Just wanted to say HI! And Big Thank you!

[Member Chrizzy]

Hello from Germany,

I recently got an old Thinkpad t60 and tried several OS-systems, which didnt really work out. So I tried antix and what should I say?! -It works like a dream!I am astonished by the Power you get out of this nearly 18year old machine with antix. Besides I own several Apple-products, I found myself using that old Laptop with Antix very often recently. With that experience in mind, I am now considering to use my older Apple-hardware much longer with antix as a main-OS! -Alltough i ve been a very interested in IT-things, i never thought of switching to linux as dailydriver, but you guys did it! Thank you very much!

In general: I like that thougt of security and sustainibility of antix. I looked up several problems on that nice Forum of yours. Most issues i ve been able to solve. Keep up that good work!

Chris

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Thanks Chris – your comments are much appreciated.

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[Member olsztyn]

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Chrizzy wrote:

I recently got an old Thinkpad t60

Thinkpad T60 is a very nice laptop. I had one on antiX until recently screen backlight went kaput… The only downside – it is 32 bit processor. After T60 retired another one from those times – Thinkpad Z61P assumed T60’s role as my wife’s music box…

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[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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olsztyn wrote:

Chrizzy wrote:

I recently got an old Thinkpad t60

Thinkpad T60 is a very nice laptop. I had one on antiX until recently screen backlight went kaput… The only downside – it is 32 bit processor. After T60 retired another one from those times – Thinkpad Z61P assumed T60’s role as my wife’s music box…

Yeah, back in “the day” the T series of Thinkpad devices were among the most well-built laptops of their time, with very good keypads, solid components, a bit heavy, especially by today’s standards, but very usable for either business or personal use PLUS they almost always worked with Linux systems.

Many times I was able to bring Thinkpad systems home; most of the models I used were company owned, so in most cases I could not install Linux, but that didn’t prevent me from booting them up live and running them at home without damaging whatever corporate software was on the systems. They always worked and never broke. I think over the years I used T41, T42, T60, T61, and I have a later 64-bit X201 model in my collection now.

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[Member marcelocripe]

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Hello Chrizzy.

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:

What is antiX and how to try it out or install it.
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie.
How-to install applications – 2020 version.
How to: correctly use antiX forum.

When I first started using antiX, I read the tutorials that PPC created, these readings saved me a lot of time and I think it saves time for any new antiX user. Your time will not be wasted with these readings, everything will seem to be much easier than you could imagine. You won’t waste your time searching the internet or even creating new topics, on the contrary, you will gain a lot of time with these readings.

I recommend you try out desktops that have “zzz” in their name. I usually use zzz-IceWM or zzz-JWM or zzz-Fluxbox (each of these desktops has its own characteristics and consumes more or less resources), zzzFM will be the default file manager for your desktop, it it is very similar to the other file managers of other GNU/Linux distributions and Windows XP. To access other antiX workspaces, click on Menu, Desktop, Other Desktops and click on the workspace name, instantly the workspace will be loaded.

Whenever you need to ask for help or technical support in this forum, please explain in detail what is happening, don’t mince words, be thorough when writing, tell your computer characteristics such as make and model. If possible, post the result of the command $ inxi -Fxz from the terminal, copy and paste here in the message of the topic that you are going to create in this forum.

When you start a topic or participate with a post, remember to check the option “Notify me of follow-up replies via email”, by checking this option, you will receive a message in your email box whenever there are replies from topic in question.

I also revive several old computers with antiX here in Brazil since May 2020.

marcelocripe
(Original text in Brazilian Portuguese language)

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Olá Chrizzy.

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:

What is antiX and how to try it out or install it.
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie.
How-to install applications – 2020 version.
How to: correctly use antiX forum.

Quando eu comecei a utilizar o antiX, eu li os tutoriais que o PPC criou, estas leituras me pouparam muito do meu tempo e acho que poupa o tempo de qualquer novo usuário do antiX. O seu tempo não será perdido com estas leituras, tudo parecerá ser muito mais fácil do que você poderia imaginar. Você não perderá o seu tempo com pesquisas na internet ou até mesmo em criar novos tópicos, ao contrário, você ganhará muito tempo com estas leituras.

Eu recomendo você experimentar as áreas de trabalho que possuem “zzz” em seu nome. Eu costumo utilizar o zzz-IceWM ou zzz-JWM ou zzz-Fluxbox (cada uma destas áreas de trabalho possuem características próprias e consomem mais ou menos recursos), o zzzFM será o gerenciador de arquivos padrão da sua área de trabalho, ele é muito semelhante aos outros gerenciadores de arquivos das outras distribuições GNU/Linux e do Windows XP. Para acessar as outras áreas de trabalho do antiX, clique no Menu, Área de Trabalho, Alternar Entre as Áreas de Trabalho e clique sobre o nome da área de trabalho, instantaneamente a área de trabalho será carregada.

Sempre que você precisar solicitar ajuda ou suporte técnico neste fórum, explique com detalhes o que está acontecendo, não economize as palavras, seja minucioso ao escrever, informe as características do seu computador, como a marca e o modelo. Se for possível, poste o resultado do comando $ inxi -Fxz do terminal, copie e cole aqui na mensagem do tópico que você for criar neste fórum.

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.

Eu também revivo vários computadores antigos com o antiX aqui no Brasil desde maio de 2020.

marcelocripe
(Texto original em idioma Português do Brasil)

[Member Chrizzy]

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Oh my! Never thought of such a nice responses of yours! Feeling very welcome here!

anticapitalista wrote:

Thanks Chris – your comments are much appreciated.

@ Thats the least i could do 😉 I have to thank.

olsztyn wrote:

Chrizzy wrote:

I recently got an old Thinkpad t60

After T60 retired another one from those times – Thinkpad Z61P assumed T60’s role as my wife’s music box…

Its a nice laptop indeed. I like old stuff in general. Just thinking about building up a small collection. Maybe i try that Z-machine 😉 By the way… u re coming from Olzstyn? i used to haven family there.

@Brian: Yes. Exactly my thoughts! Just got an modern lenovo-machine from work. I hate that kaputt-configured windows on that thing and made a live-usb. Now i just can really do some work^^ (hopefully my admin wont hear that). And…like I mentioned to Olzstyn: i ll look into that z-generation. For a daily driver I thought to buy a X260. Seems to be a very decent machine, and very, very affordable at the time.

@marcelocripe: thank you and hello! Your advice is very much apriciated! I ll try to honor the rules of that forum. Promise! And…i had no problem to understand you translated english. Sadly spanish is not understandable for me.

nice day you folks!

[Member olsztyn]

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Chrizzy wrote:

By the way… u re coming from Olzstyn? i used to haven family there.

Yes. I am an American but my family roots are from Olsztyn. My sister’s family and some relatives live there…

Chrizzy wrote:

Maybe i try that Z-machine

That Z61P machine I mentioned is Core2Duo 64bit, 1920×1200 screen. Very capable but big and heavy, so now dedicated to streaming music. Sometimes playing the official antiX music of Grup Yorum too…

Live antiX Boot Options (Previously posted by Xecure):
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