Bringing New Life

I really get a kick out of light weight linux distros; Peanut Linux, Damn Small Linux, Xubuntu, and now MEPIS/AntiX !!!

My test x86 box for this one is my old 500mhz PII IBM aptiva. At 256MB it is more than powerful enough for Mepis6.5/AntiX which is supposed to do just fine with 64-128MB PII266Mhz.

Within just a few mins. upon throwing in the LiveCD I was able to get up and running in no time. As you can see, it comes with most apps that anyone could want:

• 2.6.15 kernel
• XOrg7.
• Fluxbox (default), IceWM (optional)
• Rox-filer and Rox desktop (optional)
• Firefox web browser
• Sylpheed-claws email client
• Gaim instant messaging
• Xchat
• AbiWord word processor
• Gnumeric spreadsheet
• Scite editor
• The Gimp photo-editor
• Xmms audio player
• Xine and mplayer video players
• Synaptic package manager
• Graveman CDR/DVDR tool
• All the MEPIS Utilities
• Various CLI apps eg nano, mc, mutt, links2, irssi, raggle
• And lots more!

This Mepis-based distro is still in beta form and there are bound to be some bugs. It is running flawlessly for me so far while I write this blog post. Yep - it is smoking fast! Fluxbox windows manager is minimalist perfection if you ask me.

I find such satisfaction in getting older machines running and becoming productive once again. Why not do something nice for someone else - grab an old machine ya got kicking around gathering dust (especially an old laptop) - install a distro like this on it - and give it to a co-worker,relative, kid that mows your lawn, etc.

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