antiX
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Mar 3, 2026first mention
Oct 10, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Or go straight to the distro DSL was forked from - antiX”
“I found Antix can run well in almost 20year old hardware”
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“antiX strikes me as a lot less work than the OAs hand crafted Arch install”
“Possibly Antix https://antixlinux.com/ ?”
Caveats and dissent
“I installed AntiX on a 2GB Chromebook, and it had issues crashing on browsers under even a couple tabs.”
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Also written as Antix. Data: antix.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“Or go straight to the distro DSL was forked from - antiX”
“I found Antix can run well in almost 20year old hardware”
“antiX strikes me as a lot less work than the OAs hand crafted Arch install”
“I installed AntiX on a 2GB Chromebook, and it had issues crashing on browsers under even a couple tabs.”
“It is rocking Antix, in its 3.6 GB hard drive”
“Possibly Antix https://antixlinux.com/ ?”
“But so is Antix, which turns Debian into a screaming pig on fire.”