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  • @kanzalibrary@lemmy.ml
    2•10 months ago

    AntiX wouldn’t let me install any packages or update. It would keep telling me I needed to wait a few hours to access the repos. I did like how you could swap between several desktop environments easily.

    Just manual change the repo and problem solved…

    And I need to clarify this because AntiX IMO, under category Permacomputing for low power consumption without too much sacrificing the function than others [in my experiment].