antiX 17.1 VM Images Released For VirtualBox and VMware

antiX Linux team announced the latest of their operating system “antiX 17.1” based on Debian (Stretch): “antiX 17.1 (Heather Heyer) released. This is primarily an upgrade of antiX 17 with a new Meltdown/Spectre-patched kernel and a few new applications for users to enjoy. So what has changed since antiX 17 release? New 4.9.87 Linux kernel patched for Meltdown/Spectre; all packages upgraded to Debian 9.4; elogind now included on full and base flavours; eudev updated from 3.2 to 3.5; Firefox-ESR upgraded to 52.7.1; LibreOffice version 5.2.7; xf86-video-sisimedia-antix – latest version for sis graphics; improved localization including new languages offered eg Amharic. New: repo-manager – ported from MX Linux – GUI to easily set up default repositories; antix-viewer – ported from mx-viewer – very simple viewer to display an URL; live-usb-maker-gui-antix – ported from MX Linux as a front end to the antiX live-usb-maker application. Based on Debian Stretch, but without systemd and libsystemd0, eudev instead of systemd-udev, Customised kernel with fbcondecor splash, libreoffice (full version only), firefox-esr, claws-mail, systemd-free cups for printing, xmms -for audio, gnome-mpv – for playing video, smtube – play youtube videos without a using a browser, streamlight-antix – stream videos with very low RAM usage, evince – pdf reader, latest adobe-flashplugin, arc-theme…” You can read complete release announcement here.

We are providing you virtual images for latest version of antiX 17.1 for VirtualBox and VMware.

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