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The antiX Control Center is a centralized application for configuring and managing various system tools, making it easier for the user to do the many different chores required for maintenance and use of a Linux box.
It is divided into 10 sections/tabs.BEWARE: Some things in this post may be incorrect. This is just an attempt of briefly introducing the great tools found inside the antiX Control Center. You must explore each tool in depth yourself to learn all that it has to offer in detail.
If you are exploring antiX for the first time you will also profit in reading the antiX FAQ.DesktopConfiguration tools related to the desktop can be found here.

Choose Wallpaper
The user will be able to change their wallpaper with this app. As default, the App uses the Stretch mode so that any image selected as Wallpaper is stretched to fill the hole screen.Set Font Size (DPI)
Scale the font size of text displayed on the screen for better readability.
It’s default value is 1.00 (96 dpi). It is ideal for most screens up to 1080p. Increasing it will benefit those with big resolutions and small screens, or those who prefer bigger text.
It is recommended to try small increases of DPI, to be able to find the ideal font size for each monitor.Customize Look and Feel
As it’s name implies, it is the best place to customize how the system looks like. Here, the user can modify how everything looks inside of windows (widget), the icons used by the system (Icon Theme), the shape and color of the cursor (Mouse Cursor), how the system font is displayed (Font), and other appearance options. The window decorations and panel color will not be affected by these changes, as they are handled by the Window Managers.
If the system defaults don’t satisfy the user, they can always get new ones for themselves. They can find many Icon Themes and Mouse Cursor themes on the net, as well as “Widget themes”. It is important that these themes are GTK+ 2 compatible so that they work in antiX with the default Customize Look and Feel tool. Also, it is recommended that the Icons from the icon theme be in png format, as vectors don’t play well with some window managers like Fluxbox.Edit IceWM Settings
If the user has IceWM as their main Window Manager, they will be able to access and edit all IceWM options. Clicking the option will open all configuration files for Icewm in Geany. All these configuration files can be found in the user’s home folder, particularly in ~/.icewm/. For more information on IceWM, read the IceWM antiX FAQ.Edit JWM Settings
If the user has JWM as their main Window Manager, they will be able to access and edit all JWM options. Clicking the option will open all configuration files for JWM in Geany. All these configuration files can be found in the user’s home folder, particularly in ~/.jwm/. For more information on JWM, read the JWM antiX FAQ.Edit Fluxbox Settings
If the user has Fluxbox as their main Window Manager, they will be able to access and edit all Fluxbox options. Clicking the option will open all configuration files for Fluxbox in Geany. All these configuration files can be found in the user’s home folder, particularly in ~/.fluxbox/. For more information on Fluxbox, read the Fluxbox antiX FAQ.Edit System Monitor (Conky)
Conky is the tool present on the desktop’s top-right corner that displays information related to your system. The user can change what conky displays by selecting this option and modifying the conky file. For more information on conky, please read the Conky antiX FAQ.Preferred Applications
Here, the user can choose what are the default applications their system will use. They will be able to select the preferred Terminal, Web Browser, File Manager, Email Client, Text Editor, Image Viewer, Video Player and Audio Player in one place.SystemMany tools related to the system’s configuration, included keyboard layout, package management, and other configurations can be found here.

Package Installer
The antiX Package Installer is a place to select some popular applications. The apps are organized in categories, from Audio and Browsers to Themes and Video, making it easy to find, install or remove some selected applications. The antiX kernel can also be easily updated here.Manage Packages
Launches the Synaptic Package Manager. It contains an enormous collection of packages for Debian and antiX. From here, the user can easily update their system, by Reloading the package information, Making All Upgrades and Applying them. The user can also search and install selected applications available from the repositories. If the user wants to change the repositories, they can modify and select any available from the Manage APT Repositories in the Maintenance tab in this same Control Center.Choose Startup Services
Enable/disable services from startup. This is for advanced users that understand what services do and at what runlevels they want them to run. Specific to the SysV init.Alternatives Configurator
Recommended for intermediary to advance users. This tool will let the user choose which programs provide specific services by default. For example, which program launch URLs by default, which library are used by default for certain commands, default compilers, default decoders, etc.Edit Config Files
Recommended for intermediary to advance users. It will open in Geany some important configuration files:- Keyboard configuration (keyboard in /etc/default/)
- Grub configuration files (stored in /etc/grub.d/, like 00_header, 05_debian_theme, etc.)
- Slim configuration file (slim.conf found in /etc/)
- Repository source lists, to add/modify the repo sources (stored in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, like antix.list, debian-stable-updates.list, debian.list, onion.list and various.list)
Set System Keyboard Layout
For the user to easily change their keyboard layout, and add new ones. All added Keyboard Layouts should easily be available in the system tray for changing on the fly.Set Date and Time
Here the user can select their timezone so that the clock will automatically update the time.NetworkThe most important applications related to connecting to the net and configuring the system’s network can be found here. For more information about connecting to the internet, please check the Network FAQ.

