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How-Tux was a Slackware-based, desktop-oriented Linux distribution with the installer translated into Italian and most applications localised for the benefit of Italian speakers. Compared to Slackware, How-Tux was enhanced by GWARE GNOME, OpenOffice.org, and several extra multimedia and graphics applications.
Status: Discontinued
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2019-06-13 |
NEW • Development Release: antiX 19 Beta 1 |
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The first beta build of antiX 19, a fast, lightweight and systemd-free distribution based on Debian "Buster", is now ready for testing. This new version of antiX features the very latest IceWM window manager, version 1.5.5: "Our first beta build of the upcoming antiX 19 release, based on Debian 'Buster' and systemd-free. Changes from antiX 17: ConnMan replaces wicd and is the default; ceni still included, but to use it you need to remove ConnMan - this means a faster boot with only a slight increase in RAM; the ConnMan GUI is included in the start-up file, but not enabled (to keep RAM usage down); more up-to-date look via a 'new' papirus-antix icon theme, numix-square is also included; ships with the very latest IceWM 1.5.5, herbstluftwm 0.7.2 and gnome-mpv 0.16; uses the 4.9.176 Linux kernel, the latest 4.19 and 5.1 kernel versions are easily installable; libpam-elogind-compat included; RoxTerm replaces LXTerminal; live GRUB rescue options; time-saver and assembly line installer changes; chroot-rescue added; isomount options; various ROX-Filer right-click additions...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete changelog and a list of new boot parameters. Download (pkglist): antiX-19.b1_x64-full.iso (1,082MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.b1_386-full.iso (1,125MB, SHA256, signature). |
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About antiX
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antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux live CD distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch for x86 compatible systems. antiX offers users the "antiX Magic" in an environment suitable for old computers. 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 256 MB old PIII systems with pre-configured swap to the latest powerful boxes. 256 MB RAM is recommended minimum for antiX. The installer needs minimum 2.7 GB hard disk size. antiX can also be used as a fast-booting rescue CD, or run "live" on a USB stick, with or without persistent file storage.
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2024-10-07 |
Distribution Release: antiX 23.2 |
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antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux live CD distribution based on Debian's Stable branch for x86 compatible systems. The distribution's latest release is antiX 23.2, which primarily focuses on bug fixes and minor updates. There are, however, also some new goodies in the distribution: "Many in-house scripts and applications have been tweaked and further improved. Some new apps include: antiX TV - antiX streaming tv receiver; antiX Radio - antiX streaming radio receiver GUI for MPV; Finder - Simple yad script to search for everything (Files, Installed apps, web); antiX SAMBA manager - Script for managing SAMBA shares in antiX control centre; antiX equaliser toggle - tool for activating or deactivating pipewire-equaliser Easyeffects; antiX acoustic colours - script allowing to change the acoustic colour of audio output; meld - graphical tool to diff and merge files" Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. The distribution is available in SysV init and runit editions, the former are linked below. Download (SHA256, pkglist): antiX-23.2_x64-full.iso (1,961MB), antiX-23.2_x64-base.iso (1,192MB), antiX-23.2_x64-core.iso (538MB), antiX-23.2-net_x64-net.iso (238MB). |
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2024-02-22 |
Distribution Release: antiX 23.1 |
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antiX, a systemd-free Linux distribution based on Debian's "stable" branch, has received a minor update to version 23.1: "antiX 23.1 'Arditi del Popolo' is a bug-fix release based on Debian 'Bookworm'. As usual, we offer completely systemd-free and elogind-free flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. Features: based on Debian 12 'Bookworm', but without systemd and elogind; eudev instead of udev; customised 5.10.197 Linux kernel; customised 6.1.60 Linux kernel (x64 full only); LibreOffice 24.2.0; Firefox 115.8.0esr on antiX-full, SeaMonkey 2.53.18.1 on antiX-base; Claws Mail; CUPS for printing, PipeWire and WirePlumber on Full editions, ALSA on Base and Core editions; Celluloid and mpv for playing video; SMTube to play youtube videos without using a browser; QPdfView PDF reader; App Select; User Language – set up localisation of popular apps e.g. LibreOffice; no snaps (systemd) and no Flatpaks (elogind)." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download (pkglist): antiX-23.1_x64-full.iso (1,780MB, SHA256), antiX-23.1_x64-base.iso (1,114MB, SHA256), antiX-23.1_x64-core.iso (531MB, SHA256), antiX-23.1-net_x64-net.iso (613MB, SHA256). Separate images for the i386 architecture, as well as images using the Runit init system (as opposed to SysVInit) are also available. |
