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!
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.
EeePC? Sounds similar to my EeePC anyway, but I recently upgraded it from just 1GB ram to 2, because browsing the web is a lot heavier now than 15+ years ago.
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!
PeppermintOS can use 900 megs on idle (!) nowadays too. It's a shame how 'lightweight' distros don't really make much of a difference compared to normal distros nowadays...
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.
While installing you must specify a root account, then it works. Roxterm - type su and put password, then run apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade.
1) Use Live-usb-maker to make an antiX Live-usb 2) Enable persistence as a boot option when you boot it MX Linux uses the antiX Live system so any of the their persistence guides/videos could be used if you want more detailed instructions.
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.
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.
I had issues installing with pepermint os and tiny os so when i tried to install this i thought i was getting something bad but actually i found out that it actually a good operating system for my old pc and it feels great. Also i love Kanye West
After quite a few years running Linux from a USB, I don't understand why the persistent USBs are discussed anymore, frequently using special installers. Just install to a USB like any other drive, making sure not effecting the hard drive. Probably even easier with light weight distros.
After successful installation using a bootable USB, when I trying to starting up the machine removing the USB from Boot from SSD the GRUB menu reflects 5.1 and 6.1 options, selecting both options only a black screen appear and blinking the cursor. please help....
Try selecting 'nomodeset' from I think the F4 tab on the boot screen and if that fails, try 'safe' and with 'failsafe' being a last resort. 'Nomodeset' normally suffices for me. Good luck!
It looks great, but it broke almost immediately for me, or rather, too many UI bugs. But it does look pretty. AntiX, while uglier, was the choice for my needs.
lightest linux are systemD free distros... Antix, Alpine, fatdog 64, Void linux, tinycore and slitaz linux it's up to users to see what's the best option p.s for the hardcore ones i would suggest also Mere Linux...
MX ist the big brother of Antix, and it is also system-d-free If you want (you can choose yes or no in the grub-bootloader). On a Netbook with 2GB Ram MX Linux Fluxbox Edition (without system-d) only needs about 300 MB RAM in idle mode.
@@jensputzlocher8345 Antix does not even make use of elogind (you can use it if you try and install a desktop environment) while mxlinux has systemD but it's not activated. Ypu can check it if you press systemctl on mxlinux which also offers packages relying on systemD btw. There is a whole different approach between these distro altough they share some similarities. Different projects different goals.
I have a 🥔 laptop hp 250 g1 notebook pc with pentium 2020M with duel channel 4gb ram and with hard drive not ssd which struggle to run windows 7 and windows 10 and didn't support 11 so I switched to ubuntu which after a month became sluggish so I switched to fedora and the story remained same then I switched tried to install antix as a noob in linux I can't be able to do manual partition then installed linux mint which I didn't like on the same day I installed arch using arch instal script with kde and since then I have been using it's almost a year and it is good for me .it has only one problem linux doesn't support ralink rt3290 wifi card . Do you know how to install driver as it's official driver is not available for linux.
I think you are getting a false sense of the speed. You are using it in a VM on a fast computer. You should really be trying it out on something like a Pentium 4 or Core 2 Duo computer. I know AntiX is fast, but not as fast as on your setup there. It doesn't install in 2 minutes for instance. I have tried AntiX before and it's pretty snappy even on a Core 2 Duo computer.
You're half right. antiX = 'antiques', geared towards antique hardware. One of the devs mentioned on the forum a few years ago that 'antics' was correct but Dolphin Oracle mentioned in a video a while later that both were correct. Anecdotally, 'antics' seems to be the more common pronunciation among longer-term users.
So over all the channels installing in virtual machines. Its never the same experience once i stalled on hardware. And Linux just isn't fun anymore. Their removal of your choices, customization, all the fun things you could do. Just isn't appealing. The immutable makes it so you cannot install from local repository, or check whats under the hood. Linux has become just like windows and Mac. And everyone is cheering their bad behavior, direction. Bring back the core benefits of Linux. Stop trading our freedom for easy nonsense. You are going to need your freedom, privacy in this new one global world.
Thats because you follow the herd. You say "Linux its not fun", or "Linux doesn't give you choices". It sounds like you are ready for Gentoo and eat those words...
