News

Lots of upgrades to packages for antiX-19 (including testing and sid repos).

Newer firmware from Debian-backports, via MX packagers.
Most antiX upgrades are minor changes.
Upgraded fluxbox to 1.3.7 version in Debian experimental – it is mostly a bugfix release from 2015!
Upgraded links(2) to latest upstream version.

NB: If you find that there are double menu entries under Desktop – Other Desktops – here’s the fix.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --reinstall desktop-session-antix

For those using the testing or sid branches of antiX, you will notice that eudev will be upgraded and you may/should be prompted at /etc/init.d/udev to ‘accept package maintainer’s version’, answer ‘yes’/Y (default is ‘no’/N).

firefox 72.0.1 available for antiX-16, antiX-17, antiX-19 and testing, sid.

nnn is a fork of noice, a blazing-fast lightweight terminal file manager with easy keyboard shortcuts for navigation, opening files and running tasks.
Latest version back-ported from Debian testing to antiX buster repos.

New runit debs in the antiX buster repos.
This version is back-ported from Debian testing/sid.

Latest waterfox browser (64 bit only) version available in antiX stretch, buster, testing and sid repos

mp3gain debs available in antiX buster, testing and sid repos

Version 3.49 available in antiX buster, testing and sid repos.

Small as a mouse, fast as a cheetah and available for free.

NetSurf browser

Version 3.9 added to antiX jessie, stretch, buster, testing and sid repos.

5.4.7 kernel available for antiX-19 64 bit users (buster, testing and sid).

This may be useful for those with new hardware.

Note: Virtualbox, broadcom-sta, ndiswrapper (and probably nvidia) drivers may not build for the buster version, but should build for testing and sid ones.