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For those using testing or sid repos, there is an automatic upgrade the the very latest IceWM version (1.8.1), which is not even in Debian sid yet.

If you want to test this out on buster/stable antiX-19 series, add dev to the antiX sources list and do

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

I have been running it on antiX stable for 3 days without issue.

antiX jessie based versions (antiX-15 and antiX-16.x) will reach end of life at the end of June 2020.

firefox-76.0.1
Palemoon-28.9.3
Waterfox-classic-2020.05-0 (64 bit only)
Waterfox-current-2020.05-0 (64 bit only)

Available for antiX-16, antiX-17, antiX-19(x) in 32 and 64 arch.

Latest secure kernels available in the repos for 32 (pae and non-pae) and 64 bit architecture.

5.6.10 (antiX-17, antiX-19, testing and sid)
4.19.120 (antiX-17, antiX-19, testing and sid)
4.9.221 (antiX-17, antiX-19, testing and sid)
4.4.221 (antiX-16, antiX-17, antiX-19)

Note: The 5.6.10 kernel might not build broadcom-sta wifi, nvidia drivers or virtualbox drivers (yet).

firefox-76.0
Palemoon-28.9.2
SeaMonkey-2.53.2

Available for antiX-16, antiX-17, antiX-19(x) in 32 and 64 arch.

firefox 74.o now available for antiX-16, antiX-17, antiX-19 and testing, sid.

firefox-73.0.1
Waterfox Classic-2020.02.1
SeaMonkey-2.53.1

Available for antiX-16, antiX-17, antiX-19(x) in 32 and 64 arch.

Latest update of apt-antix includes buster-backports.list which is enabled.
By default, only apps that have already been installed from this repo will get updates, which for antiX-19 and 19.1 is none.
If users install latest libreoffice via the package installer, it will download the version from buster-backports and any future updates from buster-backports automatically when upgrading.
If users are concerned about the inclusion of buster-backports.list, just delete it from /etc/apt/sources.list.d

mps-youtube is giving errors about apt_key.

Short-term fix is to do the following.

1. delete ~/.config/mps-youtube/cache_py*
2. Open mps-youtube and type

set api_key AIzaSyApOW6Ur8oRM_1OACkkhxnNrbtv0e4qfaM

3. quit mps-youtube
4. Start mps-youtube

By default, antiX does not automatically notify users of any available updates.
The main reason for this is because we empower the user to take control of their computer experience.
There are several existing ways to manually check and apply updates.

1. Using synaptic (full versions of antiX ship with synaptic)
2. Using the command line

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

3. Using apt-notifier (2 steps required)

This will place a notification icon on the toolbar/taskbar and inform users of any updates.

Step 1: Install the package

sudo apt update && sudo apt install apt-notifier

Step 2: Edit /home/username/.desktop-session/startup file by removing the # like this

# Uncomment after installing apt-notifier
apt-notifier &

Logout and login and you should see an icon in the toolbar/taskbar.