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JWKrych
Rather experienced Linux user here: RHEL 6 & 7, Oracle EL, Ubuntu Server, and Kubuntu.
I joined because a friend of mine has an older system, combined monitor and system, that I need to update and 32-bit isn’t available for my usual distros anymore.
Basically, I’ll get her up and running with antiX. I’ve already played around with an install that mimics her specs via VirtualBox. Questions:
1.) Has anyone run TeamViewer on their antiX setup? I’ve already installed it on the VM and the test connection seemed to take way longer than normal.
2.) Should I install KDE or leave things as is?Best,
James
christophe
Hi James, welcome to the forum.
I would keep things as-is, regarding KDE or not. For 32-bit, the setup will be much snappier as-is.
(But it is doable.)confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
seaken64
Welcome JWKrych.
antiX is set up very nicely with several desktops. I would not suggest adding KDE. If you decide you want KDE I would look into using Q4OS instead. That distro focuses on both Plasma and Trinity versions of KDE and supports 32-bit. It also runs very well on old equipment. Nothing runs as good as antiX on old computers though.
What are the specs of the machine?
Seaken64
marcelocripe
Hello JWKrych,
Welcome to antiX Linux and the forum.
I don’t know how to write in English and I send my texts translated by the internet translator. I hope you can understand everything, if your native language is not English, please translate my original Brazilian Portuguese text directly into your language with the help of internet translators.
Regardless of your level of knowledge about GNU/Linux, I recommend you read these excellent tutorials created by @PPC:
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie and How-to install applications – 2020 version.
Remember to show the person who will be using the computer these tutorials.
KDE is available by default on other GNU/Linux distributions, KDE itself slows down many technologies on this desktop. If the idea is to have the old computer (you haven’t specified the computer in question yet) working in acceptable condition, it makes no sense to install KDE on this computer with antiX as its operating system. But, nothing prevents you from installing KDE. antiX has window manager and file manager combinations that suit many tastes and many different computer configurations.
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marcelocripe
(Original text in Brazilian Portuguese language)– – – – –
Olá JWKrych,
Seja bem-vindo(a) ao antiX Linux e ao fórum.
Eu não sei escrever em idioma Inglês e envio os meus textos traduzidos pelo tradutor da internet. Eu espero que você consiga compreender tudo, caso o seu idioma nativo não seja o Inglês, por favor, traduza o meu texto original em idioma Português do Brasil diretamente para o seu idioma com a ajuda dos tradutores da internet.
Independentemente do seu nível de conhecimento sobre GNU/Linux, eu recomendo você ler estes excelentes tutoriais criados pelo @PPC:
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie e How-to install applications – 2020 version.
Lembre-se de mostrar a pessoa que irá utilizar o computador estes tutoriais.
O KDE está disponível por padrão nas outras distribuições GNU/Linux, por si só, o KDE já torna várias tecnologias lentas neste ambiente de trabalho. Se a ideia é ter o computador antigo (você ainda não especificou o computador em questão) funcionando em condições aceitáveis, não faz sentido instalar o KDE neste computador com o antiX como seu sistema operacional. Mas, nada impede você de instalar o KDE. O antiX possui combinações de gerenciador de janelas e gerenciador de arquivos que atendem a vários gostos e a várias configurações de computadores diferentes.
Quando você iniciar algum tópico ou participar com alguma postagem, lembre-se de marcar a opção “Notify me of follow-up replies via email”, marcando esta opção, você receberá uma mensagem na sua caixa de e-mail sempre que houver respostas do tópico em questão.
marcelocripe
(Texto original em idioma Português do Brasil)PPC
1.) Has anyone run TeamViewer on their antiX setup?
I used it all the time, about 1 year ago or so, in antiX 19.X, with no problems at all
2.) Should I install KDE or leave things as is?
Well, you can install KDE, but antiX runs this fast because every single detail is configured to run light and fast. Using a heavy D.E. in 32bits may slow antix to a crawl.
If you want a different look, even quite similar to KDE’s, you can install (and then use Menu > Preferences) the ft10-transformation package – you see how it looks like over at FT10’s thread.P.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by PPC.
It’s an older Dell all-in-one. I last messed with it in 2013. I believe it has 2 GB of memory and two cores.
Best,
James
Okay, so that no one is left hanging…
The model was a Dell Inspiron One. Well, while getting it ready, the power supply, which also had its grounding prong removed, shorted and everything became data recovery.
That mostly went well except for four!!! files in a folder with pictures that caused all sorts of problems. Long story short, I got everything that was needed.
I really appreciated the help here.
Very respectfully,
James
christophe
Well, glad you got everything that was needed.
But, it’s always sad when a computer dies. 😉
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
rokytnji
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