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[Member Albert]

Thank you for this amazing distro. I have an old laptop which is almost 17 years old. It’s a HP Compaq nc6120, Intel Pentium (R) M processor. 800 ~ 1733 Mhz. 1.46 Gb ram and a 53 GB harddisk. It once ran Windows XP and when it was outdated I switched to Linux. Mostly the lean and mean types but was I was not satisfied until now. I found AntiX and it runs fast, amazingly fast even for this old laptop. That means that when I put a SSD in it, it will run like hell. You guys did an amazing job! Even the battery (second one, original HP, 7 years old) lasts stil 2 hours.

I kept this laptop because it has a serial port, a parallel port, USB, firewire, network, wifi and use it to interface it with electronic stuff like Arduino or TI type boards. With the parallel port you can program with PonyProg software microprocessor types like the PICs or Atmels.

As a test I downloaded QB64 and installed (recompiled) it and it runs fast.

So, after some years searching for the lean and mean distro AntiX is the one to use.

Kind regards, Albert.

• This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Albert.
• This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Albert. Reason: typo correction

[Moderator christophe]

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Welcome to the antiX forum, Albert.

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[Member marcelocripe]

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Hello Albert,

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.

Indeed, antiX allows to revive many old computers that for other GNU/Linux distributions or for Windows are considered obsolete technologies. But why do we have to get rid of technology that is still working? What about our “right to fix”?

As you already know how to compile (something I still don’t know how to do), it may be redundant for you, but it’s never too much for me to point out and recommend to all newcomers to antiX that regardless of their level of knowledge about GNU/Linux, I 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.

When you start any topic or participate with any 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 inbox whenever there are replies to the topic in question.

marcelocripe
(Original text in Brazilian Portuguese language)

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Olá Albert,

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.

Realmente, o antiX permite reviver vários computadores antigos que para outras distribuições GNU/Linux ou para o Windows são considerados tecnologias obsoletas. Mas, por que temos que nos desfazer de tecnologia que ainda está funcionando? E o nosso “direito de consertar”?

Como você já sabe compilar (algo que eu ainda não sei fazer), pode ser redundante para você, mas nunca é demais para mim indicar e recomendar para todos os recém chegados no antiX que 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.

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)

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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@Albert: Welcome to the antiX Forum.
We have contributors from all over the world and we’re happy to see you here.

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[Member Albert]

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@christophe, @marcelocripe, @Brian: Thank you for the welcome message and the information for reading.

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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Howdy and Welcome. Being aquainted with old gear myself. Good luck with your ssd venture.

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Hi Albert,
welcome to the global village of antiXia.

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