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[Member ModdIt]

Microsoft, a billion dollar corporation is extremely unlikely to stop trying to push sales of their keylogging OS in any way they are able.

Concessions to any linux not completely controlled by above corporation seem very unlikely to me.

In any case I have no intention to install, endorse or use win11.

[Member Wallon]

Dear Xecure,

I hope that the developers have scheduled a meeting with Microsoft to get a license for antiX and MX Linux.
Is this license free?
I heard that Windows 11 will be released this year.
It’s a disaster if I can’t use antiX on my new PC anymore.

Best regards,
Wallon

[Member Xecure]

Note: This is my own speculation and not an official answer.

Hi, Wallon.

TPM 2.0 and modern CPU’s are OK. The problem is

Wallon wrote:

– a Secure Boot,

This is the possibly biggest issue. If Microsoft (and Hardware manufacturers) enforces it, then the current antiX and MX Linux systems will not boot at all.

There are 2 possibilities I see:
– Microsoft recommends but doesn’t enforce Secure Boot (different parties are pressuring Microsoft to not enforce it). So, secure boot can still be disabled and W11 (Windows 11) will work OK (the current W11 ISO can be configured to ignore Secure Boot requirements).
– Microsoft gives MX Linux a special license (because it is so popular) so that MX Linux can Sign their kernels and be able to boot on Secure Boot (and antiX will have to use the MX Linux kernels on the x64 ISOs).

The final possibility is antiX/MX having to hack things with a shim + Debian kernels to be able to boot and install on TPM2 with Secure Boot devices, but that is the second worst case scenario.

The worst case scenario: antiX/MX will not work side-by-side on systems with W11.

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

I found these 2015 laptops that might be available and useful for Web browsing:

1. Asus ZenBook UX305
2. HP SPECTRE x2
3. Microsoft Surface Pro 4
4. Surface Book
5. Dell XPS 13 (Skylake)

2016 laptops:

1. Lenovo Yoga Book
2. Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga
3. Lenovo Yoga 910
4. HP Spectre x360
5. Dell XPS 13 (Baby Lake)

These ought to work with Chromium and the prices on a few of them might be affordable.

I hope that this helps.

--
Brian Masinick

[Member Eduardo Lucas]

Hello Seaken. Nice to know you and thanks for your warm greetings.

I really benefit right now by how slim, low-demanding and feature rich at the same time AntiX is. My machine is heavily restricted in power terms and may be compared to many Pentium 4 or Pentium D machines from people here, leaving aside its discrete gpu. Low RAM (at least to my needs when i considered other linux distros and windows) is also a nuisance. So i also think most people who benefit from the Operating System because of their older equipment. I saw someone here speaking of how a pentium II machine booted into AntiX and was absolutely impressed. People running Pentium III machines and being able to run youtube and usual daily work from them. I think AntiX fills a role other systems don’t, at least not nearly as feature rich and with good support to software.

I wanted to try FreeBSD and BSD distributions, but they do not support enough wireless drivers yet and are too high on resource-usage compared to AntiX. I would like to have them or maybe Illumnos or even a google-free (if that is really possible) fuchsia in a talos IBM power9 or 10 desktop (if i have the money in the future for one) or in another RISC-based computer with lots of RAM and high multi-core performance, but not into a restricted entry-level lenovo laptop from 2019. I like how slim and performant Void Linux is, but it seems to lack some important lower-level system features (i may be wrong but that is my current impression), and it doesn’t look adequate enough for desktop, let alone laptop use. I really like windows because everything works, but it’s increasingly a mess (not that it wasn’t since its early days when microsoft compromised its original architectural design for market needs and hacked every feature inside it with no actual intention of quality), and windows 11 looks like something that isn’t microsoft windows at all, but an Macintosh nightmare. AntiX was simply the perfect solution, because IT IS MADE FOR DESKTOP USE. Anyone who tries to say otherwise (i saw a website guide saying it is for misanthropes, while i found that funny, it may be deriding and offensive, let alone not real, as its UI and general user software looks and feels tested and reminiscent from nineties conventions that worked for everyone) is not really aware of what a desktop operating system must be.

I do agree that other languages are not an issue if they are adequately followed by a english text and if they warn the earlier blocks of text will be in the native language of the user. I think it helps a lot in bringing people to connect to eachother and that it opens the forum to people like Marcelo, who absolutely benefit from the advance of translators. I see how he praises the forum for being open, differently from many free software communities where people are profoundly against certain needs and sometimes even of an elitistic attitude. So, i must say i really like what i see here! It makes me happy to see a community, even if small as some have remarked, who values bringing people into their ranks and actually offering help and the real sense of a community. If we want free, feature rich, low resource intensive systems like AntiX (I’m really thinking if i will ever drop it if i ever get a very fast computer again, as i get more and more happy of how powerful anti it is while not using too much of hardware), we need this community thriving to actually be able to survive the test of times.

