On Saturday 04 August 2018 23:43:59 Felix Miata wrote:
William Morder composed on 2018-08-04 23:19 (UTC-0700):
Just wondering if anybody out there has tried this distro?
https://antixlinux.com/ https://antixlinux.com/about/ https://antixlinux.com/antix-16-3-full-iso-files-available/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-linux/files/Final/antiX-16/ https://antixlinux.com/download/https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/mxlin ux-cd/ANTIX/Final/antiX-17.1/
It is based on Debian, but without systemd, has a KDE4 desktop, but not a lot of excess crap. It comes as a live CD, and can function as a rescue disc, as well; would be nicer with TDE installed, but we can't get everything we want. Also has a net install version, but this requires Ethernet.
Most of the images fit on a CD, and the base images come without LibreOffice (for those of us out there who, like me, hate it). In any case, it was created without systemd from the start. By the way, it is hosted in the MEPIS repositories, or so I read somewhere.
I intend to give it a try on my next system reinstallation.
I gave it a try back when TDE was part of the AntiX distribution. It was nice enough except for an incompatibility with my multiboot methodology, which keeps a single partition with many apps, scripts and more I install outside the package management system for mounting as /usr/local/. AntiX keeps much of its differentiation from straight Debian in /usr/local/ in directories of the same names I use instead of /opt/, so instead of trying to figure out a way to work around the shared directories problems I simply dropped the idea of using it at all.
When I was doing multiboot systems, I gave up on shared directories (like home). Instead, I just created two completely separate systems; two home folders, two root folders, etc., and that worked pretty well. When I needed to copy something from one home folder to another, that was a hassle, but viable, and better than a broken system. I didn't like the idea of duplicated (wasted) space, but it was the best solution. I ran like that on a laptop, while I was learning Debian, with a Hardy Heron as the other system.
My Hardy Kubuntu 8.04 configuration still runs like a top, when I install it on a machine; except that it is mostly unusable for Internet now, due to lack of security updates, patches, etc.
Hardy Heron with KDE3 (the only machine I've ever loved) is basically what I am trying to recreate on TDE. It looks almost identical, but doesn't quite run as smoothly.
Well, since I am not doing multiboot at the moment, maybe AntiX will work for me.
*fingers crossed*
Bill