AntiX for ARM64…?

[Member r_chase]

Hey guys. How’s it going? Is there any chance you can make an ARM64 version of AntiX? I’m kinda asking this because I have a Raspberry Pi 4B+ and I’m also asking this for those who want to run AntiX on something like a Pinebook laptop.

Best regards,
Chase

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Hi r-chase I made a sort of pseudo antix, more a lookalike on a RASPI 3B months ago, I wanted Icewm and used a debian buster image.
Boot on a RASPI needs a non free binary.
(At present I would need to research if there is a Bullseye setup for PI.)
Edit: Images at https://raspi.debian.net/tested-images/
Getting ICEWM installed was easy, getting things like menu to work as expected not really easy but worthwhile. Ice is way faster than
the normal PI desktops.

Maybe something to resurrect over winter, the PI is hooked to a big screen non smart TV. Be interesting to see if it will still boot
more interesting if it can survive all the updates from last 3/4 year.

Most of the special antixX scripts would probably not work on PI without a lot of work. Might be wrong in some cases though.

The experiment was interesting but often hair raising. Fun because my antiX ICEWM desktop was replicated on the pi.

It was not antiX so no real answer to your question. 😉

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Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I wasn’t really expecting an answer at all, but I’m glad somebody tested IceWM on it at least. While it didn’t wield much results I would like, I’m glad something happened. Thanks again.

[Member PPC]

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If you are a Fluxbox user, MXLinux fluxbox (MXFB) has a Pi version… But it’s not exactly antiX…

P.

Edit: you can download it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-linux/files/Community_Respins/Raspberry%20Pi/

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@PPC thanks for the info regarding MX on PI, some rainy day soon maybe I can freeze that one a bit,
I just prefer the ice desktop. Perhaps I just understand its workings better than flux which is also
an excellent alternative. I did take a long look but wanted a one desktop only support mode, laziness, sure.
Its a pragmatic model.

The interesting part being the MX tools on PI, using that as a learning base maybe a debian Bullseye image
for PI could be an interesting and fruitful experiment.
What really separates antiX from debian is the removal of pottering madness systemD and pretty unique and very
useful toolset.

@ r-chase, the experiment with icewm was in my opinion worthwhile, ice on the PI being way more responsive than
the standard desktop, its lower memory needs pretty much eliminating swapping while using heavy applications such
as Gimp and Libreoffice.

Background OT:
My idea was to improve the performance of the pi used in my adopted Vietnamese family to a point where it would
be good enough for a schooling device, not just for that family . Part problem was and is Vietnamese Language
support, I was told that is ok now. Pi4 may have solved some performance issues, seems some bottlenecks still
remain due design and lack of decent documentation.

At present a smartphone is the device most in use, VN has closed borders and many areas have been in stay home
mode for last months so no taking some raspi with me, they are silly expensive in VN compared to a phone, if
you can find one that is. Shops try and sell windoze devices on credit because they know customers will be back
when the crap bogs down work due virus and trojan load.

Be nice to change that for at least some familys.

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