antiX-15-beta3 available.

anticapitalista · posted: 2015-06-01 15:34

Get it here:

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Many bug fixes from beta1.

* Default is now light look. F6 at boot menu to select dark.
* antiX 4.0.0 kernel
* simplified menu layout suggested by SamK
* new menu-editor by SamK
* timed wallpaper bug fix
* built using devuan debootstrap
* new iso-snapshot application - heavily based on mx-snapshot
* more options added to antiX control centre. (Probably overkill)
* many more I have forgotten about.

Added an antiX-15-beta3-core version for both 32 and 64 bit. This uses sysvinit and is set up to block systemd.

fatmac · posted: 2015-06-01 15:38

Thanks, downloaded just now. __{{emoticon}}__

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-06-01 18:14

just wanted to point out that there was some concerns about ext4 corruption in the 4.0.x series kernels. It affected ext4 raid setups.

more info:
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masinick · posted: 2015-06-02 02:00

I am grabbing both the antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full.iso image and the antiX-15-beta3-core version as well, antiX-15-beta3-V_386-core-libre.iso. The Core image has already been downloaded, and the full image is cranking away, downloading quickly at this time of the evening.

-rw-r--r-- 1 masinick masinick 166723584 Jun 1 21:51 antiX-15-beta3-V_386-core-libre.iso
-rw-r--r-- 1 masinick masinick 0 Jun 1 21:53 antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full.iso
-rw------- 1 masinick masinick 525989488 Jun 1 21:58 antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full.iso.part

is where I was a few moments ago; in another moment it'll be done!

-rw-r--r-- 1 masinick masinick 166723584 Jun 1 21:51 antiX-15-beta3-V_386-core-libre.iso
-rw-r--r-- 1 masinick masinick 702545920 Jun 1 22:01 antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full.iso

All done, and ready to test 'em both out; will probably burn both images tonight; not sure I'll get to test them tonight though, but I'll do it ASAP.

skidoo · posted: 2015-06-02 06:25

Added an antiX-15-beta3-core version.

Uh oh -- because core was the most recently added file, button on sf page is linking to the 'core' iso.
Casual downloaders will be dismayed (lost) when it doesn't match their expectation (and the in-page screenshots)

bedna · posted: 2015-06-02 08:50

Thanks, you saved my life __{{emoticon}}__

anticapitalista · 02 Jun 2015, 09:21 #7 2015-06-02 09:21

skidoo wrote:
Added an antiX-15-beta3-core version.
Uh oh -- because core was the most recently added file, button on sf page is linking to the 'core' iso.
Casual downloaders will be dismayed (lost) when it doesn't match their expectation (and the in-page screenshots)

Such is life!

masinick · posted: 2015-06-02 13:26

anticapitalista wrote:
skidoo wrote:
Added an antiX-15-beta3-core version.
Uh oh -- because core was the most recently added file, button on sf page is linking to the 'core' iso.
Casual downloaders will be dismayed (lost) when it doesn't match their expectation (and the in-page screenshots)
Such is life!

It's not that big of a deal. When there are a lot of ISO images available on any given page, I always look through all of them and decide which ones I want. Sometimes I'll want a couple of them; on some other distribution pages, when I see what they are offering, I do not choose any of them. In our case, I like the particular choices and varieties we offer, and I nearly always choose at least two or three of the choices to try out, and I use each of them for different, specific scenarios, where they closely fit my specific interests and needs.

To me anyone who is visiting a download page ought to be able to read and navigate the page, choosing what makes the most sense. If someone idly clicks without thought or consideration, they get what they click - a random choice that may or may not make any sense at all for them, even if it represents a well designed package or system.

rust collector · posted: 2015-06-02 14:22

masinick wrote:snip If someone idly clicks without thought or consideration, they get what they click. unsnip

Which is usually a very quick download of the md5 sum __{{emoticon}}__

masinick · posted: 2015-06-02 23:33

rust collector wrote:
masinick wrote:snip If someone idly clicks without thought or consideration, they get what they click. unsnip
Which is usually a very quick download of the md5 sum __{{emoticon}}__

Good one! __{{emoticon}}__

male · posted: 2015-06-03 18:09

What am I doing wrong?

the command

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qemu-kvm -enable-kvm -k de -smp 2 -m 2000 -vga std -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -snapshot -hdb /media/Distris/antiX/antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full.iso -boot d
QEMU 2.1.3 monitor - type 'help' for more information
(qemu)

male · posted: 2015-06-03 19:13

the solution is:

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...snapshot -cdrom /media/Distris...

__{{emoticon}}__

BitJam · posted: 2015-06-03 19:30

Thanks for the solution!

In hindsight I see that this is associated with the feature that by default we only look for the linuxfs file on cd/dvd and usb devices (associated with the default from=usb,cd). This is to avoid needlessly mounting internal partitions when we don't even have the correct time set yet. You can probably get the first one to work if you add the cheat from=hd. This will cause us to only look on the internal partitions. You could even use from=all to have us look everywhere. You would add these in the bootloader.

OTOH, it is probably best to tell qemu-kvm that the iso file is a cdrom device since it will act like one anyway (read-only, for example).

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-06-03 23:44

HP laptop running liveUSB w/persistence

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demo@antiX1:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full Killah P 31 May 2015
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC v: 0587110002242B10000022100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 146A v: 58.28
           Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.26 date: 02/14/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5 M 460 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 2534 MHz 1: 1333 MHz 2: 1599 MHz 3: 1733 MHz
           4: 1333 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.03hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2
Audio:     Card Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 64:31:50:6d:81:b4
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak]
           driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:23:15:7b:a8:14
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 324.1GB (1.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BPVT size: 320.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Cruzer_Glide size: 4.0GB
Partition: ID-1: /home size: 391M used: 95M (26%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/loop1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda8
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: 41.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 198 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 487.3/2454.3MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16

ram usage is high as I'm running Google-Chrom with 2 tabs and 2 extensions running.

fladd · posted: 2015-06-04 00:26

Looks very nice, but: RAM usage has more than dobuled since Antix 13! It is now 130MB directly after booting into the desktop.