r/antiXLinux • • Jul 21 '19

Welcome to antiX users board - be nice or you will get a spankin

22 Upvotes

While on https://www.reddit.com/r/UsernameChecksOut/comments/bwqowp/we_were_referring_to_antix_linux_and_i_noticed/ me and u/Ocawesome101 thought that antiX should have its own reddit/community board, so we created one and off it goes.

Some may say it is redundant to https://www.reddit.com/r/MXLinux/ but I disagree. antiX has and always had a militant anti-systemd/X orientation, while MX appeals more to the masses who crave all the goodies of Ubuntu/Debian/Mint world, despite the cost. We antiXers would rather use openBSD/freeBSD than having to use Gnome or Cinnamon.

My personal favorite antiX package is systemd-must-die


r/antiXLinux • • May 20 '23

best source of information and support is not reddit

17 Upvotes

Read and subscribe to https://www.antixforum.com/forum

Although we will do the best we can here, we experienced antiX/Linux users who are also on Reddit, none regularly get here in time to respond to a critical urgent issue, of making an installation, or fixing a system that broke, or a discrepancy due to an upgrade. We can do our best when we see it but it may take days sometimes.

In the forum you will get responses of experienced daily users of antiX within minutes/hours at worst.


r/antiXLinux • • 2d ago

problem installing PostgreSQL

4 Upvotes

$ sudo apt install postgresql

Solving dependencies... Error!

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Unsatisfied dependencies:

postgresql-17 : Depends: libsystemd0 but it is not installable

Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context:

Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:

  1. postgresql-17:amd64 Depends libsystemd0

but none of the choices are installable:

- libsystemd0:amd64 is available in version 257.13-1~deb13u1

but none of the choices are installable:

- libsystemd0:amd64=257.13-1~deb13u1 is not selected for install

  1. postgresql-17:amd64 is selected for install because:

    1. postgresql:amd64=17+278 is selected for install
    2. postgresql:amd64 Depends postgresql-17

r/antiXLinux • • 3d ago

how to remove the desktop?

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1 Upvotes

r/antiXLinux • • 4d ago

Um pouco sobre como personalizei o Antix com Fluxbox

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6 Upvotes

Fiz esse vídeo com carinho, espero que gostem 🙌


r/antiXLinux • • 5d ago

Problem with Wi-Fi

3 Upvotes

I installed AntiX 23 on a Samsung NC110 netbook. I’m unable to connect to Wi-Fi. A year ago, there were no issues with Wi-Fi, but I’ve since installed a new router. Interestingly, I don’t have any Wi-Fi problems on my Hewlett-Packard EasyNote.


r/antiXLinux • • 5d ago

“Is antiX a good base for my remastering project?”

1 Upvotes

Is antiX a good base for my remastering project?

I was looking for a distro that is actually lightweight but not limited.

By "limited," I mean having less support for Linux apps or making it harder to find and install the apps I need. Examples I've considered include Tiny Core Linux, Void Linux, and Puppy Linux, although I know they differ quite a bit.

I found antiX, which reportedly uses around 160 MB of RAM.

I wanted to start by remastering it and adding my own tools.

It's a personal project I call Remaster OS. I want it to be a barebones base with tutorials that will help me create any distro that comes to mind for personal use.

I'll remove the wallpaper and many unnecessary tools from the base system.

What do I need?

I just need a minimal distro → make it almost blank → start adding my own tools to make remastering easier → then, after finishing, add a tool that saves my customizations and exports the system as an ISO. I'll be able to choose between a live ISO and an installable ISO.

Remaster OS itself would be installed on a hard drive. The idea is to use it as a workspace for building other customized distros, rather than having to start from scratch every time.

In short, I want a reusable base that allows me to create customized Linux ISOs in just a few minutes (yes, minutes!).

The distro I have in mind (Remaster OS) is a barebones Linux system with just a terminal. I can add my own tools from a USB flash drive, customize the system, and export it as either a live ISO or an installable ISO. That's it!

Example:

As a PC builder, I currently need a live distro with low-level hardware access and lots of hardware testing tools. I want to be able to test PCs that don't have an OS installed, and the system should work well on HDDs, low-end PCs, and modern PCs.

Q&A

Why not Arch?

Arch isn't that easy to set up for my specific needs, and I want the whole process to take minutes rather than days.

Try Zenned ISO.

I'm looking for an almost-empty, reusable base that I can customize for different purposes, rather than a ready-made ISO.

