3 hours ago
OK, re YT, that's the sort of thing that the antiX people have been working at for years. Read that board--there are many, many options to view YT, but some are just different front ends for mpv (which we already have). Getting any of them to work right/completely for whatever you want to do (audio only, whatever) is more reading/work than just launching FFox. Blame Google/YT that it's not easier to use/keep-up with yt-dlp, etc, not the distros.
Means to tolerably run current full-bloat software on 25 year old hardware wont be found--that's just life at the trailing edge of hardware. It's more reading, it's more work--but there are improvements that can be made by really knowing your needs and substituting applications. In the end, it only matters whether or not you are happy with what you figure out for your own usage. (All this is part of why what antiX has provided and what John has done with DSL is of such value--we already have some solutions for your interests--just keep reading the antiX board re YT viewing.) As "friendly" [sic?] as the upstream people have made things (control center utilities, etc), it's still an exercise in economy--less integrated and less accessible than loading, say, Mint. DSL has pared-down some of that further and substituted many apps. It's what we all know--the ease-of-use thing is a tradeoff with performance, pretty much like security is a tradeoff with convenience. Living in DSL is a choice about where you're going to "live" and that implicitly places one in a more "hands-on" usage just like antiX is more that way than using MX w/ xfce, etc.
There are still some older versions of antiX that are supported yet, too, FWIW. Maybe you remember when you moved to linux to begin with--it took time and a little bit of work to figure out how to do everything you were used to doing, but you found your way--and it was just different. You got it done, but it was different. So it continues to be with replacing apps within linux distros, IMO.
Maybe you are at the point where you want to learn about making your own spins for your own stuff--that's on the upstream board, too. Reading there can sometimes be a slog because there's a lot of old information, too, but I'm still learning there every day, too. The group is great, active, and knowledgeable--just do your homework before you post inquiries--same as anywhere else.
OTOH, if you want to run 2010 linux distros on 2010 hardware, antiX would just fly, compared to antiX 23/bookworm 12-based releases. No one knows what's acceptable for your usage but you. Maybe you use that screaming Dell (for DSL terms, anyway) to make a terminal server for the ancient boxes. Whatever it is, you can make some fun and keep them out of the landfills (a pretty common goal for a lot of us, here).
If you get an old-old box and want to configure/customize for that, start a thread and we'll pile in there after we see what you're working on. None of this discussion should've been in John's thread (for which I apologize) and maybe he can move it elsewhere.
Means to tolerably run current full-bloat software on 25 year old hardware wont be found--that's just life at the trailing edge of hardware. It's more reading, it's more work--but there are improvements that can be made by really knowing your needs and substituting applications. In the end, it only matters whether or not you are happy with what you figure out for your own usage. (All this is part of why what antiX has provided and what John has done with DSL is of such value--we already have some solutions for your interests--just keep reading the antiX board re YT viewing.) As "friendly" [sic?] as the upstream people have made things (control center utilities, etc), it's still an exercise in economy--less integrated and less accessible than loading, say, Mint. DSL has pared-down some of that further and substituted many apps. It's what we all know--the ease-of-use thing is a tradeoff with performance, pretty much like security is a tradeoff with convenience. Living in DSL is a choice about where you're going to "live" and that implicitly places one in a more "hands-on" usage just like antiX is more that way than using MX w/ xfce, etc.
There are still some older versions of antiX that are supported yet, too, FWIW. Maybe you remember when you moved to linux to begin with--it took time and a little bit of work to figure out how to do everything you were used to doing, but you found your way--and it was just different. You got it done, but it was different. So it continues to be with replacing apps within linux distros, IMO.
Maybe you are at the point where you want to learn about making your own spins for your own stuff--that's on the upstream board, too. Reading there can sometimes be a slog because there's a lot of old information, too, but I'm still learning there every day, too. The group is great, active, and knowledgeable--just do your homework before you post inquiries--same as anywhere else.
OTOH, if you want to run 2010 linux distros on 2010 hardware, antiX would just fly, compared to antiX 23/bookworm 12-based releases. No one knows what's acceptable for your usage but you. Maybe you use that screaming Dell (for DSL terms, anyway) to make a terminal server for the ancient boxes. Whatever it is, you can make some fun and keep them out of the landfills (a pretty common goal for a lot of us, here).
If you get an old-old box and want to configure/customize for that, start a thread and we'll pile in there after we see what you're working on. None of this discussion should've been in John's thread (for which I apologize) and maybe he can move it elsewhere.