Network Interfaces (Ceni)
Terminal based program to access and manage different network interfaces and configure connections to them. Once connected to a network, it will ask to be closed. It does not create a user-friendly way on the desktop to display if the connection is working (only conky will display network information) nor an easy way to switch between networks, but it works well and uses few system resources. It is suggested to use a different network manager if the user doesn’t like ceni.Connect Wirelessly (wicd) – antiX-17
Interface to connect to a wireless hot-spot. It is an alternative to Ceni for users to access a wireless connection. It also creates an icon on the panel’s system tray for user’s easy access, to view and change their wireless connection. No longer available on antiX 19b1, replaced by Connman.Wifi Connect (Connman) – antiX-19
Interface to connect easily to a network. It is very user friendly and a great way to manage all available networks. It can create an icon on the panel’s system tray for network information and quick access to available networks and Connman configuration. It replaces wicd from antiX 17.Configure GPRS/UMTS
It launches umtps-panel2, an application to manage gprs/umts/3g networks.ADSL/PPPOE Configuration
It is a console based interface that helps the user configure a PPPoE (ADSL) connection.Configure Dial-Up
In antiX 19b1, Dial-Up Configuration (GNOME PPP)
Gnome PPP is a graphical frontend to wvdial. It has a very easy interface to help the user configure a dial-up connection to their provider.Configure WPA Supplicant
In antiX 19b1, WPA Supplicant Configuration
It will launch a gui for wpa_supplicant, a daemon program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling the wireless connections. Before wpa_supplicant can work, the network interface must be available.Manage Firewall
In antiX 19b1, Firewall Configuration
This will launch a graphical user interface for ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall), a firewall configuration tool that will help the user configure iptables in a user-friendly way. It is locked and inactive by default, and must be unlocked to be able to perform any changes.Adblock
The antiX Advert Blocker tool helps the user configure a simple set of rules to block the connection to any advertising servers present in the /etc/hosts file, making it impossible for these websites to send/collect any information to your computer. It is the simplest way to have all your browsers ad-free. It will let you choose a service, or combine services for more advert protection. To revert all changes, the user can select the option UNBLOCK in the app to clear the /etc/hosts file of blocked servers. One can also edit manually this file to add new exceptions and customize the list of blocked servers.- This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Xecure.
antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.Hi i’m a newbie using Antix updated in terminal and ran dist upgrade in 19.1 and got stuck permanently on the grub blue update box question asking for yes or no within a revolving loop. Initally i clicked yes when nothing happened then i clicked no and still i ended up stuck in the window so i pulled the power cable in frustration. This somehow broke up my source list. Later on i got frustrated with not being able to update my source list and i think i need to reset my file manager back to its default setting.
At the moment i’m getting a 404 message in terminal. I would like to learn how i can break through using sudo and the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list at the moment i get permission denied have tried su already. Have tried all the sudo commands using clean autoremove update and dist-upgrade twice with no joy.inxi -r result:
Ign:1 http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/antixbuster buster InRelease
Err:2 http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/antixbuster buster Release
404 Not Found [IP: 83.170.94.3 80]
Hit:3 http://ukdebian.mirror.anlx.net/debian buster-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://ukdebian.mirror.anlx.net/debian buster InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease
Reading package lists… Done
E: The repository ‘http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/antixbuster buster Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.- This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by md4.
- This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by md4.
- This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by md4.
For those of you that want to test, I have uploaded the latest version of IceWM (1.5.5+git20190610-1) built on stretch base and also the latest herbstluftwm.
Simply add dev to the end of your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list eg
# Use with Debian Stable/stretch repositories. Set as default for antiX-17. Note new repos deb http://repo.antixlinux.com/stretch stretch main nosystemd nonfree devBoth will be on antiX-19 (buster)
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