AntiX is so good. Even as a beginner I feel comfortable using it. It is clean and simple and has almost everything I need.
I have used it, have it on many systems now and love it. Also use MX Linux and love that also.
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!
Is it work in this PC Processor-Intel pentium 2 dual core , G2020 its a 3rd Genration 64 -bit.
@@Aks-jc3bq yes!
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.
Installed antiX on a chromebook after watching this
Great video, just installed AntiX for the first time in about four years. . . It's nice!.Thanks for the help and hints
I have installed antiX on my netbook with 2 GB of RAM, Intel Atom D455, 1024x600. Nice!
EeePC? Sounds similar to my EeePC anyway, but I recently upgraded it from just 1GB ram to 2, because browsing the web is a lot heavier now than 15+ years ago.
@@RedSntDK Mine is Lenovo S100. It's a decent solid netbook. When its HDD died, I installed an SSD of 128 GB.
@@andrey8688funny I just installed on a Lenovo q150.
This is a fantastic distro with so much to offer. Great video!!!!!
I got AntiX running on a 1.4Ghz Intel Pentium III Tualatin with 512kb ram & a 3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 in 1280x1024.
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!
PeppermintOS can use 900 megs on idle (!) nowadays too. It's a shame how 'lightweight' distros don't really make much of a difference compared to normal distros nowadays...
Try void
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.
While installing you must specify a root account, then it works. Roxterm - type su and put password, then run apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade.
antix is light light light as a feather ! love it!
I don’t know what Antix is but I like you
I know your type. You just want him for his four cores and two gigabytes of ram.
Can you please do a video on setting up anxix persistence? Much appreciated!!!!
1) Use Live-usb-maker to make an antiX Live-usb
2) Enable persistence as a boot option when you boot it
MX Linux uses the antiX Live system so any of the their persistence guides/videos could be used if you want more detailed instructions.
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.
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.
How're you?
I think Slax is suitable for elder people. It is like a kiosk with minimum clutter.
I had issues installing with pepermint os and tiny os so when i tried to install this i thought i was getting something bad but actually i found out that it actually a good operating system for my old pc and it feels great. Also i love Kanye West
Antix is lightweight and awesome
After quite a few years running Linux from a USB, I don't understand why the persistent USBs are discussed anymore, frequently using special installers. Just install to a USB like any other drive, making sure not effecting the hard drive. Probably even easier with light weight distros.
i used to love antix but after i discover sparky linux i cant go back
After successful installation using a bootable USB, when I trying to starting up the machine removing the USB from Boot from SSD the GRUB menu reflects 5.1 and 6.1 options, selecting both options only a black screen appear and blinking the cursor. please help....
Try selecting 'nomodeset' from I think the F4 tab on the boot screen and if that fails, try 'safe' and with 'failsafe' being a last resort. 'Nomodeset' normally suffices for me. Good luck!
No Flatpak out of the box?
my "Dad" is using it so i approve it as dad proof
Is this Linux Distro work In My PC I Have Intel® Pentium® Processor G2020
3M Cache, 2.90 GHz
How much memory do you have?
MX, the big brother of Antix runs very fine on a system with only 2GB of RAM - because of this you should give Antix a try.
Very cool distro. Sadly it is completely and utterly broken on my Intel tablet.
Bodhi Linux is another lightweight alternative.
& nice looking too 😍
Agreed 👍
It looks great, but it broke almost immediately for me, or rather, too many UI bugs. But it does look pretty. AntiX, while uglier, was the choice for my needs.
@@RedSntDK AntiX is great. I'm running a 17 year old Dell on Bodhi. Should have gone to the dustbin, so I'm forgiving.
lightest linux are systemD free distros... Antix, Alpine, fatdog 64, Void linux, tinycore and slitaz linux
it's up to users to see what's the best option
p.s for the hardcore ones i would suggest also Mere Linux...
You forgot Crowz
@@paolor.479 you are correct i support crowz...i like Devuan!
MX ist the big brother of Antix, and it is also system-d-free If you want (you can choose yes or no in the grub-bootloader). On a Netbook with 2GB Ram MX Linux Fluxbox Edition (without system-d) only needs about 300 MB RAM in idle mode.
