topic title: Hi folks, new user here
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limitingfactor
Joined: 09 Feb 2017
#1
Hi everyone - new user here in the UK. Not new to Linux but new to Antix.

Fantastic OS - light and fast, it's breathed new life into my (otherwise) rubbish old Asus 501. Thanks __{{emoticon}}__
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
greetings!
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fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#3
Welcome aboard. __{{emoticon}}__
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#4
it's breathed new life into my (otherwise)
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. Thanks
Good to hear. Howdy and Welcome.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#5
Glad to hear we can keep the old stuff going ... and going well. Welcome.
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darry1966
Joined: 01 Apr 2013
#6
Welcome. __{{emoticon}}__
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limitingfactor
Joined: 09 Feb 2017
#7
rokytnji wrote:
it's breathed new life into my (otherwise)
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. Thanks
Good to hear. Howdy and Welcome.
Cheers __{{emoticon}}__ That spec isn't bad at all - mine's an X501U with 2GB RAM and an AMD C60; quite a bit more sluggish __{{emoticon}}__ I bought it cheap 5 years ago; that'll teach me!! It came with Windows 7; my how it crawled __{{emoticon}}__ Nice and fast now with antiX
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ChuangTzu
Joined: 01 May 2016
#8
Hello and welcome!
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Shay
Joined: 20 Apr 2015
#9
Crucial says on ram , but 4 GB should do nicely.

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And should you ever replace that 5400 rpm hdd witha SSD, you will be in for a pleasant surprise.
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#10
limitingfactor wrote:
rokytnji wrote:
it's breathed new life into my (otherwise)
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url was:"https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-x501a-dh31-15-6-core-i3-2350m-windows-8-64-bit-4-gb-ram-320-gb-hdd-series/specs/"
linktext was:"rubbish old Asus 501"
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. Thanks
Good to hear. Howdy and Welcome.
Cheers __{{emoticon}}__ That spec isn't bad at all - mine's an X501U with 2GB RAM and an AMD C60; quite a bit more sluggish __{{emoticon}}__ I bought it cheap 5 years ago; that'll teach me!! It came with Windows 7; my how it crawled __{{emoticon}}__ Nice and fast now with antiX
Not being a mind reader yet. But I am working on it. __{{emoticon}}__

It is always nice for new members to take out the guess work on our end with a terminal readout of

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Happy Trails, Rok

Edit: My red signature line points to a sticky I made on this forum. But nobody listens to this old scooter tramp anyways. __{{emoticon}}__