AntiX-MEPIS 8.5

antiX MEPIS 8.5, a lightweight MEPIS variant designed for older computers.

Nine months since the release of antiX M8.2, the antiX team announce that antiX MEPIS 8.5 - a fast, light, flexible and complete desktop and live CD based on SimplyMEPIS and Debian 'testing'.



This release defaults to a fully customised IceWM desktop (Fluxbox, wmii and dwm are also installed) using a SimplyMEPIS 2.6.32 kernel, tweaked MEPIS Assistants for better compatibility in antiX and the usual range of applications for desktop use. Iceape for Internet needs, AbiWord and Gnumeric for office use, XMMS and Google's music manager for audio, gxine, MPlayer and GNOME MPlayer for video. antiX works on computers with as little as 64 MB RAM.

Highlights of antiX MEPIS 8.5:

• Linux kernel 2.6.32-11 from MEPIS;
• X.org 7.4;
• ROX-filer 2.10;
• Fluxbox 1.1.1
• Wicd 1.7 with Wicd-ncurses;
• Pidgin 2.6.5;
• Ceni 2.7;
• Dillo2;
• antix2usb gui;
• Persistence and 'remaster on the fly then install feature;'
• MEPIS tools updated;
• Dependency based booting;
• Ext4 option now available;
• New icewm/fluxbox menu structure;
• New artwork for both iceWM and Fluxbox;
• Better localization of antiX apps;
• IceApe replaces IceWeasel as the default web browser;
• Sysv-rc-conf replaces Rcconf;
• System-config-printer replaces GtkLP;
• Gamix replaces aumix;
• Asunder replaces Gnormalize;
• Geeqie replaces GQview;
• Meta-installer for the KDE4, XFCE, LXDE and GNOME desktop environments;
• MPD, NCmpcpp, Mpdpss added;
• Gxine, apvlv, dwm and dmenu, wmii, Imagination Slideshow added;
• Smbc included for samba shares;
• pyNeighborhood added to install-meta;
• Extra cheatcodes at boot menu;
• Cdw and aptitude removed.

Media AntiX-MEPIS 8.5:

• CD - 32bit-i486 sku-01.133.850.01
• CD - 32bit-i686 sku-01.133.850.02