[sf-lug] antiX 17.4 is here

[Rick Moen]

https://antixlinux.com/antix-17-4-now-out/


When I say 'here', I mean both released and, well, _here_ (Chez Moen in
Menlo Park), in time for this Saturday's CABAL meeting.

Liten-Datamaskin:isos rick$ ls -lh antix* | awk '{ print $5 "  " $9 }'
631M  antix-17.4-amd64-base.iso
310B  antix-17.4-amd64-base.iso.gpg
952M  antix-17.4-amd64-full.iso
310B  antix-17.4-amd64-full.iso.gpg
658M  antix-17.4-i386-base.iso
310B  antix-17.4-i386-base.iso.gpg
990M  antix-17.4-i386-full.iso
310B  antix-17.4-i386-full.iso.gpg
366B  antix-17.4.sha256
2.4K  antix-17.4.verification




Liten-Datamaskin:isos rick$ $ cat antix-17.4.sha256
d19de0754fb09a5a301841fdc54266ca717e580ebc989af439a2c5f446f9f049 antix-17.4-amd64-base.iso
d4951383a2642b39cf6915cd3c99820863777fc92f85f98b4d1ec35ea3db9a6f antix-17.4-amd64-full.iso
71dbf71a553b7bd961d2f0f983a34537e0b451396a839df36b1ec68d665c52ce antix-17.4-i386-base.iso
ec7a002d9c3a0c2089f06ad1e6da62ed4692ae95520aedf5d474e2aa6e08f82e antix-17.4-i386-full.iso




Liten-Datamaskin:isos rick$ cat antix-17.4.verification
# Source: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux-iso/ANTIX/Final/antiX-17.4/
# Credentials: demo, demo  root, root.

$ shasum -a 256 -c antix-17.4.sha256
antix-17.4-amd64-base.iso: OK
antix-17.4-amd64-full.iso: OK
antix-17.4-i386-base.iso: OK
antix-17.4-i386-full.iso: OK

$ gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 4A0C4F9C
gpg: key A80582E000067FDD: public key "anticapitalista <antix at operamail.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1

$ gpg --verify antix-17.4-amd64-base.iso.gpg antix-17.4-amd64-base.iso
gpg: Signature made Wed Mar  6 05:17:20 2019 PST
gpg:                using RSA key 30AA418A0C723D937B50A986A80582E000067FDD
gpg: Good signature from "anticapitalista <antix at operamail.com>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 30AA 418A 0C72 3D93 7B50  A986 A805 82E0 0006 7FDD

$ gpg --verify antix-17.4-amd64-full.iso.gpg antix-17.4-amd64-full.iso
gpg: Signature made Wed Mar  6 04:34:37 2019 PST
gpg:                using RSA key 30AA418A0C723D937B50A986A80582E000067FDD
gpg: Good signature from "anticapitalista <antix at operamail.com>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 30AA 418A 0C72 3D93 7B50  A986 A805 82E0 0006 7FDD

$ gpg --verify antix-17.4-i386-base.iso.gpg antix-17.4-i386-base.iso
gpg: Signature made Wed Mar  6 07:16:47 2019 PST
gpg:                using RSA key 30AA418A0C723D937B50A986A80582E000067FDD
gpg: Good signature from "anticapitalista <antix at operamail.com>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 30AA 418A 0C72 3D93 7B50  A986 A805 82E0 0006 7FDD

$ gpg --verify antix-17.4-i386-full.iso.gpg antix-17.4-i386-full.iso
gpg: Signature made Wed Mar  6 06:39:18 2019 PST
gpg:                using RSA key 30AA418A0C723D937B50A986A80582E000067FDD
gpg: Good signature from "anticapitalista <antix at operamail.com>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 30AA 418A 0C72 3D93 7B50  A986 A805 82E0 0006 7FDD
$

Liten-Datamaskin:isos rick$



A few points about that, for Bobbie and others:

1.  The .verification file documents where the files came from.

2.  ...plus the live distro's login credentials.  (I want to avoid the common
    problem of a user getting a live distro at a LUG meeting, taking it home,
    and then having no idea how to login.)

3.  ...plus proof the ISOs pass an SHA256SUM check.  (Avoids the problem of
    users miscopying my files and then claiming mine were defective.)

4.  ...plus gpg proof of authenticity.  (Proves the ISO isn't a trojaned
    imposter.)
    

I made a point of getting the 'base' flavour as well as the 'full' one, 
particularly for the needs of people with very old computers with small
amounts of RAM and disk.  The FAQ says:  'If you have a very old
desktop/laptop with less than 256MB RAM (PII, PIII), or you want a
desktop with "the basics", it is probably best to use antiX-base.'

There are two more flavours (antiX-core and antiX-net) that can run
with even less, but I consider that a speciality within a specialty.