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2023-08-30 |
Distribution Release: antiX 23 |
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The developers of antiX, a systemd-free Linux distribution based on Debian's "stable" branch, has announced the release of antiX 23. This is the project's first version based on Debian 12: "antiX 23 'Arditi del Popolo' is a new release based on Debian 'Bookworm'. As usual, we offer completely systemd-free and elogind-free flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Available ISO images files with SysVInit or Runit. The 32-bit edition uses a non-pae kernel. Note: after installation of the antiX-23_x64-full editions, the default kernel will be 'Modern' 6.1 even if 'Legacy' 5.10 was booted during the live boot. Changes: based on Debian 12 'Bookworm', but without systemd/libsystemd0 and elogind/libelogind0; eudev instead of udev; customised 5.10.188 Linux kernel; customised 6.1.42 Linux kernel (x64 full only): LibreOffice 7.5.5; Firefox 102.14.0esr (antiX-full); SeaMonkey 2.53.17 (antiX-base); Claws Mail 4.1.1; CUPS for printing; PipeWire/WirePlumber on full editions; ALSA on base and core editions..." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): antiX-23_x64-full.iso (1,685MB, SHA256), antiX-23_x64-base.iso (961MB, SHA256), antiX-23_x64-core.iso (531MB, SHA256), antiX-23-net_x64-net.iso (241MB, SHA256). Images for the i386 architecture are also available. |
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2022-10-19 |
Distribution Release: antiX 22 |
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antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux live CD distribution based on Debian's Stable branch. The project's latest release, antiX 22, substitutes a number of packages and rebuilds packages to avoid dependency on Debian's systemd package. "This is predominantly an update of our last release (antiX-21), but with a newer 4.9.0-326 kernel, latest 3 series IceWM, latest firefox-esr 102.3 (full), seamonkey 2.53.14 (base), improved localisation and fixed Deb archive keys. mps-youtube has been removed since it doesn't seem to work anymore. Sakis3G replaces modem-manager(GUI). Note: elogind, libpam-elogind and libelogind0 have also been removed. Instead we use seatd and consolekit. Many upstream core Debian packages have been rebuilt to remove a hard dependency on libsystemd0/libelogind0. These include apt, cups, dbus, gvfs, openssh, policykit-1, procps, pulseaudio, rpcbind, rsyslog, samba, sane-backends, udisks2, util-linux, webkit2gtk and xorg-server. Those using previous versions of antiX 21 do not need to download this new version. Simply upgrade via apt or synaptic." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): antiX-22_x64-full.iso (1,429MB, SHA256), antiX-22_x64-base.iso (785MB, SHA256), antiX-22_x64-core.iso (443MB, SHA256), antiX-22-net_x64-net.iso (183MB, SHA256). |
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2021-10-31 |
Distribution Release: antiX 21 |
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antiX is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution. The project's latest release is based on Debian 11 "Bullseye" and features the SysV init software along with both recent and older kernels for wider hardware support. A list of key packages is available in the project's release announcement: " Based on Debian 11 (Bullseye), but without systemd and libsystemd0. eudev instead of udev. Customised 4.9.0-279 kernel with fbcondecor splash. Customised 5.10.57 kernel (x64 full only). LibreOffice 7.0.4-4. Firefox-esr 78.14.0esr-1 on antiX-full. Seamonkey 2.53.9.1 on antiX-base. claws-mail 3.17.8-1. CUPS for printing. XMMS - for audio. Celluloid and mpv - for playing video. SMTube - play youtube videos without a using a browser. streamlight-antix - stream videos with very low RAM usage. qpdfview - pdf reader. arc-evopro2-theme-antix." The distribution is available in four editions, ranging in size from largest to smallest: Full, Base, Core, and Net. Download (SHA256) (pkglist): antiX-21_x64-full.iso (1,387MB, signature), antiX-21_x64-base.iso (774MB, signature), antiX-21_x64-core.iso (437MB, signature), antiX-21-net_x64-net.iso (176MB, signature). |
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2021-05-22 |
Distribution Release: antiX 19.4 |
