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antiX


Last Update: 2026-04-08 13:18 UTC


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antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux live CD distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch for x86 compatible systems. antiX offers users the "antiX Magic" in an environment suitable for old computers. The goal of antiX is to provide a light, but fully functional and flexible free operating system for both newcomers and experienced users of Linux. It should run on most computers, ranging from 256 MB old PIII systems with pre-configured swap to the latest powerful boxes. 256 MB RAM is recommended minimum for antiX. The installer needs minimum 2.7 GB hard disk size. antiX can also be used as a fast-booting rescue CD, or run "live" on a USB stick, with or without persistent file storage.

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antiX Summary
Distribution antiX
Home Page https://antixlinux.com/
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Documentation https://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/docs-antiX-17/FAQ/index.html
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-03-21: Distribution Release: antiX 26
 • 2025-11-05: Development Release: antiX 25 Beta 1
 • 2024-10-07: Distribution Release: antiX 23.2
 • 2024-02-22: Distribution Release: antiX 23.1
 • 2023-08-30: Distribution Release: antiX 23
 • 2022-10-19: Distribution Release: antiX 22
 • 2021-10-31: Distribution Release: antiX 21
 • 2021-05-22: Distribution Release: antiX 19.4
 • 2020-10-17: Distribution Release: antiX 19.3
 • 2020-03-28: Distribution Release: antiX 19.2
 • 2019-12-24: Distribution Release: antiX 19.1
 • 2019-10-18: Distribution Release: antiX 19
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 • 2018-04-11 antiX flavour based on Debian Sid
 • 2017-12-16 antiX spin based on Debian Sid
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Feature 26 23.2 22 21 19.5 17.5 16.3 15 13.2 12 11 8.5 Feature
Release Date 2026-03-21 2024-10-06 2022-10-19 2021-10-31 2022-01-25 2022-01-09 2017-12-21 2015-06-30 2013-11-05 2012-08-07 2011-05-02 2010-04-12 Release Date
End Of Life             2020-06 2020-06         End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 600-2200 200-1700 100-1500 100-1400 100-1300 100-1000 700-800           Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer antix-installer Installation
Default Desktop IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM IceWM Default Desktop
Default Browser Firefox ESR Dillo, Firefox ESR Dillo, Firefox ESR Dillo, Firefox ESR                 Default Browser
Package Format deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb Package Format
Package Management apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt Package Management
Release Model Fixed, Semi-Rolling-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Fixed, Semi-Rolling, Rolling Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice GOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486 i486, x86_64 i486 i486, i686 i486, i686 Processor Architecture
Init Software dinit, runit, s6, s6-66, SysV runit, SysV runit, SysV runit, SysV runit, SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, ReiserFS ext4, ReiserFS ext4, ReiserFS Journaled File Systems
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Full Package List 26 23.2 22 21 19.5 17.5 16.3 15 13.2 12 11 8.5 Full Package List
Package 26 23.2 22 21 19.5 17.5 16.3 15 13.2 12 11 8.5 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) 1.2.14 1.2.8 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.0.28 1.0.28 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.23 1.0.22 alsa-lib (1.2.16.1)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.1.99 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.2)
apt (3.3.3) 3.0.3 2.6.1.0 2.2.4 2.2.4 1.8.2.3 1.4.11 1.0.9.8.4 1.0.9.8 0.9.7.9 0.9.7.2 0.8.14.1 0.7.25.3 apt (3.3.3)
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.29) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.29)
chromium (154.0.8037.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (154.0.8037.57)
cinnamon (6.6.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.9)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.10 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.5.3 1.5.3 1.4.6 1.4.2 cups (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.12 1.42.12 1.42.5 1.42.4 1.41.12 1.41.11 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (9.0.2) 7.1.3 5.1.6 4.3.4 4.3.2 4.1.8 3.2.16 -- -- 0.8.6 0.8.3 0.6.2 0.5.1svn ffmpeg (9.0.2)
firefox (156.0.1) 140.8.0 128.3.0 102.3.0 78.15.0 91.5.0 91.4.1 52.5.2 31.7.0 22.0b1 10.0.6 -- -- firefox (156.0.1)
flatpak (1.18.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.18.3)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.9 2.4.9 2.4.4 2.3.11 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (16.2.0) 14.2.0 12.2.0 10.2.1 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 4.9.2 4.9.2 4.7.2 4.7.1 4.5.2 4.4.2 gcc (16.2.0)
gimp (3.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.2.6)
git (2.55.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.55.0)
glibc (2.44) 2.41 2.36 2.31 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19 2.19 2.13 2.13 2.11.2 2.10.2 glibc (2.44)
gnome-shell (51.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (51.0)
grub (2.16) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.16)
gtk (4.24.0) 4.18.6 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.14.5 3.14.5 3.4.2 3.2.4 2.24.4 2.18.9 gtk (4.24.0)
httpd (2.4.68) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.56.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.56.2)
inkscape (1.4.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 30 28 28 26 23 18 18 9 8 -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.4)
Package 26 23.2 22 21 19.5 17.5 16.3 15 13.2 12 11 8.5 Package
LibreOffice (26.8.0) 25.8.4 7.5.5 7.4.1 7.0.4 7.0.4 5.2.7 4.3.3 4.3.3 4.0.3 3.5.4 -- -- LibreOffice (26.8.0)
libselinux (3.11) 3.8.1 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1.9 2.1.9 2.0.98 2.0.89 libselinux (3.11)
linux (7.2.8) 6.6.119 6.1.105 5.10.142 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.4.10 4.0.5 3.7.10 3.5 2.6.36 2.6.32 linux (7.2.8)
mariadb (13.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (13.0.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.2.3) 25.0.7 22.3.6 20.3.5 20.3.5 18.3.6 13.0.6 10.3.2 10.3.2 8.0.5 8.0.3 7.10 7.7 mesa (26.2.3)
nautilus (51.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (51.0.1)
NVIDIA (615.71.09) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (615.71.09)
openjdk (27) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (27)
openssh (10.5p1) 10.0p1 9.2p1 8.4p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.6p1 6.7p1 6.7p1 6.0p1 6.0p1 5.5p1 5.3p1 openssh (10.5p1)
openssl (4.0.2) 3.5.5 3.0.14 1.1.1n 1.1.1k 1.1.1d 1.1.0l 1.0.1t 1.0.1k 1.0.1e 1.0.1c 1.0.0d 0.9.8n openssl (4.0.2)
perl (5.44.0) 5.40.1 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 5.20.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.10.1 perl (5.44.0)
php (8.5.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.11)
plasma-desktop (6.7.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.7.5)
postfix (3.11.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.7)
postgresql (18.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.6)
Python (3.14.7) 3.13.5 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 3.5.3 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.3 2.7.3rc2 2.6.6 2.5.4 Python (3.14.7)
qt (6.11.2) 6.8.2 5.15.8 5.15.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 5.3.2 4.8.6 4.8.2 4.7.4 4.7.2 4.5.3 qt (6.11.2)
samba (4.25.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.1.17 3.6.6 3.6.6 3.5.8 -- samba (4.25.0)
systemd (262) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44 44 -- -- systemd (262)
thunderbird (156.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (156.0.1)
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.24) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.24)
wayland (1.26.0) 1.23.1 1.21.0 1.18.0 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.6.0 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- wayland (1.26.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.24) 21.1.16 21.1.7 1.20.11 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.2 1.16.4 1.16.4 1.12.4 1.12.3 1.9.5 1.6.5 xorg-server (21.1.24)

