which one which one???

[Member chefmyklove]

Hi im a noob and dont know much
http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux-iso/ANTIX/Final/antiX-21/
on this site is a huge list of links
which one is the one that i need to put onto a usb to begin my antix journey

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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chefmyklove wrote:

Hi im a noob and dont know much
http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux-iso/ANTIX/Final/antiX-21/
on this site is a huge list of links
which one is the one that i need to put onto a usb to begin my antix journey

In order to be helpful to you we have to know more about what kind of system you have now.

Can you please determine if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit computer and tell us that.
Also, how old is it? The make and model, and any details you can give us would be very helpful; otherwise you can experiment with several of them on your own and figure out which one works best. Otherwise, we can only guess too.

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Brian Masinick

[Member ile]

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first guess: antix-21_x64-full.iso
(?)
let us know your progress …

[Member chefmyklove]

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thanks for your reply its an old imac 64bit with 2gb of ram and lots of storage space

[Moderator christophe]

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ile wrote:

first guess: antix-21_x64-full.iso

Go full x64, as ile suggested. (You’ll be amazed at how productive your 2 GB RAM computer will be.)

confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019

[Member marcelocripe]

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Hi im a noob and dont know much
http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux-iso/ANTIX/Final/antiX-21/
on this site is a huge list of links
which one is the one that i need to put onto a usb to begin my antix journey

Hello chefmyklove.

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.

Take your time, take it easy, start by reading 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), zzz-FM 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, Workspace, Other Workspaces and click on the workspace name, instantly the workspace will be loaded.

Whenever you need to ask for help or technical support, post the output of the terminal command $ inxi -Fxz, copy and paste it in the message of the topic 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.

marcelocripe
(Original text in Brazilian Portuguese language)

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Olá chefmyklove.

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.

Não tenha pressa, vá com calma, comece lendo 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 zzz-FM 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, Outras 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, poste o resultado do comando do terminal $ inxi -Fxz, copie e cole 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.

marcelocripe
(Texto original em idioma Português do Brasil)

[Member ile]

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imac. oh. powerpc. i am glad to read that christophe says it might work wonderfully.
imac ppc? or intel? this link
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2672
(?)
and what other machines and systems do you have running, available to you?
create live media using which one? download iso to portable device?
let us know your progress.

[Member madibi]

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Hi and welcome.
In case your Imac still has MacOS, please go in the menu “apple” and then report here the exact model and number.

In case it is PPC, my fear is that with the supported Antix versions (21 – 19 -17) you can do very little (I hope someone tells me otherwise).
In this case you have more or less 3 possibilities:
– Gentoo linux (a nightmare for me that have been noob since 2003),
– some BSD (idem nightmare)
– Adelie linux, that is tailormade for G3 ang G4. I did an install last month. In case you need some help I have some little tips for you.

In case it is Intel based:
1. first you should verify if it is 32 or 64 bit,
2. if it is ante-2008, probably it is difficult to make it to start from a bootable usk-key. In this case you should burn a cd-dvd,
3. the antiX-21 full is complete for almost all the human needs :-), so it is a good choice. It is better to study a bit how to handle the system before the install, using the live,
4. the models ante 2010, often has heating probs, so it is better to monitor it with some utility like “psensor” or “macfanctld” (the latter i mainly for macbookpro),
5. in case you miss the MacOS look, please search in the forum 2 different tutorials on How to make antiX look like MacOS. The 1st one was written by mr PPC and is very complete and full of good detail. The 2nd one is mainly focused on the look and to avoid a fastidious bug, by using JWM.

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[Member seaken64]

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If it is a PPC Mac it will work with Debian. But unfortunately antiX does not support the PPC architecture. For antiX you need an Intel based MAC. I would try antiX-21-64-bit FULL first. If that does not work then fall back to antiX-19, then antiX-17 etc. Try to use the FULL version iso in any case.

Seaken64

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