The computer industry is changing to a path which i sincerely fear and wonder if we are not going to IBM times again, at risk of being trapped in expensive terminals which will not be by any way or possibility accessible or even where you will have any actual possibility of using simple software without paying a monthly contract for all of them, a nightmare and a dystopia which would destroy the accessibility of computers to poor people and poorer countries. We need to be along. The future may prove the existence of older hardware and the possibility of exploring it with wise operating systems and software choice important as it never was. Freedom is also an concern, and our own safety as people in the future. I can expand on this but i think it’s too early and it would get too political, which i think is not a good idea as i’m arriving here right now.

Thank you for this exchange! I hope to help as i can as a newbie and as a user who is only arriving in AntiX land.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Eduardo Lucas.

[Member ModdIt]

Hi Eduardo, welcome to the forum.
not using swap makes sense with SSD, most ssd seem to last pretty well in my experience.
The soldered to the board EMMC in many devices is another story, a bad one due difficult to replace.
It is very owner unfriendly.

I mostly run antiX from a USB stick, just save files to a second one, USB 2 and 3 ports allow
fast boot. That works fine on systems with dead HDD or where BIOS allows without even fitting a disk.

Only thing I like about microsoft is that i am sometimes able to get computers for free, install
linux and either use myself for a while to ensure ok, then where possible donate to others.
Rotten fruit like the stuff apple sells as lifestyle product I find very unattractive. No buy for me.
Only thing I must credit that company for, the update policy for phones is way ahead of that for most
android devices. About 5 years of updates including OS.

And after much distro hopping and testing I think antiX is the best of the best.

I wish there was a sane way to get decent working Hardware to Brazil or other 3rd world countrys, now with
covid limiting travel the situation is worse than a couple of years ago when travellers could bring devices
like laptops or raspi to donate.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by ModdIt.

[Member Eduardo Lucas]

Olá, Marcelo. Não tenho certeza se posso me comunicar em portugues com voce aqui, mas vou deixar a postagem em ingles abaixo, como você faz. Muito obrigado por reconhecer meu esforço, aprendi ingles sozinho graças a internet e ao PC. tenho 25 anos.

(to our international friends: sorry for using portuguese-only here and for triple posting, i’m not really posting 3 times in a row purposefully, but because i’m noticing some incompatibilities with pale moon, likely with wordpress. I will translator-parse the below text in english after i write it in my native language)

Estou acompanhando você há algum tempo por aqui. Estou bastante impressionado com seu trabalho e esforço pelos nossos irmãos, estamos com muitas dificuldades e em um momento tão dificil, só quem vive como vivemos aqui sabe como as coisas estão por completo. São tempos muito dificeis, e, tenho de admitir, essa questão de acessibilidade da computação a todos também me preocupa profundamente. Vejo a superdependência das pessoas em smartphones como muito problemática, pois são dispositivos de entretenimento. E, infelizmente, empresas como a positivo, e os preços que são praticados em nosso país são abusivos e imorais, não só nos produtos eletronicos, acho seu exemplo dos nossos preços de alimentos uma reflexão cara disso, um país onde a produção de alimentos é voltada ao mercado externo, onde pessoas passam fome em ruas e em favelas, periferias, com uma pandemia que levou muitos de nossos irmãos queridos. Espero que não tenha perdido familiares ou amigos. Quase tive a infelicidade.

Penso que seu esforço em lutar pela compatibilidade de hardware tão obscuro e incomum é uma maneira de reforçar esse seu trabalho de tentar trazer oa AntiX e os computadores de volta as pessoas. Acho um esforço muito nobre, eu realmente quero ajudar o quanto possivel, aqui, com nossos irmaos, ou fora. Hoje já indico o antix e software de menor complexidade que um sistema operacional que são de projeto que respeita a diversidade de hardware e de possibilidades financeiras, e que resgaram computadores antigos. Não sei se tambem ve isso, mas muitos grupos de facebook são lotados de garotos, como eu ja fui, sonhando com seus computadores. Tenho amigo que quer um computador mas falta dinheiro. Muitas crianças e adolescentes na internet se contentando com hardware de 15, 16, 17 anos atras, pois é o que eles possuem. O quue empresas como a microsoft e a apple estao fazendo, tentando levar o mercado mundial de computadores pessoais a descartarem suas maquinas e deixarem todos sem suporte, vai exigir um verdadeiro desafio de todos nos, pessoas de um pais tao pobre, a lutar pelo software livre e pela comunidade de computadores que nao depende das grandes corporacoes. Muitos jovens dependem de computadores para estudarem, muitos talentos e superdotados so atingiram uma condicao de mudarem de vida pela internet, por conta da dificuldade da nossa educação. E smartphones nao possibilitam que ela seja usufruida por completo e com um ambiente propicio ao estudo.

Precisamos de pessoas como voce, eu, outros, que, no seu caso, trabalham e lutam por isso. E precisamos de pessoas que entendem a importancia disso (eu sou uma delas, mas imagino quantos irmaos brasileiros tambem estao no forum). Com sinceridade: Obrigado por lutar pelos desassistidos digitais, pelos que nao foram incluidos no século XXI, na era digital e na era da web 3.0.

