a friend of mine gave me his 6 year old toshiba satellite a215 laptop: i gb ram / 1.8 dual core amd 64 bit.
i tried about 8 different linux distributions on the laptop and found that they didn't"feel" right: being too slow, or too inflexible.
antiX is the perfect fit for this machine. everything works great. it is fast, as well.
i really like the lightweight desktop/file manager and access to the debian repositories.
this is a very solid distribution.
all the best to the antiX team.
