Installing antiX Linux did everything I wanted it to do for
my old de-googled Chromebook. It was easy to install, all
the windows open up in a snappy fashion, and it boots in
about 25 seconds. And because it is still in the Deb
family, I was able to use apt to easily restore my
command-line comforts [1].
Also, it has surprised me in a lot of pleasant ways. I love
the aesthetic choices; the theme that comes out of the box
is beautiful, and icewm rules. It was just so easy to
customize with a file simply called keys in the .icewm
directory[2]. But the most pleasant surprise was how quick
the shutdown is. I have always found long boot up time to
being annoying, but I didn't realize how much time in my
life I have allowed systemd to waste, when the processes
can just be knocked down, end.
So here is a rite of passage (mind you, not an attempt at
gate-keeping): you have achieved "deep Linux" when you have
an informed opinion on systemd.
[1] acpi, aspell (which doesn't do me any good without
aspell-en), lynx, vitetris, freesweep
[2] So easy to get all of the modifications that I want
that I now don't see the benefit in putting on Suckless's
DWM and having to recompile each time I want to make a
change..
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