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Version: 26
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-08-03
Country: France
Votes: 22


At home, I have an old Laser Printer KONICA/MINOLTA pagepro 1480MF. It worked well with 32 bits Linux distributions, Linux drivers were even present on the installation CD-ROM. But, it not longer works with 64 bits Linux systems. And the printer has become a brick (with a brand new toner !). Since I have an unused old laptop Pentium T3200 with 3 Gb of DDR-RAM, I installed Antix and it worked "out of the box". Antix is light, stable (Debian), and FAST !!!
Thank you Antix for the effort of compiling a 32 bits Debian architecture.


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Version: 26
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-07-29
Country: United States
Votes: 12


Love AntiX, It's always fast and feels moderns still. I use this as the host OS on my Retro Gaming machine and some other old machines around the house.

Used it recently at work to repurpose some old Thin Clients we had laying around and discovered the installer now requires 7.5Gb space for the root partition (You can still proceed anyway, and it seems to be fine so far). I don't recall seeing this before, but it has been a LONG time since I've used a drive so small.

Solid 10/10 here. Great OS, Stable as its base, Developers seem to really care about keeping it simple and lightweight.


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Version: 26
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-06-27
Country: United States
Votes: 41


Without hesitation, I place antiX firmly within my top three favorite linux distributions forming a trio alongside Ubuntu and Arch. While that specific combination might sound a bit crazy to some linux fans due to how radically different they are, this absolute gem of an operating system earns its spot. Its versatility is unmatched. It performs exceptionally well across an unbelievable range of hardware, fresh life into ancient machines like an old Athlon II 245 processor or a legacy compaq presario laptop. Yet, when installed on modern AMD and Intel systems, it delivers blazing speeds and incredibly low resource usage.

Admittedly, configuring audio and wifi drivers can be a bit tricky on modern hardware. This is especially true if your setup relies on proprietary nvidia graphics cards paired with monitor-integrated speakers. However, this isn't a dealbreaker. Anyone can easily address these minor post-install hurdles with a little bit of research and basic troubleshooting knowledge within 30 minutes of a fresh installation. On the flip side, if you are reviving older legacy PCs, you will usually experience zero issues right out of the box.

Beyond its raw performance, I absolutely love the nostalgic aesthetic of the default ice window manager. It gives the system a classic, retro feel without sacrificing usability. Furthermore, the sheer volume of built-in system tools included by default is fantastic, giving you complete control over your environment. It remains one of the most efficient, capable distros available today.




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