antiX with a 486 kernel.

[klokh]

antiX developer anticapitalista has uploaded an i486 compatible antiX-base iso.
Anyone that have a AMD K5/K6 computer and would like to test it may grab it here.

[minimike86]

awesome thanks

[klokh]

Fine.
Any feedback and support requests may be posted at antiX-M8.5-base-486 available to test - MEPISlovers Forum if you don't mind joining that forum.

[psic]

Wow, this looks pretty cool. I had a thing for light and fast distros back in the day (I've since become lazy and use full-blown KDE and Gnome installs), maybe I'll give this a spin. I take it that AntiX uses the Mepis package repos? Or Debian's?

[rokytnji]

Or Debian's

Yes it uses Debians. Mepis repos are commented out in this release.

[psic]

Yes it uses Debians. Mepis repos are commented out in this release.

Cool - I actually prefer using the repos of larger distros. They tend to be better managed, plus there are more of them (which means faster DL speeds).

[tuxr99]

The next older computer I get, I'm going to try antix on it. I tried it in virtualbox, and it seems pretty good. On top of it all, it even has most codecs pre-loaded.

[rokytnji]

I bought this Desktop with Ubuntu 9.10 preinstalled. To give you a idea.

~$ inxi -F
System:    Host owner-desktop Kernel 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Ubuntu 9.10 karmic
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (SMP) cache 1024 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) bmips 8799.26 
           Clock Speeds: (1) 2199.815 MHz (2) 2199.815 MHz
Graphics:  Card nVidia G71 [GeForce 7900 GS] X.Org 1.6.4 Res: 1024x768@85.0hz 
           GLX Renderer N/A GLX Version N/A Direct Rendering N/A
Audio:     Card ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.20
Network:   Card Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI at port dc00 BusID: 02:00.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (1.0% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD3200AAKS 320.1GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 288G used: 3.1G (2%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 6.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Info:      Processes 149 Uptime 1:13 Memory 430.0/2008.6MB Runlevel 2 Client Shell inxi 1.4.9

I just got it up and running today. After I tweak Ubuntu a bit. I will be installing AntiX 8.5 on this beast also. It should fly on here. This box is the replacement box for my IBM M41 Desktop I run in my Motorcycle Shop that Boots AntiX 8.2, puppy NOP, and Bruno Puppy Linux. I haven't ever ran Ubuntu 9.10 0r a 64bit operating system so I figured to leave Ubuntu on the drive ( trying to learn something about ubuntu 64bit) and dual boot with AntiX 8.5 on it also. The i686 version though instead of the i486 version. I sold all my lowend laptops to pay for this beast. Bought it with the funds made from selling a IBM 390E, Compaq 1540DM, and a older IBM 600e. Both IBMs ran AntiX wirelessly when I sold em. The Compaq ran Tiny Core via PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet modem.

[davidclark]

Yes it uses Debians. Mepis repos are commented out in this release.

I am way out of my league. I am an old Windows fart, but I am ready to learn something new. I am running an Athlon 2 and I tried to boot to a Fedora and a Debian distro. Both failed.
My other machines ae running latest 10x Ubuntu. I have to start somewhere.....

[D-cat]

I bought this Desktop with Ubuntu 9.10 preinstalled. To give you a idea.
...
I just got it up and running today. ... The Compaq ran Tiny Core via PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet modem.

This is going tangent, but if we want to see how low we can go, this is VL6L on a thinkpad 770E

default:$ ./inxi -F
System:    Host vector-lt0 Kernel 2.6.27.12tp i686 (32 bit) Distro Slackware 12.1.0
CPU:       Single core Pentium II (Deschutes) (UP) cache 512 KB flags (-) bmips 530.52 clocked at 265.260 MHz 
Graphics:  Card Trident Microsystems Cyber 9397 X.Org 1.4.2 Res: 1024x768@75.0hz 
           GLX Renderer Mesa GLX Indirect GLX Version 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.2) Direct Rendering No
Audio:     Card CS4236 driver CS4236
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.17
Network:   Card Realtek RTL8180L 802.11b MAC driver rtl8180 at port 1800 BusID: 05:00.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 8.2GB (59.2% used) 1: /dev/hda IBM-DYLA-28100 8.2GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 6.6G used: 4.6G (73%) fs: ext3 ID:swap-1 size: 0.52GB used: 0.01GB (2%) fs: swap 
Info:      Processes 69 Uptime 20 days Memory 52.4/87.6MB Runlevel 4 Client Shell inxi 1.4.9

I know we can do better too.