AntiX, etc.

I distro hop on spare partitions, and a recent find is AntiX.  It's a light version of Mepis
for older/slower machines.  I installed it on my first generation Centrino and it positively
sang.  All the system administration benefits of Mepis, but with Fluxbox and Rox.  Excellent
system.  I think it's a tick or two slower than Slackware running Fluxbox, but still faster
than Ubuntu.  Another really good distro is Zenwalk.  It's Slackware based, but configured and
aimed at less experienced users.  It runs XFCE, but it's got pretty good repositories for
heavier and lighter options.  I just downloaded the new 5.2 release, so I'm going to put it on
my laptop to see how it runs.  I might stick with that (had Zenwalk on that machine for about
a year), but I hear AntiX calling my name, too.  I also tried the latest Ubuntu, which did the
most out of the box, but it reminds me more and more of Suse.  It's easier to use, unless you
want to look at the internals yourself.  Then it just feels a bit alien.

I'm always surprised when I see stories about a broken install of Slackware.  I've had such
good luck with it on a range of basic consumer hardware.  I've got it on my laptop's and
desktop's main partitions now, and while it does take some configuring, it's rock solid.