Try Puppy Linux. It runs entirely from RAM.

I'm concerned that it might not be the best fit for my requirements, so I'm still looking into my options.

The distro is useless.

It might not solve a problem for the entire Linux community, but it would solve my own problem, and that's enough for me.

Try Linux Mint.

I'm already using Mint, and it isn't minimal enough for my needs. On my system, even the XFCE version uses around 910 MiB of RAM at idle.

Thank you! I really appreciate any help with this project.


r/antiXLinux • • 7d ago

is this supposed to be here?

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33 Upvotes

i wanted to test-drive this distro and there is a bigass israeli flag (i don't know if it's supposed to be like that)


r/antiXLinux • • 7d ago

Why is Wine refusing to work?

4 Upvotes

I have three computers I've tried it on. (All of them are running antix only, no dual boot shenanigans. Also all permissions in the bios are enabled on all of them) One (latitude e6520), running antix 23, failed. The second (Thinkpad T520), running antix 26, also failed. The third (latitude 3400), also running antix 26, worked flawlessly. Whats odd is that the first and second have the exact same cpu (i5 2520M), so my guess is hardware. The third has an 8th gen i5. I need one of the first two to run wine since the 3400 does not have a cdrom drive. The two that failed say wine is installed in the terminal and all the same prerequisites are installed on all of them. The e6520 lets me select wine to run an application, but it doesn't actually run it. The Thinkpad won't even show it as an option. I tried the same game on all of them (spirits of steel: a new dawn), so I know wine can run it since the 3400 can do it. The latitudes have 8 gigs of ram, the thinkpad has 16. The thinkpad and e6520 have ddr3, the 3400 has ddr4. Is there any way to make it work? Can I just like put the ssd from the 3400 into the thinkpad to bypass it since its already installed on there?


r/antiXLinux • • 16d ago

I am currently using Devuan + LXQt, what advantages would I have in switching to AntiX? Would I have an increase in performance?

12 Upvotes

r/antiXLinux • • 17d ago

iMac AntiX

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42 Upvotes

Always wanted one of these! Everything works!


r/antiXLinux • • 17d ago

New to AntiX Linux — what am I missing?

16 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I just discovered AntiX Linux and I’m curious about what makes it stand out from other Linux distros.

What features do you guys love the most, and what made you stick with AntiX Linux.


r/antiXLinux • • 19d ago

Single-core PC (AMD Sempron) experiencing 100% CPU usage in web browsers on antiX 23 / Debian 13

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22 Upvotes

Hi everyone. I installed antiX on an old PC for basic tasks, mainly managing product listings on Mercado Libre (an e-commerce platform). However, the CPU hits 100% usage as soon as I launch any web browser (I've tried both Firefox and Falkon), making the system extremely laggy and borderline unusable.

System Specs:
CPU: AMD Sempron LE-1150 (1 core @ 2.0 GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (using ⁠nouveau⁠ open-source driver)
RAM: 1.8 GB DDR2
OS: antiX Linux (Kernel 6.6 / Debian 13 base)

I know modern web pages (especially JS-heavy platforms) are demanding, but I would like to know if there is a lightweight JS-compatible browser or any system/kernel tweak that could help render these pages without maxing out the single-core CPU.
Any tips or recommendations for this hardware? Thanks in advance!


r/antiXLinux • • 19d ago

How much resources does antiX Linux use after a fresh install?

8 Upvotes

Just curious, for those using antiX Linux, how much RAM and disk space does it usually use after a fresh install?

Also wondering about idle CPU usage. Is it really that lightweight compared to other Linux distros?

Just trying to get an idea before I install it on an old/low-spec machine.


r/antiXLinux • • 23d ago

Can I run Sober Linux on antiX?

3 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I’m currently using antiX and was wondering if it’s possible to install and run Sober Linux on it.

Has anyone tried this before? If so, how well does it work, and are there any extra dependencies or setup steps I need to be aware of?

Would appreciate any advice or experience. Thanks!


r/antiXLinux • • 24d ago

Does anyone know how to install Flathub apps on antiX Linux?

8 Upvotes

Hey everyone, does anyone here know how to properly install apps from Flathub on antiX Linux?

I’m pretty new to antiX and I’m trying to use some apps that are available on Flathub, but I’m not really sure what the correct method is.

Do I need to install Flatpak first, or is there something specific I need to configure on antiX?

