https://sourceforge.net/projects/antix- ... s/Testing/
There are pages upon pages of self congratulation by the usual culprits for this leviathan of complexity with the largest menu list I have seen thus far not to mention the four init systems OMG…
I also add my congratulation with respect to such complexity requiring only 235MB RAM at idle on my old 2013 Dell Laptop.
The owner and devs perhaps never encountered the KISS principle…?
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
Systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated; therefore, simplicity should be a key goal in design, and unnecessary complexity should be avoided.
The Unix philosophy emphasizes building simple, compact, clear, modular, and extensible code that can be easily maintained and repurposed by developers other than its creators. LXDE is an excellent example.
Attributed to Albert Einstein, although this may be an editor's paraphrase of a lecture he gave. "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler".
Colin Chapman, the founder of Lotus Cars, urged his designers to "Simplify, then add lightness"
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
"It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away" – My principle – Need I say more?
Having gained some enlightenment – excuse the pun - you can now compare the complex antix-23.1 init-diversity-edition with my simple AntiX-23 LXDE.
https://imgur.com/a/KNHltp2
There will be those who need, or think they need Debian’s Swiss Army Knife designed by a competing diverse committee. There will be others who just need an efficient fast and stable distro to get their work done. Equally there will be others assured no unnecessary processes draining resources allowing them to indulge their leisure time fully without fuss or distraction.
Antix claim their distro is aimed at the Linux newcomer – lol
Even their crude panel modifier fails miserably compared to LXDE….
Remember? - The project was started in 2006 by Taiwanese programmer Hong Jen Yee (Chinese: 洪任諭; pinyin: Hóng Rènyù), also known as PCMan, when he published PCManFM, a new file manager and the first module of LXDE.
Antix have still not caught up or even got close in 18 years….!
I will make a new post about the simple Noob friendly LXPanel soon
From the quotation - Perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away -
Is there anything left to take away? Yes..! At least another seven packages or apps but would mean loosing my favoured screenshot-antix
and also the control centre.
