r/antiXLinux

Default theme, zzz-icewm, redmond and ubuntu regular size 11 fonts. 112% scaling. 15' screen laptop.

I installed the Linux kernel v7.0.4 after I installed AntiX26 to get my wifi up and running. Lenovo Ideapad slim 3; modern laptop, but a little weak. I'm very happy with my setup;

I had to boot the live image with kernel v6.x.x just to get my keyboard working. But after the main install of the Antix26 system, I then installed kernel v7.0.4.

This is how I did it; follow these steps to get wifi + kernel 7.0.4:

(before you start, make sure that your wifi card is not soft-blocked(Airplane mode): type in your terminal: rfkill list, if its blocked try to unblock by: sudo rfkill unblock all, or the shortcut for airplane mode on your keyboard. Is your wifi working now? if not, continue. )

1. Find a way to connect to the internet. I had to use internet through USB-cable from my Phone.
2. Install the firmware-mediatek driver, by typing this in the terminal: sudo apt install firmware-mediatek, then reboot. But just to be sure you can also install: firmware-misc-nonfree and/or firmware-linux-nonfree. Check what kind of wifi card you have. Google Ai is very helpful finding out stuff for you, and what kind of drivers you need to install. (at this step you can try a reboot your laptop and see if you can get wifi working, if not continue to next step.)
3. Then install the linux-image-7.0.4+deb13 from the debian backports, it should also install the dependencies for you, so please check that before you continue. After the new kernel is installed, write in the terminal: sudo update-grub, now you can reboot into your fresh kernel and wifi should be working.

linux-image-7.0.4+deb13 <your cpu type>, please double check that it also installing dependencies. It should do it for you. Remember sudo update-grub after the install.

(firmware-mediatek did not work for me while using kernel 6.x.x, but after the 7.0.4 update wifi started working.)

Quality of life, 100% screen brightness after every reboot and fix screen tearing:

.desktop-session, startup file. This is what it looks like at the bottom. Continue reading for where to find it:

I also added these two lines at the bottom of my startup config file. You will find it in Control Centre -> Session -> Users Desktop-session ( text file from .desktop-session, startup.) Remember to save after changes:

backlight-brightness -s 100 &

xrandr --output eDP --set TearFree on &

One is to get 100% backlight on my laptop after every reboot so I dont have to adjust it every time, and the other one is for removing screen tearing. But before you add xrandr to your startup file: run xrandr in the terminal to check if you have eDP or some other screen type. Terminal command: xrandr <press enter>. Just place your screen type instead of eDP in the startup command as I have written above. Remember to save your file and reboot. This is my screen type from the terminal:

https://preview.redd.it/6gkmcpy41y0h1.jpg?width=761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c24a067191a6409350d7092d188d4162914159c

To check if TearFree is running after a reboot, just write in your terminal: xrandr --verbose | grep TearFree .. it should say TearFree: on, and you should notice it when you scroll up and down on websites that screen tearing is gone.

Quality of life 2, show battery info:

Now you have to open another text file!

If you want to see your battery %, just open Control Centre -> Configure Conky -> And find the line that says something like this (should be at the bottom):

#Battery: ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${alignr}${color8}${battery_bar 8,70 BAT0}

... and just remove the # and save file. You will now see your battery % on your desktop. Now you're done!

Continue reading for setting up theme, scaling, touchpad and fonts ...

Now I recommend that you scale up your fonts DPI in your control centre. I have mine set at 1.17:

This is my dpi settings 15' laptop

My other settings for Look and Feel:

Redmond and change font to Ubuntu regular size 11

Full hinting; but you could also try slight or medium. Try whats best for you.

Select default theme

And for my touchpad mouse sensitivity. Go to Control Centre -> Hardware -> Mouse -> Select touchpad(rolldown menu) -> then a window like this will pop up. Remember to check mark before Applying:

Touchpad mouse sensitivity

ROXTerm font. Go to Preferences -&gt; Configuration Manager -&gt; Select Default, press edit -&gt; Font: Noto Mono Regular, Size: 11

Extra tip 1: Firefox default scaling is set to 110% in the settings, but personal preference.

Extra tip 2: Shortcut for taking a screenshot is FN+S on my keyboard. Could be different on your laptop.