Hello Marcelo. I’m not sure if I can communicate in Portuguese with you here, but I’ll leave the post in English down by the translator, as you do, because it would be laborious to translate into English word by word. Thank you so much for recognizing my effort, I learned English alone thanks to the Internet and the PC. I’m 25 years old.

(For Our International Friends: Sorry for Using English-Only Here and For Triple Posting, I’m Not Really Posting 3 Times in A Row Purposefully, But Because I’m Noticing Some Incompatibilities With Pale Moon, Liky With WordPress. I Will Translator -perse the below text in English after i write it in my native language)

I’m following you for some time here. I am quite impressed by your work and effort for our brothers, we have many difficulties and in such a difficult time, only those who live as we live here knows how things are completely. It’s very difficult times, and I have to admit, this issue of computing accessibility to everyone also worries me deeply. I see the overdependence of people in smartphones as very problematic, as they are entertainment devices. And, unfortunately, companies like positive, and prices that are practiced in our country are abusive and immoral, not only in electronic products, I find your example of our food prices a face reflection of this, a country where food production is Aimed at the foreign market, where people are hungry in streets and favelas, peripheries, with a pandemic that has led many of our dear brothers. I hope you have not lost family or friends. I almost had unhappiness.

I think your effort to fight for so obscure and unusual hardware compatibility is a way to reinforce your work from trying to bring OA Antix and computers back to people. I find a very noble effort, I really want to help how much, here, with our brothers, or outside. Today I already indicate the antix and software of less complexity than an operating system that are project that respects the diversity of hardware and financial possibilities, and that they rescued old computers. I do not know if you also see this, but many facebook groups are packed with boys, as I have already been, dreaming of their computers. I have a friend who wants a computer but lack money. Many children and adolescents on the internet being contented with Hardware of 15, 16, 17 years ago, for it is what they have. The Quue companies like Microsoft and Apple are doing, trying to take the worldwide market for personal computers to discard their machines and leave everyone without support, will require a true challenge of all, people of a poor country, to fight for the software Free and by the computer community that does not depend on large corporations. Many young people depend on computers to study, many talents and superdotado only have reached a condition of changing their lives on the Internet because of the difficulty of our education. And smartphones do not allow it to be fully enjoyed and with an environment conducive to the study.

We need people like you, me, others, who, in your case, work and struggle for it. And we need people who understand the importance of it (I am one of them, but I imagine how many Brazilian brothers are also in the forum). With sincerity: Thank you for fighting for the disagrafted digital, by those who were not included in the 21st century, in the digital age and the era of Web 3.0.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Eduardo Lucas.

[Member Eduardo Lucas]

I mean like, thanks, i`m really impressed by what could be achieved in this machine. What makes me wonder is how exacly AntiX provides such low CPU/GPU performance tax. The difference to other distros is so big.

I also love the fact that i can satisfingly use it with only 5.6gb of free ram without swap (as Vega 8 looks to be BIOS-hardcoded to use 2gb, not mattering what you do with it). I was on windows because i felt everything worked out of the box, but AntiX ecosystem has matured so fast, especially because non-SystemD is not as rejected as before by proprietary software vendors. I remember steam failed to install back in time. WinNT was using so much SSD space for virtual memory and there is no data about the lifespan of this particular SSD, and it got me worried, so i decided coming back to AntiX, which i personally love in other aspects. IceWM is beautiful, its win9x-OS/2 Warp interface is hot. Its a free do what you want operating system, with no telemetry, with a start button, with no mac OS/Apple b****** like windows 11 will be, but also without the nonsense big desktop/oriented distros have. I absolutely LOVE its low resource usage and the overall design, i could get into so many things but i cant, maybe the philosophy, because i also despise how computers are now meant to be trashed and how microsoft and apple want to force people to upgrade stuff in a capitalistic craze, something that can prevent people from getting old computers and poor people like those from my country from going into computing. I myself started with a very old machine in windows xp back in 2004. This will be impossible today unless free software like linux and bsd exists.

I`ve tried to write a post into the welcome section of the forum, but it likely failed because of pale moon incompatibilities with wordpress and got into spam filters. So my greetings to you all and thank you for your hospitality. Hope to be learning and improving my setup, as well as contributing as i can, particularly to my fellow brazilians (i saw some of them here).

I’m really excited to be talking to all and i was motivated to do it because this distribution has been so important for me. I’ve first used it when i lost my main computer, had previous experiences with linux in general, but not particularly exciting or user-friendly. While i have studied computer science and i’m myself a dropout, i was quite averse to systems that didn’t work out of the box, and AntiX was a happy surprise for me. I had looked into it because of the terrible computer i was forced to use, not really because of its specs, but mostly because of its bad build quality. I`m from Brazil and most brazilians here must know about positivo, but even with the low resource profile of this distro, i was happy to see how great it worked and how friendly it was. IceWM is a charm and the mix of win95-OS/2 UI and 16 bit default color is beautiful.

