AntiX version lifecycle

wagscat123 · 12-31-2019, 03:46 PM

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

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

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!