Comments on: MEPIS AntiX on 450Mhz K6-2, 256Mb http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Linux Mint Daryna on 450Mhz K6-2, 256Mb « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-34223 Linux Mint Daryna on 450Mhz K6-2, 256Mb « Motho ke motho ka botho Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:41:26 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-34223 [...] puts it somewhere in the reach of Wolvix — the XFCE-based version — but slower than MEPIS AntiX and Fluxbuntu, which are closer to pure [...] [...] puts it somewhere in the reach of Wolvix — the XFCE-based version — but slower than MEPIS AntiX and Fluxbuntu, which are closer to pure [...]

]]> By: Skinning the proverbial dead cat « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-23987 Skinning the proverbial dead cat « Motho ke motho ka botho Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:23:55 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-23987 [...] dead cat Published October 17th, 2007 Linux , Ubuntu Thanks to Mepis, there is AntiX. And thanks to AntiX, I heard about hv3. And thanks to hv3, I can at least check my e-mail on this [...] [...] dead cat Published October 17th, 2007 Linux , Ubuntu Thanks to Mepis, there is AntiX. And thanks to AntiX, I heard about hv3. And thanks to hv3, I can at least check my e-mail on this [...]

]]> By: anticapitalista http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-21695 anticapitalista Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:55:34 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-21695 I know you have finished testing, but why not give BeaFanatIX a run. http://bea.cabarel.com/ It is very, very good (at least as a livecd) I know you have finished testing, but why not give BeaFanatIX a run. http://bea.cabarel.com/
It is very, very good (at least as a livecd)

]]> By: hv3: A new contender appears « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-21412 hv3: A new contender appears « Motho ke motho ka botho Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:52:42 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-21412 [...] new contender appears Published September 26th, 2007 Arch Linux , Linux , Ubuntu My brief flirtation with AntiX introduced me to hv3, and since a PKGBUILD is available in AUR, I took a closer look. (I should [...] [...] new contender appears Published September 26th, 2007 Arch Linux , Linux , Ubuntu My brief flirtation with AntiX introduced me to hv3, and since a PKGBUILD is available in AUR, I took a closer look. (I should [...]

]]> By: guest007 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20910 guest007 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:27:03 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20910 Great Article! Just saw a cool little flash video done about MEPIS AntiX 7.0 over at <a href="http://www.reviewlinux.com/graphics/antix7/antix7beta.html" rel="nofollow">ReviewLinux.Com</a>. Might be nice to link to it. Great Article! Just saw a cool little flash video done about MEPIS AntiX 7.0 over at ReviewLinux.Com. Might be nice to link to it.

]]> By: anticapitalista http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20907 anticapitalista Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:40:05 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20907 Thanks for a very nice review K.Mandla, though the link on distrowatch says it is antiX-M7-beta2 and not antiX-Mepis6.5 "Spartacus". As you rightly pointed out Spartacus is based on Ubuntu "Dapper" repos and "Mepis" repos, which is why simply upgrading to Gutsy or Fiesty will break. This is the main reason why antiX-7 (following Mepis) moved back to the debian repos. Upgrading should be a snitch, in fact I have my installed antiX-M7 fully upgraded though the Debian sid repos. antiX-M7-rc1 (288MB) was very recently made available for testing, and the final should be ready (hopefully) not long after Mepis7 goes final at the end of the month. Once again thanks for the review and the positive comments. Thanks for a very nice review K.Mandla, though the link on distrowatch says it is antiX-M7-beta2 and not antiX-Mepis6.5 “Spartacus”.

As you rightly pointed out Spartacus is based on Ubuntu “Dapper” repos and “Mepis” repos, which is why simply upgrading to Gutsy or Fiesty will break.

This is the main reason why antiX-7 (following Mepis) moved back to the debian repos. Upgrading should be a snitch, in fact I have my installed antiX-M7 fully upgraded though the Debian sid repos.

antiX-M7-rc1 (288MB) was very recently made available for testing, and the final should be ready (hopefully) not long after Mepis7 goes final at the end of the month.

Once again thanks for the review and the positive comments.

]]> By: Lydia http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20901 Lydia Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:13:24 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20901 Good review. AntiX is one of the best lightweight distros. Good review. AntiX is one of the best lightweight distros.

]]> By: Luke http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20898 Luke Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:48:25 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20898 Nice. I'm definitely going to give Antix a whirl when I get bored with ubuntulite. Nice. I’m definitely going to give Antix a whirl when I get bored with ubuntulite.

]]> By: James http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20896 James Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:17:02 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20896 Good to see suggestions work :-) Glad you liked it. Good review. Antix is now, like its bigger brother Mepis, is based on Debian, with a few Ubuntu pachages. You could try upgrading with the Debian unstable repos and see what happens.... Good to see suggestions work :-) Glad you liked it. Good review. Antix is now, like its bigger brother Mepis, is based on Debian, with a few Ubuntu pachages. You could try upgrading with the Debian unstable repos and see what happens….

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20889 K.Mandla Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:26:19 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/mepis-antix-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/#comment-20889 @n2j3: You're right, calling it a quirk isn't really fair. I would have looked on the AntiX pages next, if I hadn't guessed it first. @Kazuya: Thanks for the suggestions, but. ... <a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/zenwalk-461-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/" rel="nofollow">Zenwalk</a> <a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/10/vector-linux-58-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/" rel="nofollow">Vector Linux</a> <a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/slackware-110-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/" rel="nofollow">Slackware</a> <a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/some-other-abortive-efforts/" rel="nofollow">Puppy Linux</a> @n2j3: You’re right, calling it a quirk isn’t really fair. I would have looked on the AntiX pages next, if I hadn’t guessed it first.

@Kazuya: Thanks for the suggestions, but. …

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