and MEPIS forums. ICE-M, mariel77, masinick, moron, eriefisher, dieselbenz, DJiNN, xToeCutter, Xenos Katawin, JawsThemeSwimming428, Rebel, exploder, rayburn, iamclueless

and many more...

anticapitalista 20 August 2008.


For users that have antiX-M7(0.1), antiX-M7.2 already installed, you can upgrade to antiX-M7.5 by using the antiX-upgraders script:

http://www.mepisimo.com/antix/antiX-upgrader

Download to your home/user folder, make executable and run as root in a terminal ./antiX-upgrader.sh

Please read the script carefully. It is pretty basic, but it gets the job done. Fully upgrading from antiX-M7 or antiX-M7.2 will install approx. 330MB of upgrades.

Have fun!

09 May 2008

antiX-M7.2 - VETËVENDOSJE! Final released. Full version (c360MB) and antiX-M7.2-base (c185MB) version 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


19 March 2008

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

mepisimo

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


16 July 2008

antiX-M7.5-test2 available for testing.(392MB). tuxfamily.org and mepisimo

xdelta patches from test1-test2 available. xdelta patch from antiX-M7.2 to test2 available.

  • Now using smxi script
  • Fully customised icewm optional desktop
  • New controlcentre
  • apps updated as to 15 July 2008.

Have fun and post your thoughts, bugs etc. on antiX forum.

14 April 2008

antiX-M7.2-preview2.iso (c340MB) available for testing from tuxfamily.org

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

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.

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

18 March 2008

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

tuxfamily.org

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!


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

Get it from Allan/EnigmaOne and UnicornRider

Post comments, bugs on the antiX forum

22 October 2007

An xdelta patch is available for download for those that would like to experiment with some scripts now included in antiX. (Courtesy of UnicornRider). The scripts are ideally used in livecd mode and include cheatcodes nogui, lean, mean and kbd=ch (and others) to speed up and lighten a livecd boot as well as a script that automatically replaces the slim login screen box when antiX is installed to hard drive.

  • nogui = slim login manager is disabled.
  • lean = cupsd, lighttpd, rsync, powersaved and mpd are disabled at boot.
  • mean = disables network ie you will have to manually configure net connection via Admin/Tools>Mepis Admin>Network
  • kbd=ch = sets a Swiss-German keyboard

patch_rc2-rc3.delta and md5sums available here and from UnicornRider and Allan/EnigmaOne

13 October 2007

antiX-M7-rc2 (300MB) available from here from UnicornRider and also from Allan/EnigmaOne (Many thanks)

md5sum: f62bed142eebe9ebcf1645c1c8de7e05 antiX-M7-rc2.iso

Post comments, bugs on the antiX forum

This should be the last beta before final.

Changes:

  • Fluxbox upgraded to stable 1.0.0.
  • Apps upgraded as to 12 October.
  • Streamtuner, Pidgin, ffmpeg, mencoder, lighttpd added.
  • New fluxbox style.
  • New gtk2 style.
  • Livecd boot with 64MB RAM + 128 Swap should be ok. (Minimum RAM for livecd 48MB)
  • k5/k6 still not supported. (I'm working on it)


Added: xdelta file rc1-rc2 also available from the above mentioned sites.

http://www.gigasize.com/get.php?d=tzbvf2blr5d


27 September 2007

More places to get antiX-M7-rc1 and antiX-beta2-r1 xdelta patch, thanks to MEPIS mirrors.

ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mepis/testing/

ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mepis/testing/

md5sum: c164ed3bbf959a39777c63625ac83c80 antiX-M7-rc1.iso

Post comments, bugs on the antiX forum


20 September 2007

antiX-M7-rc1 (288MB) available from here: http://www.gigasize.com/get.php?d=och28h6opdf

md5sum: c164ed3bbf959a39777c63625ac83c80 antiX-M7-rc1.iso

antiX-beta2-r1 xdelta patch (77MB) available here: http://www.gigasize.com/get.php?d=qhghq8llopd


12 September 2007

antiX forum now available.

The one at MepisLovers is still open.


05 September 2007

If you have recently downloaded antiX-M7-beta2 and you want to install some kde app, you will find you cannot due to dependency problems. This is because antiX temporarily got ahead with gcc and cpp from Debian testing.

Easiest solution and an upgrade: Install aptitude from synaptic or

apt-get install aptitude (it will also upgrade apt and synaptic)

then 

aptitude update
aptitude dist-upgrade

and agree to the first solution offerred.

You will then have a fully dist-upgraded antiX (to Mepis beta3) and you will be able to install kde apps.

Alternatively, after installing aptitude, 

aptitude update
aptitude install libavahi-qt3-1

Or 

aptitude update
aptitude install libssp0

You will not need to use (I hope) aptitude again.

Edit: It isn't really a bug as such, but a feature to exclude kde :-)


04 September 2007 antiX-M7-beta2 also now available from the MEPIS mirrors.

eg: download antiX-M7-beta2 here

For a list of changes from antiX-Spartacus and antiX-M7.


30 August 2007. antiX-M7-beta2 is available for testing.

This version has a few more applications installed, has been dist-upgraded to include all the recent changes in Debian Etch and Mepis7-beta2. A few extra wallpapers have been added and some files removed. antiX-M7-beta2 is 299MB.

At the moment get it from here: http://tomlinux.ca/testing using the following passwords.

user=antiXtester password=fluxbox

md5sum: f2b6466da0ac8ba17a4e282262074158

For those with antiX-M7-beta1.iso, you can use xdelta to add the patch_beta1-beta2.delta http://tomlinux.ca/testing/patch_beta1-beta2.delta It is 82MB.

Post comments, queries antiX forum on MepisLovers.


22 August 2007. antiX-M7-beta1 is available for testing.

This version is pretty rusty, has similar issues as Mepis7-beta1, but I'd like people to test it out and let me know what they think.

It is not yet available on the Mepis mirrors, I need some feedback before it gets uploaded.

antiX-M7-beta1 is about 280MB and is best installed to hard-disk, rather than used as a livecd (at the moment). Minimum 128MB RAM is recommended, though installed it should work well with 64MB RAM plus swap.

md5sum=5e38db8c554aa5f3171dfa930f8ac3c2 antiX-M7-beta1.iso

Edit: user=demo password=demo You cannot login as root! If you need to use root in a terminal, password=root

To exit from the login screen user=reboot password=root To shut down user=halt password=root

antiX-M7-beta1 is no longer available, antiX-M7-beta2 will be available for testing very soon.


03 August 2007. Work is starting on antiX-Mepis7. This will be based on MEPIS7 ie Debian Etch. Being based on the Debian repos will give developers and users much more flexibility.

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