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does antix and mx do similar features on old machines?
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:43 am
by swrench
I have MX now, but would antiX work just as great?
Re: does antix and mx do similar features on old machines?
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:00 am
by Buck Fankers
swrench wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:43 am
I have MX now, but would antiX work just as great?
Older and slower is the machine more advantage will have antiX over MX. antiX is perfect for older & slower machines.
But, it depends of user knowledge. MX is more beginner friendly. antiX is completely systemd free, some users use only antiX. Some are using it only as live persistence USB systems. It is just perfect for live USB systems. Give it a try and see for yourself ;-)
And welcome to the forum and antiX/MX world
Re: does antix and mx do similar features on old machines?
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:20 am
by oops
Buck Fankers wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:00 am...
Older and slower is the machine more advantage will have antiX over MX. antiX is perfect for older & slower machines.
But, it depends of user knowledge. MX is more beginner friendly. antiX is completely systemd free, some users use only antiX. Some are using it only as live persistence USB systems. It is just perfect for live USB systems. Give it a try and see for yourself ;-)
Right, and some other users use on slower machines antiX with XFCE, or MX with IceWM or WMarker ... having a lot of choices is usually a good choice.
ex: from @manyroaads
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... rial-test/
And welcome too to the antiX/MX world.
Re: does antix and mx do similar features on old machines?
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:38 am
by Buck Fankers
oops wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:20 am
Right, and some other users use on slower machines antiX with XFCE
Yes, gonna do this in next few days with antiX19!
Thanks for the link and reminder ;-)
Re: does antix and mx do similar features on old machines?
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:52 pm
by mxer
AntiX can be quite a bit smaller when installed, compared to MX, there are the two GUI versions, 'full' & 'base'.
I like to use 'base', as it allows me to add what I need, rather than having to remove applications that I don't require.
Re: does antix and mx do similar features on old machines?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:48 am
by seaken64
swrench wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:43 am
I have MX now, but would antiX work just as great?
"just as great?" It's hard to say. I find MX more user friendly. But when I have an old computer with 1GB or RAM or less I find antiX is 'greater'.
Why don't you try it out? Make up a LiveUSB of antiX and boot it up and see if it is great enough. Or install as a "frugal" install next to your MX (if you are on a hard disk install of MX).
For learning more about how linux works antiX is greater IMO. But for using software and ignoring the OS then MX is probably greater.
Seaken64