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A (niche) AntiX rival?

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BitJam
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Re: A (niche) AntiX rival?

#21 Post by BitJam »

Roky, you are an F-in' treasure! If anyone tells you otherwise, tell them to F-off.

@frenzy67: cool!
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool."

-- Richard Feynman

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rokytnji.1
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Re: A (niche) AntiX rival?

#22 Post by rokytnji.1 »

I'll just mention since I seemed to have quieted down the discussion.

I was a DSL and Puppy user. Way before I discovered AntiX and Mepis/MX.

Oldest gear I ran Linux on was

https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... ost5076929

I still have that laptop. Makes a excellent base on the shelf to support my other decrepit laptop bags. Like intel atom single core n270 touchscreen and other stuff collecting dust since I moved up on hardware specs. My local city hall has my back when they upgrade their gear. They discard thelandfill unitsto my door step.

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BitJam
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Re: A (niche) AntiX rival?

#23 Post by BitJam »

rokytnji.1 wrote:I'll just mention since I seemed to have quieted down the discussion. [...] Oldest gear I ran Linux on was; [...]
I had to try to get some real work done. You beat me with the oldest/weakest Linux computer. I first started at 20MHz. Then the speed increased by about x10 for my next two machines, to 200MHz, and then a little under 2GHz. I'm now at 3.2 GHz x 8 = 25.6 GHz which is again roughly x10. The actual speed up up is MUCH greater than that due to SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data.) which was added to facilitate good quality real-time video. I think my 2GHz machine was much faster than a super-computer I was using in the early 90s.

I don't think you quieted the thread. I think our way OT drag racing tangent ran its course. So to speak.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool."

-- Richard Feynman

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namida12
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Re: A (niche) AntiX rival?

#24 Post by namida12 »

One upon a time my 1962 110 HP Cooper S was nearly the quickest machine across an intersection once the lights changed. Now I take my time on a Scion xB or BB depending upon which side of the Pacific I am standing. Tried a lot of small distros on old systems, always came back to AntiX, but certainly do like MX on my 4 year old dual core Dell Desktop...

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Re: A (niche) AntiX rival?

#25 Post by oldhoghead »

Hey guys, check out my old laptop

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  System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13_386-full Luddite 01 June 2013
Machine:   Mobo: Dell model: Inspiron 3700 x450GT Bios: Dell version: A17 date: 05/28/2002
CPU:       Single core Pentium III (Coppermine) (-UP-) cache: 256 KB flags: (pae sse) clocked at 448.075 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: ati,mach64 (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@87.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card: ESS ES1978 Maestro 2E driver: snd_es1968 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp
Network:   Card: Atheros AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] driver: ath5k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 40.0GB (6.9% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD400UE size: 40.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 4.0G used: 2.6G (69%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.07GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 86 Uptime: 17 min Memory: 68.8/310.1MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.7
        
Laptop Toshiba Satellite A205-S4777
Desktop iMac 5,1 V 1.0

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KoO
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Re: A (niche) AntiX rival?

#26 Post by KoO »

Could try antiX 17.1 with herbstluftwm uses less then 100mbs memory
Main : MX 19.1-AHS (i3) 5.4.13-1~mx19+1, Asus B450-i AMD 5 3600 , 32gb Hyper-X 3200 , GTX970 . :linuxlove:
Lenovo T430 : Debian10 antiX17 (i3) , 4.20.12 , i5 , 12gb .
Lenovo X220 : Test Machine (ATM)

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