In your computer in place of '/dev/sdc', or you might accidentallyĮrase your hard drive. Sudo dd if=antiX-19.4_386-full.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerrorĭo not forget to substitute the designator for your blank USB drive Then, I used the following Linux command on another Linux laptop to The full version has the largest number ofįirst, I downloaded the 'antiX-19.4_386-full.iso' file (1.2 GB). Nineteen-year-old Dell Inspiron 5100 with a 2.66 GHz Pentium 4 CPUĪnd 256 MB of RAM. I installed the 32-bit version of AntiX 'full' on my Links to AntiX download mirrors can be found on the AntiX-net needs 0.7GB.Įven inexperienced Linux users should be able to install AntiX.

AntiX-base needs 3GBĪnd antiX-core needs 1GB. 256MB RAM and aboveĪntiX-full needs a 5GB minimum hard disk size. Systems with pre-configured 128MB swap to the latest powerfulĪntiX-core and antiX-net will run with 128MB RAM plus swap, butġ92MB RAM is the recommended minimum for AntiX. Has its issues, and despite being at times more sluggish on my 2002ĭell Inspiron 5100 than I am used to, I found that it can be used toĪccess the Gopher and Gemini networks and the regular Internet.ĪntiX should run on most computers, ranging from 192MB old PII Although the latest version of AntiX, 19.4, Not even care if the only browser that runs in the available RAM isĪ text-only browser. That will actually get a novice Linux user on the Internet. Now, I am satisfied with a currently-maintained Linux distribution Before, I wanted aĭistribution of Linux that ran well and did everything I needed. Since then, I have been forced to lower my standards for Linux The latter reason seems pretty flimsyĪbandoned Still-Useful Near-Vintage Computers'. One web browser that would not run on a computer with AntiX's Version to be too buggy, or it may have come packaged with only I tried AntiX a few years ago and decided not to use A Review of AntiX Linux Running on a Near-Vintage ComputerĪntiX is a derivative of Debian Linux that can be installed on

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