@@jensputzlocher8345 Antix does not even make use of elogind (you can use it if you try and install a desktop environment) while mxlinux has systemD but it's not activated. Ypu can check it if you press systemctl on mxlinux which also offers packages relying on systemD btw. There is a whole different approach between these distro altough they share some similarities. Different projects different goals.
@@jensputzlocher8345 that doesn't make it systemd-free, rather systemd-optional.
I have a AMD® Ryzen 3 3200u with radeon vega mobile gfx × 4 with AMD® Radeon vega 3 graphics and 5.66GiB of RAM. Would antix be too light for me?
Try Crowz Linux
I have a 🥔 laptop hp 250 g1 notebook pc with pentium 2020M with duel channel 4gb ram and with hard drive not ssd which struggle to run windows 7 and windows 10 and didn't support 11 so I switched to ubuntu which after a month became sluggish so I switched to fedora and the story remained same then I switched tried to install antix as a noob in linux I can't be able to do manual partition then installed linux mint which I didn't like on the same day I installed arch using arch instal script with kde and since then I have been using it's almost a year and it is good for me .it has only one problem linux doesn't support ralink rt3290 wifi card . Do you know how to install driver as it's official driver is not available for linux.
Fix the display to 1080 p
The short and long answer are both "yes"
"an-teeks" pronunciation. As in this linux is good for older hardware
I think you are getting a false sense of the speed. You are using it in a VM on a fast computer. You should really be trying it out on something like a Pentium 4 or Core 2 Duo computer.
I know AntiX is fast, but not as fast as on your setup there. It doesn't install in 2 minutes for instance.
I have tried AntiX before and it's pretty snappy even on a Core 2 Duo computer.
hey ytguy, so what linux distro do you recommend to install on an old laptop? thanks.
@@j.c-mtl1150 I would try MX Linux first. If that is too slow then try AntiX.
Seriously doubt public computers (e.g. in public libraries) allow users to boot from USB !!!!
Only one way to find out :)
@@Voidsworn True, LOL :D
you would be surprised.
I booted it on a work computer once at a small language school I was employed at.
I was liking the live usb... before Ice failed several times and the whole thing Died. Nice try, though.
SO Prolix ! Also, it is pronounced "ANTI ex" NOT ANTICS ! Otherwise, mostly accurate !
You're half right. antiX = 'antiques', geared towards antique hardware. One of the devs mentioned on the forum a few years ago that 'antics' was correct but Dolphin Oracle mentioned in a video a while later that both were correct. Anecdotally, 'antics' seems to be the more common pronunciation among longer-term users.
no negative things? did they pay you for this video?
antiX at the moment is no good cause signature repository are old 👎
Nah, Puppy Linux is better. I am using Antix and nowhere as fast as people make out.
How about lubuntu, did you try it out? Cuz im planning a lightweight os based on ubuntu
@@faceless.anonymous I haven't tried it because from my research it's not that light.
@@faceless.anonymous try devuan.
AntiX sounds like it hates Xorg 😅
No connection with Xorg.
Antix is made by Antifa. Don't support this distro.
Antix is made by Antifa. Don't support this distro.
@@shofer1703facho qlo!
I thought so too when I first heard about it. I was pleasantly surprised to find out where the name actually comes from.
AntiX is not good os because
So over all the channels installing in virtual machines. Its never the same experience once i stalled on hardware.
And Linux just isn't fun anymore. Their removal of your choices, customization, all the fun things you could do. Just isn't appealing.
The immutable makes it so you cannot install from local repository, or check whats under the hood.
Linux has become just like windows and Mac.
And everyone is cheering their bad behavior, direction.
Bring back the core benefits of Linux. Stop trading our freedom for easy nonsense.
You are going to need your freedom, privacy in this new one global world.
Thats because you follow the herd. You say "Linux its not fun", or "Linux doesn't give you choices". It sounds like you are ready for Gentoo and eat those words...
The people behind it are dubious, so no.
Anarchists? My kind of people, but I can see how that's a problem for others.
Its open source, who cares? Inspect the code if you fear there are backdoors.
For some folks out there in the world?...it is.
For me? Nah.