I was lucky, even while unemployed, of getting a Zen 1 Ryzen laptop, after the old laptop i got as a gift lost its HDD. With a new machine in hand, i decided to optimize its power usage (power bills are quite expensive here at this moment, our country’s economics are not great either), so i reduced its power envelope to 5 watts. According to geekbench, this brings it to cpu performance of the best Pentium D from 2006. I was happy to see things working with windows, but the abusive virtual memory usage of win 10 was annoying me so much, along with subpar performance. Considering i have only 5.6gb of free RAM and that Vega 8 gpu on ryzen system on chip uses 2gb that can’t really be changed, i started worrying about SSD lifespan, as i can’t find reliable data about it and the company that designed it. So i remember about antiX.

After some troubles with Grub, i was able to install it and boot normally. Now i have all RAM i need for now, no swap memory, running at the same insanely low power envelope of before, with much better performance. But AntiX is so much more than sleek, it feels so useful because IceWM is so respectful of classical UI design guidelines, i see no invasive services and telemetry, no extra overhead from current windows NT and the like (i actually don’t like certain distros as well), i love how i will be safeguarded from adopting appleish mac OS like nonsensical walled garden locked system, i love my freedom, i love having a start button. Windows 11 is a no-go for me. Windows as we know it probably died in 10. Now i just hope android and wine app support improves in linux (i’m using anbox but houdini is limited by not using systemd, but i would never go for systemd to have it, wine works fine tho), so i can use absolutely anything i had on windows. I love old apps and games. Office 2000 is great, even while i’m 25.

I absolutely love how AntiX is designed, how powerful its philosophies are, i love how you guys try to save old computers from trash and challenge capitalism and its anti-ecological drive, especially from silicon valley, who wants to make us buy new computers and drop old ones, compromising people from poor countries in the process, who may be excluded from computing, internet, learning. I owe everything to the web and to tim berners lee and his team. We need people like those behind antix. to know pentium II computers and maybe even pentium pro may boot 32 bit antiX, and to see so many people refusing to go microsoft way (especially with win11 demanding, as an example, amd minimum zen+ chips) and be enslaved by big corporations demands and shareholder greed. Thanks for this. You guys make me happy and excited to never leave this system, and i love how warm and receptive this forum and the community behind it is.

It’s a pleasure to know you all and sorry for being so abstruse, lengthy, and for my possible english mistakes.

• This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Eduardo Lucas.
• This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by anticapitalista. Reason: removed/replaced backticks

[Member roland]

roland@antix1:~
$ su
Password:
root@antix1:/home/roland# wget ‘http://repo.antixlinux.com/antix-archive-keyring-2021-2024.asc’
–2021-07-11 17:28:08– http://repo.antixlinux.com/antix-archive-keyring-2021-2024.asc
Resolving repo.antixlinux.com (repo.antixlinux.com)… 72.143.17.194
Connecting to repo.antixlinux.com (repo.antixlinux.com)|72.143.17.194|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 1769 (1.7K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘antix-archive-keyring-2021-2024.asc.1’

antix-archive-keyri 100%[===================>] 1.73K –.-KB/s in 0s

2021-07-11 17:28:08 (81.3 MB/s) – ‘antix-archive-keyring-2021-2024.asc.1’ saved [1769/1769]

root@antix1:/home/roland# apt-key add antix-archive-keyring-2021-2024.asc
OK
root@antix1:/home/roland# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease
Hit:3 https://mirror.23media.com/mx-packages/antix/buster buster InRelease
Hit:4 http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease
Get:5 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease [4,501 B]
Hit:6 http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Err:5 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux Client Repository <se-um@microsoft.com>
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux Client Repository <se-um@microsoft.com>
E: The repository ‘https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease’ is not signed.
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.
root@antix1:/home/roland# dpkg -i antix-archive-keyring_20019.3.14_all.deb
dpkg: error: cannot access archive ‘antix-archive-keyring_20019.3.14_all.deb’: No such file or directory
root@antix1:/home/roland# ls
antix-archive-keyring-2021-2024.asc Downloads Pictures
antix-archive-keyring-2021-2024.asc.1 Live-usb-storage users_n_passwords
Desktop Music Videos
Documents pictures wallpaper
root@antix1:/home/roland#

The I tried both fixes but neither worked. The first seems to run to completion but the update returns the same bad signatures. The second fails because the required file has a different name from the one downloaded. The other file in the download folder is a text file, pasted below:-

—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—–
Hash: SHA512

Format: 3.0 (native)
Source: antix-archive-keyring
Binary: antix-archive-keyring
Architecture: all
Version: 20019.3.14
Maintainer: anticapitalista <antiX@operamail.com>
Standards-Version: 3.9.8
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), jetring, gnupg
Package-List:
antix-archive-keyring deb misc important arch=all
Checksums-Sha1:
a72a076e69c0e2e5688111b99ad32197568f1e74 16328 antix-archive-keyring_20019.3.14.tar.xz
Checksums-Sha256:
d8d289cddefd73f72dad6d6d1786c9f53a8f6afc37dff7dd6ca548724da0e020 16328 antix-archive-keyring_20019.3.14.tar.xz
Files:
e2c31d5f6a891019eb00d2559badf0f3 16328 antix-archive-keyring_20019.3.14.tar.xz

