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wagscat123 12-31-2019 03:46 PM
AntiX version lifecycle
 
Hi all,


I was looking for a good distro to run on my 14 year old Dell Dimension, since almost everyone else has dropped 32 bit support or struggled with my Wi-Fi card. antiX was a natural fit, and runs beautifully.


I'm having trouble finding this - when do individual versions of antiX hit end of lifetime? How quickly do I have to upgrade from one version to the next?


Thanks, and Happy New Year!

rokytnji 12-31-2019 06:00 PM
Try 19 latest version. Not sure of your cpu and ram specs though. Versions are based on Debian Stretch and Buster like so

Code:
harry@biker:~
$ cat /etc/debian_version
10.2
harry@biker:~
$ cat /etc/issue
Welcome to antiX. Powered by Debian.
harry@biker:~
$ cat /etc/antix-version
antiX-19_x64-full Marielle Franco 16 October 2019

rokytnji 12-31-2019 06:08 PM
Oh
What ever you install

Code:
sudo apt-get update
after initial install is needed in terminal with a nternet connection.

Then
Code:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
to keep antix current. You do this about once a week. We don't use self sere gui updater.

ChuangTzu 12-31-2019 06:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji (Post 6073013)
Oh
What ever you install

Code:
sudo apt-get update
after initial install is needed in terminal with a nternet connection.

Then
Code:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
to keep antix current. You do this about once a week. We don't use self sere gui updater.
roky, curious why dist-upgrade and not just apt upgrade?

wagscat123 01-03-2020 02:29 PM
Hey!

So I installed the latest version, and regardless of the official specs runs well. Installing updates for a specific version is just like updating on Debian, that's been pretty intuitive.

I was just wondering when specific versions (i.e. antiX 19) hit EOL so I know how long I have until I will have to upgrade to another version.

ChuangTzu 01-03-2020 03:15 PM
I may be mistaken, however, I think they are supported for as long as the Debian version is supported.

anticapitalista 01-03-2020 05:06 PM
If you look at the forum, under Official Releases, then you see some blurb for example:

antiX-17 “Heather Heyer”
Previous current release of antiX. Supported until 2022. Post here for questions, comments, bugs.

antiX-16 “Berta Cáceres”
Supported until June 6, 2020 release of antiX. Post comments, problems, bugs here.

For antiX-19 it will supported up to 2023, probably later.

wagscat123 01-05-2020 11:40 PM
Hey anticapitalista - do you mind providing an exact link? I can't find it under the main forum page

anticapitalista 01-22-2020 06:01 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by wagscat123 (Post 6075081)
Hey anticapitalista - do you mind providing an exact link? I can't find it under the main forum page
Here it is:

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/fo...cial-releases/

wagscat123 01-23-2020 09:27 AM
So pretty much the lifetime of the underlying Debian release. This was helpful. Thanks!


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