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The developers of antiX, a lightweight desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, have released version 19.4. The new build of the project's Debian-based distribution (with a choice of SysV and Runit init systems, available for i386 and x86_64 architectures) updates the IceWM window manager to version 2.3.4 and introduces the SeaMonkey web browser to some of its editions: "antiX-19.4 (Grup Yorum) available. All new ISO images are bug-fix, upgrades, improvements of antiX-19 SysV and Runit series. Changes: more options in the installer; SeaMonkey browser included in Full and Base editions; mps-tube removed (it seems to be broken); ytfzf included - it opens and downloads YouTube clips using mpv and youtube-dl; improved and updated localisation; newer 4.9 Linux kernel; Firefox 78.10.0esr; LibreOffice 7.0.4rc2; IceWM upgraded to the latest upstream version (2.3.4); latest firmware backported from Debian 'sid'; various upstream Debian security upgrades; base edition fits on a CD; iso-snashot-cli replaces iso-snapshot (gui) on base edition...." See the release announcement for further details and known issues. Download (pkglist): antiX-19.4_x64-full.iso (1,201MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.4_386-full.iso (1,236MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.4-runit_x64-full.iso (1,205MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.4-runit_386-full.iso (1,241MB, SHA256, signature). |
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2020-10-17 |
Distribution Release: antiX 19.3 |
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antiX, a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, has been upgraded to version 19.3. It comes in the usual range of variants (net, core, base and full), supporting both SysV and Runit init systems: "All new ISO images are bug-fix and upgrade improvements of antiX 19 SysV and Runit series. antiX 19.3 'Manolis Glezos' is based on Debian 10 'Buster' and is fully systemd-free. The 32-bit editions use a non-pae kernel. This series has put on some weight mainly due to the kernel supporting old and new hardware and the inclusion of more firmware (full, base and core editions). Changes: antiX WiFi switch - tool to choose which WiFi manager to use, default is ConnMan, Ceni available; improved and updated localisation; mps-youtube includes another fix for apt_key bug; a newer 4.9.235 Linux kernel; Firefox 78.3.0esr; LibreOffice 7.0.2; IceWM upgraded to latest upstream version (1.8.3); latest firmware backported from Debian 'sid'...." See the release announcement for further information. Download (pkglist): antiX-19.3_x64-full.iso (1,192MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.3_386-full.iso (1,198MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.3-runit_x64-full.iso (1,192MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.3-runit_386-full.iso (1,196MB, SHA256, signature). |
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2020-03-28 |
Distribution Release: antiX 19.2 |
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Version 19.2 of antiX, a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, has been released. Besides the usual antiX variants, the project now also provides a separate edition with the runit init system: "antiX 19.2 bug-fix/upgrade ISO images available. All new ISO images are bug-fix/upgrades of antiX 19 SysVInit series. Bonus - we now offer editions running the runit init system as well. Changes: we believe we have fixed the issue when running (g)ufw firewall; apt-notifier included and enabled on full versions for those who prefer update notifications; tray icon manager for IceWM; improved and updated localisation; mproved cli-installer – more 'safety' checks added; a newer 4.9.212 Linux kernel; Firefox 68.6.0esr; LibreOffice 6.4.1; IceWM upgraded to latest upstream version (1.6.5); elogind upgrade to 243.7; ceni network manager included, but ConnMan is default in full and base editions; various upstream Debian security upgrades." Read the complete release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): antiX-19.2_x64-full.iso (1,089MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.2_386-full.iso (1,121MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.2-runit_x64-full.iso (1,089MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.2-runit_386-full.iso (1,121MB, SHA256, signature). |
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2019-12-24 |
Distribution Release: antiX 19.1 |
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antiX, a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, has been upgraded to version 19.1. Although largely a bug-fix release, the new version also updates IceWM to version 1.6.3: "antiX 19.1 bug-fix/upgrade ISO images available. All new ISO images are bug-fix/upgrades of antiX 19 SysVInit series. Only for new users, no need to download if using antiX 19. antiX 19.1 is based on Debian 'Buster' and is systemd-free. As usual, we offer the following systemd-free flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures: antiX-full with four windows managers – IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM and herbstluftwm, plus full LibreOffice suite; antiX-base with 4 windows managers – IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM and herbstluftwm; antiX-core with no X window; antiX-net with no X window and just enough to get you connected (wired) and ready to build. The 32-bit edition uses a non-PAE kernel. Changes: 4.9.200 Linux kernel; Firefox 68.3.0esr; disk-manager included; Ceni network manager included, but ConnMan remains the default." Here is the full release announcement. Quick links to download the two "Full" variants: antiX-19.1_x64-full.iso (1,106MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), antiX-19.1_386-full.iso (1,138MB, SHA256, signature). |
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