—–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—–

iQFIBAEBCgAyFiEEMKpBigxyPZN7UKmGqAWC4AAGf90FAmAj4G4UHGFudGl4QG9w
ZXJhbWFpbC5jb20ACgkQqAWC4AAGf925cwf/eQ8lbG+CGETKPiBBtJURQjDkHtJc
EJHLKDcgi+eq8UansorYyq67PB+FdV6SvHzAl8d1MZrsFmiQLJVu49c2Naiu+S30
hESGUo5mbkzTz9C12J9u3y2eIrb2iO4SvsEEMpGWaUdWouNcay2oOOtUkc6+Y3k+
Un91tZEcfpnL+CkcOinh5Yt5nBbns6MUAP3PF5l8ZGDuFUUUzHm2jR0yl0+2sbZp
XnOeKG7o4SaPsGiuWi766kbPs3RXBvMoE3ncQVrcfoc16LwCBupIHuyxBYXdI6qm
tQ4kHaKm1KulGDEZGEzB/e2rapEssy71UUj3gStcKLJX1y7JzpL8c/NUlg==
=RRCF
—–END PGP SIGNATURE—–

I’ll have a long read through the correspondence relating to these signatures, see if I can understand enough to run what’ s suggested. Thanks for your input.

Attachments:

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   antix_archive_keyring_tar_xz.jpg
   

[Member marcelocripe]

The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux Client Repository <se-um@microsoft.com>

Hello roland,

To solve this problem, use the @anticapitalista tutorial UPDATED 02-04-2021. EXPKEYSIG error and fix here: expkeysig-fix. This issue does not occur with antiX 19.4 ISO, when you update your antiX it will come up to antiX 19.4.

marcelocripe

———-

Olá roland,

Para resolver este problema, utilize o tutorial do @anticapitalista UPDATED 02-04-2021. EXPKEYSIG error and fix here: expkeysig-fix. Este problema não ocorre com a ISO do antiX 19.4, quando você atualizar o seu antiX, ele chegará até o antiX 19.4.

marcelocripe

[Member roland]

All hardware in this build was newly bought, and the Comfast PCIe wifi adapter is for me a known quantity, I have 2 PCs built using it. It is necessary to use a kernel in the 5.xx range for the chipset and driver to be known in the headers.

I have recently experienced invalid signatures when running updates, which appear at first sight to be unrelated to comms. issues.

roland@antix1:~
$ su
Password:
root@antix1:/home/roland# apt update
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease [46.7 kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease [65.4 kB]
Get:3 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease [4,502 B]
Hit:4 https://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mxlinux/packages/antix/buster buster InRelease
Get:5 http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease [51.9 kB]
Err:3 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux Client Repository <se-um@microsoft.com>
Hit:6 http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux Client Repository <se-um@microsoft.com>
E: The repository ‘https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease’ is not signed.
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.
root@antix1:/home/roland#

I am unwilling to run a reinstall unless on the buffers because this PC presented problems in setup and I prefer not to repeat the solutions, if indeed I could remember them all.

