If you have antiX-M7.5 and later then you can post the output of
inxi -F.

Is anyone runing antiX on really old specs (relatively speaking of course) like 128MB RAM or less and less than 500Mhz CPU?

I have a Dell laptop that runs antiX-M8 with 500Mhz CPU and 384MB RAM. antiX runs very well on it, though opening lots of apps at the same time cause it to strain a bit.

I'm preventing myself of giving an opinion if antiX is light enough or not because, while this is far from being a super machine (Celeron 2.53 GHz + 768 MB RAM), it's more than enough to run antiX pretty fast.

I'm running M7.5, but can't get the command inxi -F to work, but anyway, just running a plain-jane vanilla workstation box with an Intel board, i810 chipset, integrated grafix & sound, PIII 800 mhz cpu, 384 mb ram, 20 gig ide hdd. I'm also using an Airlink (Texas Instruments) pci wireless card. Works beautifully, except for graphics-intensive apps & websites - YouTube is ok, but a bit choppy. My low ram & weak video setup is mostly to blame there, I think.

btw, I gave M8 a spin, works great except for whatever reason, the wireless card has trouble connecting consistently. But I'm a happy camper with 7.5

This computer is a Dell Latitude D600 -

output of inxi -F:

glenn@mepis1:~$ inxi -F
System: Host mepis1 Kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M8.2 ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ-MUTINY! 22 May 2009
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium M (UP) cache 1024 KB flags (sse2) bmips 2798.18 clocked at 1400.00 MHz
Graphics: Card ATI Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] X.Org 1.4.2 Res: 1400x1050@60.0hz
GLX Renderer Mesa GLX Indirect GLX Version 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.4) Direct Rendering No
Audio: Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver Intel ICH at ports b800 bc40
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.17
Network: Card-1 Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller driver ndiswrapper
Card-2 Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet driver tg3 v: 3.94
Disks: HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (9.7% used) 1: /dev/hda HTS548060M9AT00 60.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 16G used: 1.9G (13%) ID:/home size: 27G used: 3.6G (15%) ID:swap-1 size: 1.08GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
Info: Processes 72 Uptime 2:04 Memory 126.9/1010.0MB Client Shell inxi 1.0.11
glenn@mepis1:~$

end output ---

antiX M8 is the first (and only, so far) distro I've tried that successfully configured the Broadcom BCM 4306 wireless OOTB on this old Dell lappy! And the main reason it's still on here (plus I like antiX (the OS ... not sure about the person ) and Fluxbox).

I do have an old box (BIOS is dated 1998) with AMD K6 @ 150 MHz, 198 MB RAM at school that did run antiX 6.5 for a long time (never installed to HD because it didn't have a HD at the time (lol)). When I get to school tomorrow I'll check its inxi -F if peeps are interested in the output. That box currently runs DSL (w/ kernel 2.4.30), but only because the small 800 MB HD I threw in it is too small to install Spartacus.

Old Man Zhymm

Hi!
I have a pretty snappy Dell inspiron E1405 ,I'm happy with Antix!
(Except for something strange going on with the time zone )
inxi -F output.....

System: Host truffle Kernel 2.6.29-4.slh.1-sidux-686 i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M8 Intifada! 12 February 2009
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 T5500 (SMP) cache 2048 KB flags (sse3 nx lm vmx) bmips 6649.24
Clock Speeds: (1) 1667.00 MHz (2) 1667.00 MHz
Graphics: Card Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.4.2 Res: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer Mesa GLX Indirect GLX Version 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.4) Direct Rendering No
Audio: Card Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller driver HDA Intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.18a
Network: Card-1 Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Card-2 Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection driver iwlagn
Disks: HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (21.0% used) 1: /dev/sda 80.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 43G used: 16G (40%) ID:swap-1 size: 0.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
Info: Processes 91 Uptime 1:13 Memory 361.4/3287.5MB Client Shell inxi 1.0.11

IBM T-23

Installed on this laptop, also run 8.2 on a usb hdd,

$ inxi -F
System: Host mepis1 Kernel 2.6.28-4.slh.3-sidux-686 i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M7.7-test2
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium M (UP) cache 2048 KB flags (sse2) bmips 3588.13 clocked at 1800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device X.Org 1.4.2 Res: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer Mesa GLX Indirect GLX Version 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.4) Direct Rendering No
Audio: Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver Intel ICH at ports 1c00 18c0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.18rc3
Network: Card-1 Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX driver b44 v: 2.0
Card-2 Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection driver ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq
Disks: HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (5.3% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU MHT2080A 80.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 6.9G used: 2.9G (45%) ID:/home size: 20G used: 1.1G (6%) ID:swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
Info: Processes 79 Uptime 46 min Memory 228.2/993.7MB Client Shell inxi 1.0.11


cheers,
oldhoghead

On a separate partition, just fully dist-upgraded. Note antiX version.

