The release of the lightweight Live distribution AntiX 21 has been published, optimized for installation on outdated hardware. The release is based on the Debian 11 package base but comes without the system manager systemd and with eudev instead of udev. For initialization, either runit or sysvinit can be used. The default user environment is created using the IceWM window manager. File management is available through zzzFM and ROX-Filer.
The distribution is available in four editions: Full, Base, Core, and Net:
- antiX-full (antiX-21_x64-full.iso 1.4GB): 4 window managers — IceWM (default), fluxbox, jwm, and herbstluftwm plus a full package of LibreOffice. The x86_64 builds come with 2 Linux kernels — 4.9 and 5.10.
- antiX-base (antiX-21_x64-base.iso 774MB – designed to fit onto an 800MB CD): 4 window managers — IceWM (default), fluxbox, jwm, and herbstluftwm.
- antiX-core (antiX-21_x64-core.iso 437MB) — no X, cli-installer without encryption, but it should support most wireless networks.
- antiX-net (antiX-21-net_x64-net.iso 176MB) — no X, cli-installer without encryption. An internet connection is sufficient for prepared users.
The new release includes Linux kernels 4.9.0-279 with fbcondecor splash and 5.10.57 (only x64 full), LibreOffice 7.0.4-4, Firefox-esr 78.14.0esr-1 in antiX-full, Seamonkey 2.53.9.1 in antiX-base, Claws-mail 3.17.8-1, CUPS for printing, XMMS for music playback, Celluloid and mpv for video playback, SMTube for watching videos on YouTube without a browser, Streamlight-antix for streaming video with extremely low memory usage, Qpdfview for reading PDF files.
Other new features of the release include:
- The file manager SpaceFM has been replaced with zzzFM;
- The login manager Slim has been replaced with slimski;
- mps-youtube has been replaced with ytfzf;
- The service manager runit is used (only for the version with runit);
- An application installation program App Select has been added;
- An icon configuration interface in the IceWM panel has been added.
Custom-developed applications available in the repositories:
- 1-to-1-voice-antix — voice chat between two PCs with encryption support
- 1-to-1-aid-antix — remote assistant
- ssh-pipeline — remote access through an encrypted ssh connection
Source: opennet.ru