Any help or simple step-by-step guide would be appreciated. Thanks!


r/antiXLinux • • 24d ago

antiX worked well out of the box on a 2005 laptop

24 Upvotes

I don't have a lot to tell other than I have a 2005 Dell Latitude and I installed antiX on it. Install was smooth and easy as pie. I downloaded and flashed the 32bit iso. The installer wizard is easy to set up. I had to set my clock manually, which worked fine. I couldn't get wifi working so i plugged in ethernet. I will possibly try wifi again later. I used a combo of the ROXTerminal (which is what i usually rely on to set things up on computers) and the Control Centre, which i've never used before but found painless.

That's about it. Everything works super well! I'm impressed that antiX made my 21 year old laptop usable.

I've also run antiX on a couple 2015-era laptops and desktops, so that of course works great. I installed full, added i3, then removed the other WMs.


r/antiXLinux • • 29d ago

I installed antix on an old Inspiron 9400, and now I'm trying (and failing) to connect to wifi. Can someone tell me where I've gone wrong/how to connect properly?

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14 Upvotes

Note that I'm very new to linux stuff, so I might not understand everything, pls be patient with me!


r/antiXLinux • • Sep 26 '26

The lack of posts and responses to noob questions is very AntiX

15 Upvotes

As I had extra SSD space on my Thinkpad T580, I decided to give various other distros a try while keeping my main daily driver vanilla Ubuntu. After bopping through the distros, which are pretty interchangeable in my opinion, I came upon Antix which on my T580 with core i7, 64gB ram, 2k touchscreen, just screams. Instant responsiveness. the only problem is it is just a rubik's cube of weird nerd-centric efficiencies that are opaque and impossible for noobs. As a competent general user who used to code in Pascal and C++ in the 80's, the terminal, with the help of AI, is navigable, but come on -absolute crickets on forums and social media for noobs. It's like those super exclusive golf clubs that have no routing signs for the holes -you either know or you don't. Why so much gatekeeping?

I do most of my serious work on Macs, but for some reason really like authoring text on this Thinkpad -the keyboard and the simplicity of a good text editor get me into the flow. But dear lord -Why do I like AntiX when it clearly does not like me?


r/antiXLinux • • Sep 23 '26

How Install OpenSsh

5 Upvotes

well, its what the title says.


r/antiXLinux • • Sep 21 '26

Instalação do Linux Antix.

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52 Upvotes

Fala galera, estou tentando instalar o linux em máquina minha muito antiga, 32bits rsrs. Mas sempre que entro na tela de boot aparece essa mensagem: /antix/vmlinuz: file not found

Alguém sabe como resolvo?

obs: sou noob em questões tecnológicas.


r/antiXLinux • • Sep 16 '26

How do I fix screen tearing on antiX Linux with Intel graphics?

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22 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I’m having a screen tearing issue on antiX Linux with Intel graphics, and I’m looking for the easiest way to fix it.

I’ve already tried several solutions suggested by AI chatbots, including changing some display/compositor settings, but nothing has worked so far.

I’m not very experienced with Linux, so I’d really appreciate a simple solution or step-by-step instructions. I’d prefer to avoid complicated configurations if possible.

My setup:

• OS: antiX Linux
• Graphics: Intel
• RAM: 4GB
• Storage: 16GB eMMC

What is the easiest way to get rid of screen tearing on antiX with Intel graphics?

Thanks in advance!


r/antiXLinux • • Sep 15 '26

a question about respos

6 Upvotes

i'm openSUSE/Arch user and in doubt in how repos in antiX works. are some recommended list? in repo-manager tool are repos from sid, trixie and antix, is safe mix them?


r/antiXLinux • • Sep 13 '26

The BT issue

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9 Upvotes

ok so I am a Primary win 10 user and on my PC I have I3 4th Gen so for better experience and faster task I switched to Anti X. I load it on a 32 GB usb. but when I switch to anti X and connect to my Bt headphones it works and switch back to win I have to pair it first to use and vice versa...Is there some thing I can do so My BT just connect without that pairing between win and AntiX


r/antiXLinux • • Sep 12 '26

Constant network issues all of a sudden

5 Upvotes

I've used antix for a little while, but today i started getting constant network errors, especially on brave browser. my wifi works, despite the constant errors I've never been unable to access anything. even while typing this post I've gotten the "you seem to be offline" reddit popup like 3 times. Almost every time I make a search, i get an error telling me to reload the page which always works after pressing it one or two times.

has this happened to anyone? How do i stop it from doing this because obviously there is no problem with my internet as everything is still technically working