My laptop:

My server. Just booted it back up due to a power failure so it's fresh. I will repost it after a few day to see if it's different:

Asus eeepc 900 running 8.2 live USB

My little playpen - very old Thinkpad 600X. On boot into runlevel 2 with my custom kernel (built the easy way with kernelcheck) I'm using only about 19MB (was ~23MB with MEPIS kernel). I just use:

$ . startx > /dev/null 2>&1

And I'm still using under 30 MB with full fluxbox and conky. After opening several xterm and ssh sessions and firefox with 30+ tabs and email and emacs I'm still using less than 200MB. Firefox and xorg continued bloat slowly consumes more ram, but I'm always fiddling with something too so maybe it's just history and caching.

This box started antiX life with 6.5, then 7, then the shell-script upgrade to 7.2. Now I'm just using the repos

System: Host ant2 Kernel 2.6.29.4-ultimate-se6 i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M7.2
CPU: Single core Pentium III (Coppermine) (UP) cache 256 KB flags (-) bmips 896.79 clocked at 448.397 MHz
Graphics: Card Neomagic NM2360 [MagicMedia 256ZX] X.Org 1.4.2 Res: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer Mesa GLX Indirect GLX Version 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.4) Direct Rendering No
Audio: Card Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] driver Sound Fusion CS46xx
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.18a
Network: Card Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor driver ath5k v: 0.6.0
Info: Processes 88 Uptime 2 days Memory 228.2/439.5MB Client Shell inxi 1.0.11

I have a 650MHz CPU card on the way - can't wait to see if it will work...

Thanks anti for all your work.

Here's antix8 running on my oldest box, a Dell Laptop about 10 years old.

System: Host oldlaptop Kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M8 Intifada! 12 February 2009
CPU: Single core Pentium III (Coppermine) (UP) cache 256 KB flags (sse) bmips 1403.62 clocked at 701.578 MHz
Graphics: Card ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x X.Org 1.6.1.901 Res: 1024x768@85.0hz
GLX Renderer Software Rasterizer GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.4.1 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio: Card ESS ES1978 Maestro 2E driver ES1968 (ESS Maestro) at port 1400
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.17
Network: Card Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller driver b43-pci-bridge
Disks: HDD Total Size: 27.4GB (36.6% used) 1: /dev/hda IBM-DARA-225000 25.4GB 2: USB /dev/sda USB Flash Drive 2.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 9.7G used: 3.5G (38%) ID:/home size: 13G used: 5.9G (49%) ID:swap-1 size: 1.05GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
Info: Processes 82 Uptime 6 min Memory 82.4/248.8MB Client Shell inxi 1.0.11

It actually runs very well in this box. I'll post other boxes.

Pedro

Sincere compliments on a job well done--from an ibm scsi machine that nothing even boots anymore (doesn't include modules or doesn't probe if it includes the modules)

shutting off dma was all it took; this is my first look at any antix and it's very very impressive.

thanks!

grindstone

demo@mepis1:~$ inxi -F
System: Host mepis1 Kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M8.2 Tȟašúŋke Witkó - Crazy Horse 16 June 2009
CPU: Single core Pentium II (Klamath) (UP) cache 512 KB flags (-) bmips 532.97 clocked at 265.909 MHz
Graphics: Card S3 86c775/86c785 [Trio 64V2/DX or /GX] X.Org 1.4.2 Res: 1024x768@71.0hz
GLX Renderer Mesa GLX Indirect GLX Version 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.4) Direct Rendering No
Audio: Card Failed to Detect Sound Card!
Network: Card Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 driver e100 at port ff40
Disks: HDD Total Size: 4.3GB (-) 1: /dev/sda DCAS-34330W !# 4.3GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 16M used: 101K (1%) ID:swap-1 size: 0.33GB used: 0.02GB (7%)
Info: Processes 77 Uptime 1:24 Memory 82.4/153.6MB Client Shell inxi 1.0.16

This is the system running e17;

System: Host singe Kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M8-base Intifada! 12 February 2009
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (HT) cache 512 KB flags (sse2) bmips 5213.96
Clock Speeds: (1) 2605.905 MHz (2) 2605.905 MHz
Graphics: Card nVidia NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] X.Org 1.4.2 Res: 1440x900@60.0hz
GLX Renderer N/A GLX Version N/A Direct Rendering N/A
Audio: Card-1 Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 driver EMU10K1_Audigy at port d100
Card-2 Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controllerdriver Intel ICH at ports ea00 eb00
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.17
Network: Card Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver 8139too v: 0.9.28 at port d000
Disks: HDD Total Size: 223.9GB (2.0% used) 1: /dev/hda Maxtor 6Y160P0 163.9GB 2: USB /dev/sda 0VE-07HDT0 60.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 9.7G used: 3.1G (34%) ID:/home size: 140G used: 1.2G (1%) ID:swap-1 size: 1.05GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
Info: Processes 77 Uptime 13:09 Memory 195.4/1010.1MB Client Shell inxi 1.0.11

Amrel RT 686 EX, Pentium III, 376 mb ram, 6gig HD, Netgear PCMCIA Wireless, Broken mouse pad, using External PS1 Optical Mouse.