System: Host: antix1 Kernel: 5.10.27-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.27-antix.1-amd64-smp
root=UUID=95839a0e-968c-4821-bb3f-de144d61a603 ro quiet
Desktop: IceWM 2.5.0 dm: SLiM 1.3.6
Distro: antiX-19.3_x64-full Manolis Glezos 16 October 2020
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: N/A model: Intel X79 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends
v: X79DT00A date: 01/13/2020
Memory: RAM: total: 15.55 GiB used: 443.9 MiB (2.8%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
PCI Slots: Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU: Topology: 2x 6-Core model: Intel Xeon E5-2620 0 bits: 64 type: MT MCP SMP
arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 2D (45) stepping: 7 microcode: 71A
L2 cache: 30.0 MiB bogomips: 96097
Speed: 2019 MHz min/max: 1200/2500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1297
4: 1295 5: 1200 6: 1200 7: 1722 8: 1715 9: 1665 10: 1728 11: 1301 12: 1250 13: 1200
14: 1261 15: 1279 16: 1281 17: 1282 18: 1200 19: 1200 20: 1200 21: 1283 22: 1252
23: 1288 24: 1321
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cx16 cx8 dca de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept est flexpriority flush_l1d fpu
fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl
nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdtscp rep_good sep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology
xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] vendor: PC Partner Limited
driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 1002:68f9
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1024×768~85Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.10.27-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 7.0.1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel C600/X79 series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1d20
Device-2: AMD Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series]
vendor: PC Partner Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1
chip ID: 1002:aa68
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.27-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network: Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5000 bus ID: 08:00.0 chip ID: 8086:2723
IF: wlan1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169
v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 09:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 754.56 GiB used: 81.10 GiB (10.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: SGT S800 60GB SSD size: 55.90 GiB block size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1A scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST3250318AS size: 232.89 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter>
rev: CC38 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST3250318AS size: 232.89 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter>
rev: CC44 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Seagate model: ST3250318AS size: 232.89 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter>
rev: CC38 scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GH24NSD5 rev: LV00
dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram
state: running
RAID: Message: No RAID data was found.
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 50.04 GiB size: 49.00 GiB (97.93%) used: 6.90 GiB (14.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2 label: rootantiX19 uuid: 95839a0e-968c-4821-bb3f-de144d61a603
ID-2: /home raw size: 232.88 GiB size: 228.23 GiB (98.00%) used: 36.86 GiB (16.2%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 label: homeantiX uuid: 923dd82b-7459-48e9-8a5a-4db22978713c
ID-3: /media/sdc1 raw size: 116.41 GiB size: 113.59 GiB (97.57%) used: 7.52 GiB (6.6%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc1 label: sdc1 uuid: 7060fea0-7d6d-4fa9-ab10-ba5bfffff0ca
ID-4: /media/sdc2 raw size: 116.47 GiB size: 114.14 GiB (98.00%)
used: 13.30 GiB (11.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 label: sdc2
uuid: a1924fbc-b070-4508-8852-211bde378f5f
ID-5: /media/sdd1 raw size: 116.21 GiB size: 113.89 GiB (98.00%) used: 59.6 MiB (0.1%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd1 label: sdd1 uuid: 088f9375-073a-479e-8f41-b23ba12d2df7
ID-6: /media/sdd2 raw size: 116.67 GiB size: 114.34 GiB (98.00%)
used: 16.45 GiB (14.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd2 label: sdd2
uuid: 1cfa8c8b-3fd0-4061-8315-cbfb073f3068
ID-7: swap-1 size: 5.86 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 10 (default 60)
cache pressure: 50 (default 100) dev: /dev/sda1 label: swap
uuid: 2f06d8b4-bb5e-439d-8d9a-34ea616ad976
Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB: Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 1-1:2 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 8087:0024
Device-1: 1-1.5:3 info: N/A type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0029
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 2-1:2 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 8087:0024
Device-2: 2-1.3:3 info: N/A type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1
rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s chip ID: 046d:c050
Device-3: 2-1.4:4 info: N/A type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2
rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s chip ID: 1a2c:0b2a
Hub: 2-1.7:5 info: Hi-speed hub with multiple TTs ports: 7 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1a40:0201
Device-4: 2-1.7.2:6 info: N/A type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 05e3:0745 serial: <filter>
Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 3-1:2 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 2109:3431
Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0003
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 39 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb https: //anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mxlinux/packages/antix/buster/ buster main nonfree nosystemd
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster-backports.list
1: deb http: //deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http: //ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http: //ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
2: deb http: //security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onion.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //repo.skype.com/deb stable main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Processes: CPU top: 5
1: cpu: 2.8% command: xorg pid: 2923 mem: 52.8 MiB (0.3%)
2: cpu: 1.0% command: gtkdialog pid: 4760 mem: 26.7 MiB (0.1%)
3: cpu: 0.9% command: init pid: 1 mem: 2.15 MiB (0.0%)
4: cpu: 0.4% command: murmurd pid: 2823 mem: 13.7 MiB (0.0%)
5: cpu: 0.4% command: conky pid: 3746 mem: 10.5 MiB (0.0%)
Memory top: 5
1: mem: 61.3 MiB (0.3%) command: clipit pid: 3687 cpu: 0.2%
2: mem: 54.5 MiB (0.3%) command: yad pid: 3695 cpu: 0.2%
3: mem: 52.8 MiB (0.3%) command: xorg pid: 2923 cpu: 2.8%
4: mem: 29.1 MiB (0.1%) command: yad pid: 4815 cpu: 0.0%
5: mem: 28.4 MiB (0.1%) command: rox pid: 3668 cpu: 0.2%
Info: Processes: 395 Uptime: 2m Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.0.3-release inxi: 3.0.36

Ethernet cable connexion has never been used as the router is too far away. I used a plug-in Usb wifi adapter to get the initial updates done, which connected hotplug. Optic fibre router is a ZTE Corporation item supplied by the service provider which has been in use nearly a year without trouble.

My system is now stable and connects automatically when the wifi network is already running. If not running then becomes available, hotplug connection is usually not made. If I try to push things along by running Ceni manually, trouble usually starts, with a soft blocked interface wlan1, and related files present in /run/wpa_supplicant. This does not surprise me as they should be there if a hotplug connection is to succeed.

A am waiting for news of changes or improvements to Connman, but having already failed with it caution prevails.

The reason why Microsoft acquired Github: to replace its workers with free and open source coders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4duqI8WyfqE
Microsoft loves open source. It means free labor to conquer the (software) world.

“First, they used us to create it. Then, we used it to help us (improve it). Now it is replacing us.”

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Member mikey777]

LikkMii wrote:

More people aren’t on antiX because of laziness.

