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Brian Masinick
To follow up on the previous note, because our systems are all AMD-Intel-based, either 32-bit or 64-bit, building Debian binary packages is well known and not an issue; therefore Stable, Testing, and Sid are all solid systems, differing only in the frequency of software updates. Package stability is NOT a very common issue. Problems are possible, but not common at all. Stable systems with bugs are almost always system or application issues that either kernel or application developers must fix. Testing has only moderate numbers of application or packaging issues. Sid has frequent changes, but the instance of serious problems is still moderate, quite reasonable, and fixes to problems come pretty quickly, usually in days or at most a few weeks, and those are rare enough that I don’t remember them after many years.
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Brian Masinick
Herndon
Thank you, Brian, for the encouragement. I am interested in learning more about linux and Antix, of course. The more I explore, the more wide open the options seem. I have two older 32 bit systems… a dual core laptop and a single core Dell Dimension from 2005. The Dimension B110 has a lot of sentimental value for me; it was given to me by a church member who I later realized had very little money and had some mental issues, but wanted to do something nice for me because I was her preacher. I look at it, think of her, and it reminds me to be humble and not get too big for my britches. I want to keep it going as long as I can. I am rambling… thank you.
Anonymous
This isn’t the only place I have seen the claim.
Aye
mentioned both in antiX19 FAQ page
http://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/docs-antiX-19/FAQ/index.html
and the antiX17 FAQ
https://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/docs-antiX-17/FAQ/index.htmlantiX can be used as a rolling release distro ie you should be able to keep your applications up to date by regularly upgrading. If you wish you can enable the Debian testing or unstable repositories and live on the bleeding-edge! For those that prefer stability, keep to the Debian Stable/buster repositories.
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https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=antix
Release Model: Fixed, Semi, Rolling
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntiX
Latest release: antiX 19.2 “Hannie Schaft” / March 28, 2020; 5 months ago
Update method: Rolling release[1]websearch “rolling release antiX linux” finds aplenty such claims//citations
anticapitalista
The only one that antiX ‘controls the information’ is the FAQ, which clearly states “antiX can be used as a rolling release distro ie you should be able to keep your applications up to date by regularly upgrading. If you wish you can enable the Debian testing or unstable repositories and live on the bleeding-edge! For those that prefer stability, keep to the Debian Stable/buster repositories.”
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
seaken64
Thank you, Brian, for the encouragement. I am interested in learning more about linux and Antix, of course. The more I explore, the more wide open the options seem. I have two older 32 bit systems… a dual core laptop and a single core Dell Dimension from 2005. The Dimension B110 has a lot of sentimental value for me; it was given to me by a church member who I later realized had very little money and had some mental issues, but wanted to do something nice for me because I was her preacher. I look at it, think of her, and it reminds me to be humble and not get too big for my britches. I want to keep it going as long as I can. I am rambling… thank you.
I can understand that sentiment. I have an old Pentium-III that I “keep alive” since it was my former office computer, my main desktop that I used every day in our family business. antiX has helped keep that old box computing even after 20 years.
Welcome to antiX!
Seaken64
Herndon
Thank you! I am really looking forward to installing Antix on my main 15 year old Dell. Quite honestly, I will be using this computer for years to come, not only for sentimental reasons, but because we live in the Virginia countryside, surrounded by Amish. The Amish don’t use electricity or automobiles or computers… there isn’t much of a demand for true high speed internet and a computer that can handle it… lol
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