rmcellig wrote:I will also attempt to make a boot CD of Antix like I have with Puppy Linux in case I get into trouble. I'll have to read up on how to do this so that I can have something along the lines of a save file on my HD that the CD can refer to on boot up. Fingers crossed.

This should be easy with the stock antiX-14 LiveCD using either the persistence or frugal boot options. I suggest you do the frugal install from the LiveCD.

It is slightly different from puppy save files but you can do the same kind of things with it. I would love to get your opinion on how it compares to the puppy stuff you are used to. Enabling home persistence during the install will keep things under /home saved. Enabling root persistence will let you save updates to the system (installing and removing packages). Alternatively you can save updates without root persistence by doing a live remaster (after the frugal install). Of course, you can mix and match all three.

glad to see you back. antiX 13.2 has been as close to perfect on my everyday machine as I could hope for.

The next version of antiX will support what you are trying to do out of the box. Its a few months out yet though and its only alpha stage, so if you are looking for something that won't break (or is at least hard to break), then 13.2 is the place to be!

FYI - the current MX-14.2 (based on antiX) has the liveCD w/persistence feature already. works pretty well.

Where can I download antix 14 to try out?

Bitjam,
I will try out what you suggested.

Is it stable enough for me to run audacity and filezilla as well as the cronjobs I need to implement?

antiX-14-alpha2 is here:


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It is still very rough, but it should be stable enough to run the apps you want.

As dolphin_oracle said, MX-14.2 has the same persistence features and is more stable than antiX-14.

I'm happy to help you with either one because the Live stuff is almost the same on them both. Your choice will depend on what stability and installed software you want. You can get MX-14.2
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OK, so here is a loaded question __{{emoticon}}__

I was running Crunchbang 11 on this Dell for a while. It also uses xfce. How does MX-14.2 compare in terms of stability, speed etc.. Will my Dell be able to run it? I realize that it doesn't come with Openbox etc... but maybe it's a better fit for my Dell overall, especially with the persistence being a viable option built into MX 14. I could still do a full install of MX-14.2 and once I get everything set up I can try out booting from the Live CD with persistance etc.... Sounds good?

Thanks!!!!

You could do either, but I would run a liveUSB or CD session to see how it works. Personally, I find MX to be snappier than most of the buntu's. I haven't tried crunchbang in forever though.

These days, antiX 13.2 is my main installed system, but I use MX for my live sessions. In fact, I currently only run MX as a live USB.

It is not a fair comparison since crunchbang 11 was released 3 years ago and there has been 3 years of added bloat to Debian since then

I just did a full install of MX-14 and so far so good. I have an important recording to do so I will see if everything works out. I set up the Cron and ran some tests. My next step is to see if I can make a startup disk that is persistent, and see if I can get throught all that.