This was very fun; will be my main distro on my laptop. Everything just works. No fuzz. Sharp fonts, sharp theme, bluetooth-audio on my headset, wifi and low ram usage! :)

A love repurposing old machines, but I've been having an issue with distros dropping 32-bit. I just loaded antiX on an old notebook and I couldn't be happier. Bit of a learning curve with all the settings coming from Debain, but I'm having fun. I just want to thank whoever put this out. Everything is working as it should. My next challenge is to see if I can get ProtonVPN to work.

Toshiba N205 Notebook

• Atom 1.66-GHz N280 CPU
• 32-Bit
• SSD Drive 120GB
• RAM 1GB upgraded 2GB
• 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600-pixel res.
• Six-cell 5800 mAh lith-ion battery

I'm on Linux Mint xfce and I'm migrating to antiX because my 16yo laptop can't handle it (for details, refer to my previous posts). I've downloaded and made a bootable USB with the 64bit version on the USB Image Writer. I verified the checksum and it checked out fine.

I did the same for the 32bit version and it always gave me a missmatch (both torrent, twice and sourceforge).

I also have an HP Mini 210-1180sp. It has an Intel Atom N455, 1GB DDR3 1333mhz RAM, 256mb integrated Intel graphics and a 250gb HDD (2.5 sata). It is running windows 7 starter (32bit) and I would like to install 32bit antiX on it, for now.

I did some research and found a nice deal for a 120gb ssd and a 2GB ram stick (I have a 4gb one, which I tried, and I only got a black screen and the fans going). When I get these, I may try installing the 64bit antiX, seeing as the Atom N455 can handle 64bit (so they say).

So my question is, do I keep trying different downloads until I get the checksum right for the 32bit? Do I give up and wait until I get better specs to run the 64bit? Do I ignore the checksum? (Probably a bad idea)

Could it be that the checksum for the 32bit is different? Seems odd to me, but I am still learning here. Any help would be much appreciated

Hey what is icewm why cant i have my icons pinned to task bar simply it ask me for adres of my browser png😭 from root folder why is there 2 task bars one above one below above is maybe sm system starts with r is there any alternative to spacedesk in linux? And browser sugestions that is light wieght and stores accounts that i dont want to login every time i want to watch youtube if i have to use mozila i may as well use chrome with extensions and ai and uninstall mozila im curently using native browser or librewolf i installed it yesterday some time control centre glitches and freezes and my main prob my mouse and window wherever my mouse leaves window of app im using to another app it picks that window its very anoying if i go to task bar with mouse and come back to my window it picks up every app thats open and is in the way on desktop. why does a new windows doesnt popup and opens in background and manually switch to it and can i have my windows shortcut such as run comand or ctrl+d to minimize all the windows such stuf? Via hotkeys

Greetings everyone,

I consider Myself an intermediate begginer level linux user. I found an old laptop sitting around in a garage that I could maybe install a distro on to enable my parents to surf a little bit on a laptop instead of a phone.

If there is more info needed feel free to ask me since I probably didn't mention all the key details.

So, the laptop I found is Acer Aspire one, made in 2009

CPU: 32bit Intel Atom Z520 @ 1.33ghz

GPU No clue, 100% sure it's integrated, I see 8mB, yes, MEGA Bytes of gpu memory lol

Ram: 2GB, no clue of DDR, I found online it's unupgradeable, if it were, I would upgrade it to the max. (If there's a way to upgrade, please let me know, I'm confident to take whole machine apart

OS: Currently Running win 7 Pro. can move the mouse around the desktop, But gets very slopy as soon as even one app get opened. I even tried installing K-melon just to see if it would make a difference.

I went ahead and downloaded Antix 26 Full for 32bit hardware on my ubuntu machine, formatted the USB to ntfs, and mounted the iso using

dd bs=4M if=/home/user/Downloads/antiX-26_386-full.iso of=/dev/sdx status=progress oflag=sync

The laptop was detecting and reading USB nicely before the mount, after the mount, detects it, but doesn't open and when trying to boot, I just get blinking _ symbol l don't know if that means it's loading the live USB, or just isn't working.

I would like to hear your insight to approach this problem or if you think it's not worth it to even try it to work and just scrap and buy some used newer old laptop.

It is a little longer read, thanks for reading and helping out.