I think there are a few reasons why more people don’t use antixcore, or antix in general. I think it’s unfair to say it’s due to laziness.

Remember, only 2-3% of computer-users are on Linux, due mainly to Microsoft’s aggressive marketing strategy which has made them the dominant market player. As you well know, Microsoft is driven by profit – Linux isn’t as it’s free. So from the start, your pool of Linux users is already comparatively very small.

Sales of Linux spin-offs: e.g. on Amazon, there are several relatively long-established products on the market (e.g. information guides, mugs, teeshirts, etc) for say Linux Mint, Ubuntu, etc., but not for antix (though I was pleasantly surprised to actually find one product for antix (a book by Achal, published in 2021 for migrating Windows-users). Obviously, a presence on platforms like Amazon, which gets you exposed to a potentially large audience, is expected to help popularise a distro.

I think the most important factor is that many people lead very busy lives, struggling with a work/life balance. They haven’t got the time or inclination to learn the ins-and-outs of Linux. They don’t want to be Linux-hobbyists, which is a matter of choice, not one of laziness. They simply want a daily OS that works out-of-the-box, is easy to use, robust & reliable, & most importantly just gets the job done – I think this is why distros like Mint or Ubuntu seem to appeal to the majority of Linux users.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by mikey777.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by mikey777.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by mikey777.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

[Member Robin]

Just for understanding: Is this about “chipset” indeed, which would mean Northbridge and Southbridge, or is this about a GPU chipset found in the graphics adapter? I ask this because… I use also a computer equipped with SIS chipset (K7s5a board, with SIS 735 Chipset). And I don’t see any problems running default antiX, at least in live mode from CD/DVD, even using “fromusb” and persistence. BUT this PC doesn’t have a SIS/VIA graphics adapter. Instead it had installed originally a fast Nvidia graphics adapter, which had to be replaced due to breakdown not long ago, and it was changed to a simple AMD graphics device. antiX worked flawlessly as well with nVidia GPU as also with AMD GPU. So I reckon, the problems described cover the use of an SIS/VIA graphics adapter? I’m a bit confused by the thread title, pointing to “chipset”. Why don’t I see the same problems?

(this inxi report was not taken recently, hence it shows 17.4 antiX still:)

