[SOLVED] Need a light-weight distro for laptop only used as a word processor.
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I also think Arch is great, but in the right situation.
I don't think Gregg Bell would be enamoured of extensive and intensive use of the command line during installation (see post #35).
Obviously he can answer for himself.
I think he has already found a perfect solution for his particular situation with antiX MX-14.4.
I have just installed antiX MX-14.4 (the pae version) inside VirtualBox on my main computer and it works a treat. No problems at all with the installation.
One note here, if you think MX-14 is only good for older systems and may not be suitable for more advanced machines, then you are in for a big surprise. MX-14 runs superb on my Core i7 laptop with NVIDIA graphics - much better than so called big names in the Linux world.
In overall, I am very impressed with MX-14 and is using it right now as my main operating system. antiX has surely come up with a gem which is truly special. I recommend it to all Linux enthusiasts to try it out - just like me you may fall in love with it!
MX-14 is based on Debian Stable. With Mepis Testing repos called CR (when enabled by you) available with hand built software by the Mepis team. Do not leave CR enabled during upgrades. Use only as 1 time installs for latest packages. Then comment them out again when done.
The browser is Iceweasel. I'd never heard of it. Seemed to me to be a little brother to Firefox. If you use Firefox you'll be comfortable with Iceweasel. (But you have to wonder what Einstein came up with that name. ) The search engine is ixquick. Which is great for privacy but if you're used to Google, well, it's not quite there, but certainly adequate.
I loved the UI. Clean. Simple. AND it has an actual clock face (Xubuntu with it's mandatory 24-hour time or just about unreadable analog can be so hard for me to read.) with even a secondhand.
Thanks for the update. I think the first thing I did with xubuntu was to change the clock to non 24 hr time -- I think you just right click it and it's an option -- should not be any "mandatory" 24 hour time.
Also, I thought the MX14 had added a couple of software install choices right in the menu so you can just click on "add codecs" or install flash with one click. Plus I think they added firefox and other browsers for one click install. I could be wrong, but that is one thing that impressed me when I glanced at the features.
I agree, this video was very good. I was impressed with the kind of boot and install options MX provides, particularly which common services to enable or disable.
The only drawback is that a novice user will have no idea what to do with some of the options or even what they mean, so some research and know how will definitely be needed.
Regards...
Last edited by ardvark71; 05-12-2015 at 12:16 PM.
Reason: Correction.
Gee, maybe I should've watched the video before I installed! Oh well. I got it done. Thanks for the info about synaptic etc. I'm looking forward to using it.
The browser is Iceweasel. I'd never heard of it. Seemed to me to be a little brother to Firefox. If you use Firefox you'll be comfortable with Iceweasel. (But you have to wonder what Einstein came up with that name. ) The search engine is ixquick. Which is great for privacy but if you're used to Google, well, it's not quite there, but certainly adequate.
Basically, Debian didn't like the trademark restrictions on the Firefox logo. So they eventually reached the decision to simply re-brand Firefox with a different, non-trademarked logo.
Basically, Debian didn't like the trademark restrictions on the Firefox logo. So they eventually reached the decision to simply re-brand Firefox with a different, non-trademarked logo.
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) The search engine is ixquick. Which is great for privacy but if you're used to Google, well, it's not quite there, but certainly adequate.
