<-[[.:start]] ====== AntiX ====== I'm testing a Live-USB Linux [[https://antixlinux.com/|**AntiX**]] on a Lenovo laptop that has always been sluggish running Windows 10 (and even running Debian from the HDD). I don't know if the issue is related to the performance (speed/RAM etc) of the machine or to the HDD itself. To see how the machine performs separately from the HDD I'll use AntiX for general web browsing and email for a few days and see how I find it. === Persistence === I've set up ''static root persistence'' to allow me to install and configure software, and save files etc. that remain after rebooting. This required setting up persistence : rootfs = 3GB homefs = 3GB I installed ''rwho'' and ''rwhod'' to confirm new packages remained after reboot. I needed to change the default Live-USB user passwords to allow persistence to work - the first time I rebooted after setting up persistence I was forced to do so. I also added a new user, rather than stick with the Live-USB's default of ''demo'' === Browser === I then installed ''chromium'' as the preferred browser (instead of the default ''seamonkey'') To make it the menu-selected choice of browser I struggled to see how the menu item ''desktop-defaults-run -b'' (''-b for __b__rowser'') was made to point to ''chromium'' until I found one way (using the GUI control centre): menu control centre preferred applications web-browser --> /usr/share/application/chromium.desktop ''chromium'' does not allow syncing to a ''google account'' any more, despite appearing to let you sign in to Google to initiate the sync. I'll stick with ''chromium'' for this Live-USB version. ''Email?'' : not sure I need to go this far, unless it turns out to be much more user friendly than the Windows10 OS from the HDD. === Mouse Touchpad === I hate "tap-click" on touchpads.... add : # disable touchpad tapping for button1 synclient tapbutton1=-1 & to ''~/.desktop-session/startup'' === Update=== After a couple of hours of using AntiX for Websurfing, You Tube and Dokuwiki editing I'm happy at the speedy response.... Let's see how it performs for other things .... sudo apt-get install claws-mail === ~/.bashrc === Change default prompt to a single line, rather than split across 2 lines: comment out default PS1 and copy/edit to look like : PS1="$PURPLE\u$nc@$CYAN\H$nc:$GREEN\w$GREEN\$$nc " if [ "$UID" = 0 ]; then PS1="$red\u$nc@$red\H$nc:$CYAN\w$nc\\n$red#$nc " else # PS1="$PURPLE\u$nc@$CYAN\H$nc:$GREEN\w$nc\\n$GREEN\$$nc " PS1="$PURPLE\u$nc@$CYAN\H$nc:$GREEN\w$GREEN\$$nc " fi === Desktop Choice === I prefer ''fluxbox'' for low-resource linux machines, and I'm using the ''zzz/fluxbox'' desktop which integrates the ''zzzFM'' file-manager. The default //single-click-opens-files// is annoying and I found the way to disable it is: right-click on the ''File Manager'' desktop icon, select ''Desktop Settings --> General'' tab and un-tick ''single-click open files'' and do the same on the ''Desktop'' tab. Page Updated: ~~LASTMOD~~ {{tag>linux antix}}