System:
  Host: Buche Kernel: 4.9.240-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 
  Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 info: icewmtray dm: SLiM 1.3.4 
  Distro: antiX-17.4.1_386-full Helen Keller 28 March 2019 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ECS model: K7S5A serial: N/A BIOS: American Megatrends v: 07.00T 
  date: 04/02/01 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 1.97 GiB used: 1.67 GiB (84.8%) 
  Array-1: capacity: 512 MiB slots: 0 EC: max module size: 128 MiB 
  Device-1: N/A size: 1 GiB info: double-bank speed: type: N/A bus width: N/A 
  total: N/A manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A 
  Device-2: N/A size: 1 GiB info: double-bank speed: type: N/A bus width: N/A 
  total: N/A manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A 
  Device-3: N/A size: N/A info: not installed speed: type: N/A bus width: N/A 
  total: N/A manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A 
  Device-4: N/A size: N/A info: not installed speed: type: N/A bus width: N/A 
  total: N/A manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A 
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 1 type: 32-bit PCI PCI1 status: Available length: Long 
  Slot: 2 type: 32-bit PCI PCI2 status: In Use length: Long 
  Slot: 3 type: 32-bit PCI PCI3 status: In Use length: Long 
  Slot: 4 type: 32-bit PCI PCI4 status: In Use length: Long 
  Slot: 5 type: 32-bit PCI PCI5 status: In Use length: Long 
CPU:
  Topology: Single Core model: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ bits: 32 type: UP 
  arch: K7 Palomino+ family: 6 model-id: 8 stepping: 1 microcode: N/A 
  L1 cache: 128 KiB L2 cache: 256 KiB bogomips: 3319 
  Speed: 1660 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 1660 
  Flags: 3dnow 3dnowext 3dnowprefetch cmov cx8 de fpu fxsr mca mce mmx mmxext msr mtrr 
  pae pat pge pse pse36 sep sse syscall tsc vme vmmcall 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] vendor: PC Partner Limited driver: radeon 
  v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:5960 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
  resolution: 1152x864~75Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI R200 (RV280 5960) x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE DRI2 
  v: 1.3 Mesa 13.0.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Creative Labs EMU10k1 [Sound Blaster Live! Series] driver: snd_emu10k1 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:0d.0 chip ID: 1102:0002 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.160-antix.2-486-smp 
Network:
  Device-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet driver: sis900 
  v: kernel port: d400 bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 1039:0900 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver: 8139too 
  v: 0.9.28 port: d000 bus ID: 00:0b.0 chip ID: 10ec:8139 
  IF: eth1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
  Device-3: Digital Equipment DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] driver: de2104x v: 0.7 
  port: c800 bus ID: 00:0f.0 chip ID: 1011:0014 
  IF: eth2 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 253.10 GiB used: 131.64 GiB (52.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SP8004H size: 74.56 GiB block size: 
  physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> rev: 0-60 
  scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD1600JB-00GVC0 size: 149.05 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> 
  rev: 2D08 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB model: SMI USB DISK size: 29.49 GiB block size: 
  physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR 
  Floppy-1: /dev/fd0 
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVD-RAM GSA-H55L rev: 1.03 
  dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw 
  Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes 
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data was found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 1.56 GiB used: 743.3 MiB (46.6%) fs: overlay 
  source: ERR-102 label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-2: /home raw size: 1.98 GiB size: N/A (hidden?) used: N/A (hidden?) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/loop1 label: N/A uuid: 51666dbe-9ea1-4171-a801-ab329210a8b5 
  ID-3: /live/boot-dev raw size: 29.49 GiB size: 29.48 GiB (99.95%) 
  used: 20.46 GiB (69.4%) fs: vfat block size: 512 B dev: /dev/sdc1 label: antiX-17 
  uuid: 8376-6F4E 
  ID-4: /live/linux raw size: 2.12 GiB size: N/A (hidden?) used: N/A (hidden?) 
  fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0 label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-5: /media/_home raw size: 120.05 GiB size: 118.04 GiB (98.33%) 
  used: 109.41 GiB (92.7%) fs: ext4 block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb3 label: /home 
  uuid: 8bd14a95-8fa7-4ba9-8505-8c445399c501 
  ID-6: swap-1 size: 4.00 GiB used: 1.04 GiB (26.0%) fs: swap 
  swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 50 (default 100) dev: /dev/sdb1 
  label: N/A uuid: 61a23275-9f60-46f9-bb71-685c827d64e0 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 3.00 GiB fs: ntfs label: SYSTEM uuid: AE48CEA448CE6AA3 
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 size: 1 KiB fs: N/A label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 size: 3.00 GiB fs: ntfs label: Programme uuid: 8A6804B46804A0D5 
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 size: 10.54 GiB fs: ntfs label: Daten1 uuid: A2B8DC24B8DBF52F 
  ID-5: /dev/sda5 size: 3.00 GiB fs: ntfs label: Temp uuid: CE44B8D993409532 
  ID-6: /dev/sda6 size: 15.01 GiB fs: ntfs label: Daten2 uuid: 13BD6D7EEB85F56C 
  ID-7: /dev/sda7 size: 40.00 GiB fs: ext4 label: /home uuid: B45ED73B26000395 
  ID-8: /dev/sdb2 size: 25.00 GiB fs: ext4 label: / 
  uuid: d7838740-735a-4bb8-870b-5a1bab6f81c3 
USB:
  Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
  Hub: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 05e3:0608 
  Device-1: 1-3:3 info: Silicon Motion - Taiwan (formerly Feiya ) type: Mass Storage 
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 090c:3267 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
  Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
  Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
  Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 4.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1939 fan-1: 2812 fan-3: 0 
  Voltages: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 2.03 
Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/antix/stretch stretch main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onion.list 
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 
  1: cpu: 7.8% command: virtualbox pid: 26881 mem: 667.3 MiB (33.0%) 
  2: cpu: 1.8% command: xorg pid: 4712 mem: 387.0 MiB (19.1%) 
  3: cpu: 0.7% command: conky pid: 5311 mem: 1.72 MiB (0.0%) 
  4: cpu: 0.4% command: firefox-esr pid: 6127 mem: 192.1 MiB (9.5%) 
  5: cpu: 0.4% command: firefox-esr pid: 7497 mem: 164.7 MiB (8.1%) 
  Memory top: 5 
  1: mem: 667.3 MiB (33.0%) command: virtualbox pid: 26881 cpu: 7.8% 
  2: mem: 387.0 MiB (19.1%) command: xorg pid: 4712 cpu: 1.8% 
  3: mem: 192.1 MiB (9.5%) command: firefox-esr pid: 6127 cpu: 0.4% 
  4: mem: 164.7 MiB (8.1%) command: firefox-esr pid: 7497 cpu: 0.4% 
  5: mem: 123.4 MiB (6.1%) command: firefox-esr pid: 6255 cpu: 0.3% 
Info:
  Processes: 158 Uptime: 79d 16h 43m Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
  Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 alt: 6 Shell: bash (sudo) v: 4.4.12 running in: lxterminal 
  inxi: 3.0.29 

And yes, this PC is capable of everyday productive usage, without limitation, being 20 years old, 32bit single core. Originally running on “Windows 2000 prof”, it slowed down with every system update from some point of time. Finally Microsoft stopped support for their NT5.0/NT5.1 operating systems (aka 2000/XP) completely (at least when you are not a big company or government), and I replaced it by Linux, making the PC work again, as fast as I was used to before they started to slow it down by their upgrading policy. Some years later, some of the ubuntu updates also slowed down the PC noticeably. And then the day came, Canonical told me I couldn’t apply next security update anymore, they sacked support of this PC. This was when I found antiX. And this very PC ran again like a young colt… fast as ever before. So I simply say: thank you!

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.