antiX () is a Linux distribution based on

Debian Stable Debian (), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of ...

. It is comparatively lightweight and suitable for older computers, while also providing cutting edge

kernel Kernel may refer to: Computing * Kernel (operating system), the central component of most operating systems * Kernel (image processing), a matrix used for image convolution * Compute kernel, in GPGPU programming * Kernel method, in machine learn ...

and applications, as well as updates and additions via the apt-get package system and Debian-compatible repositories. antiX specifically does not ship with or support the systemd

init system In Unix-based computer operating systems, init (short for ''initialization'') is the first process started during booting of the computer system. Init is a daemon process that continues running until the system is shut down. It is the direct ...

. SysVinit is set as the default. * Version 19 antiX offers sysVinit and

runit runit is an init and service management scheme for Unix-like operating systems that initializes, supervises, and ends processes throughout the operating system. Runit is a reimplementation of the daemontools process supervision toolkit that r ...

as a choice for the init system. * Starting with version 22 antiX is offered elogind-free for both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture.

Window managers

antiX comes with default

SpaceFM SpaceFM was a desktop-independent, multi-panel, tabbed file manager for Linux. SpaceFM is built using the GTK+ toolkit. Available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, SpaceFM is free software. Features *Panels: each window can ...

Desktop Environment (DE) built on top of

GTK GTK (formerly GIMP ToolKit and GTK+) is a free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs). It is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, allowing both free and propriet ...

library and

IceWM IceWM is a stacking window manager for the X Window System, originally written by Marko Maček. It was written from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. It is customizable, relatively lightwe ...

as a

Window Manager A window manager is system software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. Most window managers are designed to help provide a desktop environment. They work in conjunctio ...

. antiX-full and antiX-base include these window managers: * Lightweight: Rox-IceWM (default),

and SpaceFM-IceWM. ( Stacking WM) * Minimalist: Rox-Fluxbox,

Fluxbox Fluxbox is a stacking window manager for the X Window System, which started as a fork of Blackbox 0.61.1 in 2001, with the same aim to be lightweight. Its user interface has only a taskbar, a pop-up menu accessible by right-clicking on the des ...

and SpaceFM-Fluxbox. (Stacking WM) * Very minimalist: Rox-JWM,

JWM JWM (Joe's Window Manager) is a lightweight stacking window manager for the X Window System written by Joe Wingbermuehle. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Configuration is done by editing an XML file; no graphical configu ...

and SpaceFM-JWM. (Stacking WM) Running the ROX or

variants provides a drag-and-drop function and Conky system monitor support.

Versions

antiX is available for

IA-32 IA-32 (short for "Intel Architecture, 32-bit", commonly called i386) is the 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture, designed by Intel and first implemented in the 80386 microprocessor in 1985. IA-32 is the first incarnation o ...

(32-bit) and

x86-64 x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first released in 1999. It introduced two new modes of operation, 64-bit mode and compatibility mode, along with a new 4-level paging ...

(64-bit) architectures, and comes in four versions: * Full, Includes X Windows, 4 windows managers, LibreOffice suite, and a 'Package Installer' which allows installation of a full range of applications (1.4 GB) * Base, Includes X Windows, 4 windows managers, and a 'Package Installer' which allows the user to choose their own application suite (800 MB) * Core, No X Windows, command-line installer without encryption, which enables the user to have total control over the install (440 MB) * net, No X Windows, command-line installer without encryption, which enables the user to have total control with no desktop environment by default (180 MB) These four AntiX versions were joined by MEPIS in 2014, developed in cooperation with the

MEPIS MEPIS was a set of Linux distributions, distributed as Live CDs or DVDs that could be installed onto a hard disk drive. MEPIS was started by Warren Woodford and MEPIS LLC. The most popular MEPIS distribution was SimplyMEPIS, which was based pri ...

Community to form

MX Linux MX Linux is a Linux distribution based on Debian stable and using core antiX components, with additional software created or packaged by the MX community. The development of MX Linux is a collaborative effort between the antiX and former MEPIS ...

. MX Linux uses Xfce as the default

desktop environment In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphica ...

, is based directly on Debian Stable, is highly stable and gives solid performance from a medium-sized footprint. As of November 2016,

is now listed as a separate distro on DistroWatch.

Releases

antiX is a Linux distribution, originally based on

, which itself is based on the Debian stable distribution. It initially replaced the MEPIS

KDE KDE is an international free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-known products include the ...

desktop environment with the

and

window managers, making it suitable for older, less powerful x86-based systems. Unlike Debian, antiX does not use systemd The releases of antiX are named after prominent left-wing figures, groups and revolutionaries.

References

External links

* * antiX on sourceforge
antiX support group on facebook
* {{Linux distributions, state=collapsed Debian-based distributions Linux distributions Linux distributions without systemd Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media

Window managers

Versions

Releases

See also

References

External links