TLDR: When I boot from a live USB Drive on my 2009 Acer Aspire One Instead of a live environment I get blinking _ symbol and would like to hear your approach to this problem. Also I'm wondering if it's better to just scrap it and buy newer old laptop and install 64 bit antix on it

Edit: tried using the USB Drive on my main machine and it doesn't recognize it in Bios at all.

Default theme, zzz-icewm, redmond and ubuntu regular size 11 fonts. 112&#37; scaling. 15' screen laptop.

I installed the Linux kernel v7.0.4 after I installed AntiX26 to get my wifi up and running. Lenovo Ideapad slim 3(15", 8), gen 8. AMD ryzen 7000 series 3; modern laptop, but a little weak. I'm very happy with my setup;

I had to boot the live image with kernel v6.x.x just to get my keyboard working. But after the main install of the Antix26 system, I then installed kernel v7.0.4.

This is how I did it; follow these steps to get wifi + kernel 7.0.4:

(before you start, make sure that your wifi card is not soft-blocked(Airplane mode): type in your terminal: rfkill list, if its blocked try to unblock by: sudo rfkill unblock all, or the shortcut for airplane mode on your keyboard. Is your wifi working now? if not, continue. )

1. Find a way to connect to the internet. I had to use internet through USB-cable from my Phone.
2. Install the firmware-mediatek driver, by typing this in the terminal: sudo apt install firmware-mediatek, then reboot. But just to be sure you can also install: firmware-misc-nonfree and/or firmware-linux-nonfree. Check what kind of wifi card you have. Google Ai is very helpful finding out stuff for you, and what kind of drivers you need to install. (at this step you can try a reboot your laptop and see if you can get wifi working, if not continue to next step.)
3. Then install the linux-image-7.0.4+deb13 from the debian backports, it should also install the dependencies for you, so please check that before you continue. After the new kernel is installed, write in the terminal: sudo update-grub, now you can reboot into your fresh kernel and wifi should be working.

linux-image-7.0.4+deb13 &lt;your cpu type&gt;, please double check that it also installing dependencies. It should do it for you. Remember sudo update-grub after the install.

(firmware-mediatek did not work for me while using kernel 6.x.x, but after the 7.0.4 update wifi started working.)

Quality of life, 100% screen brightness after every reboot and fix screen tearing:

.desktop-session, startup file. This is what it looks like at the bottom. Continue reading for where to find it:

I also added these two lines at the bottom of my startup config file. You will find it in Control Centre -> Session -> Users Desktop-session ( text file from .desktop-session, startup.) Remember to save after changes:

backlight-brightness -s 100 &

xrandr --output eDP --set TearFree on &

One is to get 100% backlight on my laptop after every reboot so I dont have to adjust it every time, and the other one is for removing screen tearing. But before you add xrandr to your startup file: run xrandr in the terminal to check if you have eDP or some other screen type. Terminal command: xrandr <press enter>. Just place your screen type instead of eDP in the startup command as I have written above. Remember to save your file and reboot. This is my screen type from the terminal:

https://preview.redd.it/6gkmcpy41y0h1.jpg?width=761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c24a067191a6409350d7092d188d4162914159c

To check if TearFree is running after a reboot, just write in your terminal: xrandr --verbose | grep TearFree .. it should say TearFree: on, and you should notice it when you scroll up and down on websites that screen tearing is gone.

Quality of life 2, show battery info:

Now you have to open another text file!

If you want to see your battery %, just open Control Centre -> Configure Conky -> And find the line that says something like this (should be at the bottom):

#Battery: ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${alignr}${color8}${battery_bar 8,70 BAT0}

... and just remove the # and save file. You will now see your battery % on your desktop. Now you're done!

Continue reading for setting up theme, scaling, touchpad and fonts ...

Now I recommend that you scale up your fonts DPI in your control centre. I have mine set at 1.17:

This is my dpi settings 15' laptop

My other settings for Look and Feel:

Redmond and change font to Ubuntu regular size 11

Full hinting; but you could also try slight or medium. Try whats best for you.

Select default theme

And for my touchpad mouse sensitivity. Go to Control Centre -> Hardware -> Mouse -> Select touchpad(rolldown menu) -> then a window like this will pop up. Remember to check mark before Applying:

Touchpad mouse sensitivity

ROXTerm font. Go to Preferences -&gt; Configuration Manager -&gt; Select Default, press edit -&gt; Font: Noto Mono Regular, Size: 11

Extra tip 1: Firefox default scaling is set to 110% in the settings, but personal preference.

