inxi -F
System:    Host: antiX-core Kernel: 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop Xfce 4.8.3 Distro: antiX-M11-core-squeeze-686 Jayaben Desai 31 March 2011
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: LENOVO3000 Y410
           Mobo: LENOVO model: IGT30 version: REFERENCE Bios: LENOVO version: 05CN57WW(V3.02) date: 01/30/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU T5450 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1000.00 MHz 2: 1000.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) 
           X.Org: 1.11.1 driver: vesa Resolution: 1280x800@0.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Rasterizer GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 7.11
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: HDA Intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.21
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3 
           IF: eth0 state: down speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:1b:38:a5:c6:06
           Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection driver: iwl3945 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:1c:bf:c6:f6:99
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (2.4% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU_MHY2160B 160.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 9.9G used: 3.7G (39%) fs: auto ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 120 Uptime: 1:47 Memory: 635.2/2016.1MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23

masinick wrote:Anti, I am sorry that I did not find this sooner - either in MEPIS or in antiX, but the sound and everything else work perfectly on my Gateway 2000 Series Model PA6A 17" portable. On my 15" Lenovo 3000 Series Y410 laptop, MEPIS and antiX both install nicely, but something I hadn't looked closely enough at is that the sound doesn't work at all on this platform. I'll have to get you the specs with inxi -F on it later; remind me if I forget.

What helped me eventually find this was running Jason Hsu's creative Swift Linux. I tried a few of his different builds, and none of them would do sound on the Lenovo, yet they worked perfectly on the Gateway. So I went back with antiX, then with MEPIS, and found it to be an issue with both systems. It probably goes back somehow to the MEPIS kernel and its interaction with the hardware, but I'm not sure of that; I run antiX mostly on the Gateway and have not experimented much on the Lenovo, but one way to know is that I have an antiX core out there with a Damentz' Liquorix kernel. I'll have to check sound. If it works, then chances are it's the kernel that is responsible for the lack of sound. Maybe there is a work around, but it hasn't worked yet for me.

I like the expansion of window manager choices - at least in the"full edition". Hope that the artists can apply some of the same great magic they have given us in Fluxbox and IceWM and apply it to JWM as well.

As for me, in my own endeavors, I've now put together two really outstanding antiX core systems, both using Sid, one on the Gateway and one on the Lenovo. Both are awesome. I just revamped my original prototype antiX core image on the Gateway and completely replaced it with a new one, using the M11.0 core installer, which is so much easier to work with than the original prototype; fantastic progress made over the past year and a half on that!

I am going to have to keep a closer eye out here, since work is underway. I definitely want to review every build, and hopefully I won't let anything get past me this time around! Keep up the great work!

xFnRename is a simple utility that allows you to easily rename multiple files.
There are options to add prefixes and/or extensions, delete or replace
characters, convert to upper or lowercase, and save settings for later use.

SamK wrote:A lightweight tool for managing and manipulating groups of files will be a useful addition to antiX. Even better is one that is not tied to a particular file manager.

Here's a one I've used for a while, xFnRename:

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xFnRename is a simple utility that allows you to easily rename multiple files.
There are options to add prefixes and/or extensions, delete or replace
characters, convert to upper or lowercase, and save settings for later use.

It is available in a small GUI version and also a tiny ncurses version. Both will be welcome additions to antiX, and be in keeping with offering GUI and terminal/console equivalents.

SamK wrote:A very rare event...
An updated version of JWM has been released - JWM v2.1.0 <> 20110925.

Change list and download:

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Might it be worth including the newest version in the forthcoming antiX release?

DeepDayze wrote:Getting USB automounting upon insertion working properly as it hasn't worked at all for me.

apt-get install lightdm
apt-get remove slim
shutdown -r now

SamK wrote:I suggest e3 a console text editor be considered. It is in the repo.

It is a micro single file binary editor (no dependencies) that emulates the users choice of key-bindings:

• EMACS
  Nedit (personal preference as the keys strokes are very similar to many common GUI editors)
  Pico (same as nano which is based on pico)
  vi
  Wordstar

BitJam wrote:

SamK wrote:I suggest e3 a console text editor be considered. It is in the repo.

It is a micro single file binary editor (no dependencies) that emulates the users choice of key-bindings:

• EMACS
  Nedit (personal preference as the keys strokes are very similar to many common GUI editors)
  Pico (same as nano which is based on pico)
  vi
  Wordstar

I think e3 is a GREAT idea. It's 1/10th the size of nano even with static linking while nano links to several libraries.