I booted an old Lenovo, wiped Windows remnants, and in under ten minutes had a usable, snappy desktop — not Windows 7, not Ubuntu, but antiX: a compact, systemd‑free Linux distro designed to revive aging PCs and netbooks with minimal fuss.
Background / Overview
antiX is a lightweight...
512mb ram
7gb install
antix
debian stable
debian-based
frugal install
icewm
lightweight linux
linux
live usb
net edition
old hardware
old laptops
pc revival
rescue computing
software updates
systemd-free
usb boot
windowmanagers
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