The lightweight Live distribution AntiX 23.1 has been released, built on the Debian package base and aimed at installation on older hardware. The release is based on Debian 12 and comes without the system manager systemd, using eudev instead of udev. For initialization, either runit or sysvinit can be used. The default user environment is created using the IceWM window manager, but additionally, fluxbox, jwm, and herbstluftwm are included in the package. The sizes of the ISO images are: 1.7 GB (full, includes LibreOffice and 4 window managers – IceWM, fluxbox, jwm, and herbstluftwm), 1.1 GB (basic), 531 MB (without graphics), and 613 MB (network installation). Builds are prepared for x86_64 and i386 architectures.
In the new release:
- Synchronization with the Debian 12 (Bookworm) package base has been completed. The full build features the Linux kernel 6.1.60, while the other builds have 5.10.197.
- Updated application versions include LibreOffice 24.2.0, Firefox 115.8.0, and Seamonkey 2.53.18.1.
- The antiX TV and antiX Radio applications have been added for streaming TV viewing and internet radio listening (wrappers over MPV).
- A Finder script has been added for searching files, installed programs, and other information.
- The antiX SAMBA Manager configurator has been added for managing shared SAMBA partitions.
- The antiX Equaliser button has been added to enable and disable the Easyeffects equalizer in Pipewire.
- The antiX Acoustic Colours configurator has been added for altering sound tones.
- Included is the meld utility, which provides a graphical interface for assessing differences between files and merging files.
Composition:
- The default user environment is based on the IceWM window manager and the zzzFM file manager.
- Multimedia server pipewire and the WirePlumber sound session manager in full editions (in other editions, ALSA).
- Audio playback: xmms.
- Video playback: celluloid and mpv.
- Image viewing: mirage.
- Watch YouTube without a browser: smtube.
- Listening to internet radio: streamtuner2.
- Note-taking: cherrytree.
- Viewing PDF documents: qpdfview.
- Application navigation: App Select.
- File managers: zzzFM, rox-filer, mc.
- Audio and video conversion: winff and asunder.
- Network configuration: connman, gnome-ppp, and ceni.
- Text editors: geany, leafpad.
- Remastering tools and creating snapshots of the installed system: iso-snapshot and remaster.
- Backup: luckybackup.
- Document scanning: simple-scan.
- Torrent downloading: transmission-gtk.
- Configuration: antiX Control Centre.
- Miscellaneous: bootrepair, Package Installer, Network Assistant, User Manager, ddm-mx (NVIDIA driver installer).
- Console applications: editors nano and vim-tiny, RSS reader newsboat, chat irssi, audio player mocp, radio pmrp, video player mpv, YouTube downloader ytfzf, torrent rtorrent.
Source: opennet.ru
