r/antiXLinux

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Newbie here, Im trying to install wine, I want to install it through the antix software installer, but I get an error that doesnt lets me do it

when trying to install wine through the software installer, it gives me this error:

Os pacotes a seguir têm dependências desencontradas: winehq-staging : Depende: wine-staging (= 11.4-1mx25+1) E: Não é possível corrigir os problemas, você tem pacotes retidos quebrados. E: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context: Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions: 1. wine-staging:i386=11.4-1mx25+1 is selected for install because: 1. winehq-staging:amd64=11.4-1mx25+1 is selected for install 2. winehq-staging:amd64 Depende wine-staging (= 11.4-1mx25+1) [selected winehq-staging:amd64] For context, additional choices that could not be installed: * In winehq-staging:amd64 Depende wine-staging (= 11.4-1mx25+1): - wine-staging:amd64=11.4-1mx25+1 is not selected for install 2. wine-staging:i386 Depende wine-mono11.0.0:i386 but none of the choices are installable: [no choices]

idk what to do. Why doesnt wine provides a universal install wizard?
if it may cause conflicts, I must say that I have steam installed

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u/sexraX_muiretsyM — 1 day ago
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Installing most recent version of antix (linux newbie here) got met with some steps that werent present on the tutorials I watched and couldnt find much useful information to my case on the internet, specifically the swap and zram step.

Im a linux newbie (literally, Im a windows user and just installed mint on an old computer yesterday, but it ran so poorly even with xfce that I decided to try antix instead) its a 1.5 ghz dual core intel celeron b800 with 4gb of ram and a 512gb HDD that appears to be very slow. A friend had it collecting dust in his office and gave it to me cuz my pc died so I can have some computing power until I repair it, it came with win10 installed but its too slow (10 minutes to power on, 5 minutes to open chrome), so I decided to try linux and got mint cinnamon on it, but it was still too slow, 5 minutes to start up, 3 minutes to open firefox, then I switched to mint xfce, but still takes too much, more than a minute to open firefox, so I decided to install antix, as it appears to still be newbie friendly while being very lightweight (if you know something even more lightweight that isnt complicated and more in line with mint please let me know).

Anyways, as I was installing it today after watching two tutorials, I encountered a step that wasnt present in the videos, during install it asked me about swap and zram, idk exactly what it does but apparently its good to activate them, there is swap, and there is zram. Should I activate both or only one? also, on zram, should I allocate 100% as its default? I marked both and allocated 100%, but then the install process failed saying it couldnt allocate the zram.

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u/sexraX_muiretsyM — 4 days ago
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Need Help installing docker and jellyfin

Hi im kinda new to Linux and i want to use jellyfin. Not Sure If antix IS the best distro for it but it Runs in my old Hardware.

AS i read it is highly recommend to use docker for it.

I tried to use this Guide https://diymediaserver.com/post/master-the-basics-how-to-install-docker/

But it doesnt Work and mess Up with my system.

If i search for docker in the graphical Install tool i get Many different docker Things.

Can anyone Help me to Install both?

u/Jolly_Roger-99 — 5 days ago

Sound not working in my AntiX Linux laptop.

I'm using HP Elitebook 840 G1 laptop. It's running AntiX Linux. But sound isn't working. I've tried Headphones, but it doesn't work either.

The laptop's sound is fine when I boot Puppy Linux. Both the speaker and headphones work then. But the problem arises in AntiX linux. Is this a problem of sound drivers? And how can I fix this? Please help.

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u/WatcherWaistBand — 6 days ago

Hard Disk Failure - AntiX Saved My Notebook

I have an old notebook that started with a bsod, then went to a black screen. After that, it didn’t matter what I tried to install…

Windows, other distros, nothing worked due to the SMART diagnostic reporting a hard disk failure.

I used an 8GB pendrive, Rufus and checked for bad blocks in live mode.

Important to say: ChatGPT and Gemini were both helpful, but Claude got it all and made it work!

So I'm posting here to help Linux and AntiX users, old Lenovo owners (LeViejos?), and people who search for 'SMART disk failing' and haven’t found success.

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u/Dramatic-Landscape-7 — 6 days ago