Extra tip 2: Shortcut for taking a screenshot is FN+S on my keyboard. Could be different on your laptop.

This was very fun; will be my main distro on my laptop. Everything just works. No fuzz. Sharp fonts, sharp theme, bluetooth-audio on my headset, wifi and low ram usage! :)

I bought an old VAIO laptop a while ago that ran Windows and since it was running really slow, I thought the best course of action was to install a light linux distro so that the laptop could have a second life.

The laptop I'm talking about specifically is a VAIO PCG-4V1M. It runs a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 with 1Gb of DDR2 RAM.

I installed antiX 23.2 "Arditi del Popolo" and hoped for the best: a somewhat smooth experience with the very limited components and specs in hand which, hopefully, could run this light distro.

As you can imagine, if I'm writing here asking for help, it's because it didn't go according to plan. The laptop is as slow as it was on Windows 7. To load a single word document it can take between 30 to 75 seconds, depending on the size of the file. PDF files take even longer, from around 55 seconds to even 125 seconds in some instances. It's very rough, the battery lasts very little (which was another problem I was hoping to solve with replacing Windows with antiX), around 1h30min with only a word document and a pdf loaded, and the web browser just refuses to work.

Now, I'm not asking for these problems to magically go away, and I'm very aware of the limited capabilities (to say the least) the laptop has, but I did want to ask to people who actually know what they're doing to help me. My goal for this laptop is to use it mostly for writing essays, articles, etc. For this I need some basic things: a basic browser to search stuff like wikipedia, maybe old reddit, articles ..., a text editor like libre office writer, a pdf viewer a spelling corrector (for both spanish and english), a local dictionary (so that I don't have to go online if I don't need to), a light email (maybe like claws mail), a music and video player, a photo viewer, a calendar/notes/task app (I've looked up some and Osmo came up?), bluetooth and, of course, the terminal.

Is it possible to optimise antiX so that it can run those things without any problems? How can I optimise it if it's possible? What applications should I have for each thing I need? Do I need to change OS? If so, which one is even lighter?

Thank you in advance for the help!

Just wanted to hop on and share a solution to my bluetooth woes!

I am running MX Linux 25.1 Infinity on an old ThinkPad (the way Jesus intended)

I was able to pair AND connect to my bluetooth headphones, but I could not get any sound or get the mic to pick up any sound.
I checked all the inputs/outputs/playback settings.
I tried all the possible audio profiles in the bluetooth manager.
Some recommendations included stopping the bluetooth daemon and restarting it, checking to make sure I wasn't running pulseaudio AND wireplumber, and double checking that the whole bluez stack was installed.

Nothing worked.

And then I finally thought to search SPECIFICALLY for an answer with MX Linux (or AntiX) in the search query!

And it lead me to THIS super helpful page:

https://mxlinux.org/wiki/networking/bluetooth/#Troubleshooting

For posterity, here is the relevant troubleshooting info from the page:

>Problematic Broadcomm Bluetooth cards.

>A problem arises with certain Broadcomm Bluetooth cards where the card is identified, but adding a device fails when attempting to pair. Adding without pairing shows as successful, but the device fails to work.

>The following method worked when tested on a Dell XPS 13.

>From a terminal, list your USB devices with the following command:

>lsusb

>One of the lines shown will contain something similar to this:

>Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:216f Broadcom Corp. BCM20702A0 Bluetooth

>Take note of the two character strings. (0a5c:216f and BCM20702A0 in this example.)

>Go to this page:

>https://github.com/winterheart/broadcom-bt-firmware/tree/master/brcm

>and find the driver that exactly matches your character strings. Download the file, and as root copy it to here:

>/lib/firmware/brcm

>Reboot, and open the Bluetooth dialogue. Remove any items added from previous attempts, then add your device in the usual way. All being well, the device will now add and pair successfully.

>Information was found here:

>https://askubuntu.com/questions/880745/ubuntu-16-04-bluetooth-not-working-dell-xps13

My hope is that someone searching online might find this a little easier than I did. And also I really wanted to thank the MX team and the AntiX team for being awesome! Especially Jerry3904!

Thanks a lot, everyone! Really ❤️