Development release: CrunchBang 10 “Statler” Alpha 2

The second alpha release of CrunchBang 10 is now available. The new alpha 2 builds were created on Thursday 24th June 2010 and are in sync with the Debian Squeeze repositories as of that date. Debian Squeeze continues to develop nicely and the Debian developers are doing a fantastic job. Major updates to Squeeze and therefore CrunchBang, since the last CrunchBang alpha builds, include updates to both the Openbox Window Manager (3.4.11.1) and the Xfce Desktop Environment (4.6.2). Thanks go out to everybody who tested the first alpha builds;...

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Development release: CrunchBang 10 “Statler” Alpha 1

The first alpha release of CrunchBang 10 is now available. Codenamed “Statler”, this release is, for the first time, built using Debian sources. Changing from Ubuntu to Debian sources marks an exciting new start for the project. Statler is currently being developed using Debian Squeeze sources. For anyone who is not aware, Debian Squeeze is the codename of Debian’s current “testing” release and will be Debian’s next “stable” release. Statler alpha 1 is available to download in two main flavours, those being Openbox and Xfce. Both the Openbox...

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Dr. Bunsen @ #!

The CrunchBang project has a new build server. Dr. Bunsen is a new VPS on Linode, running Debian Lenny. The server has been added to the CrunchBang Project’s small, but growing number of virtual and real private servers. This new server is being funded by the project’s use of Google AdSense, sales from our shop, contributions by our only commercial sponsor, R1Soft Linux Hot Copy, and by donations collected from generous donors within our community. A big thank you goes out to everyone who has contributed to the project, you are all stars!...

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CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 Released

After a slight delay and a prolonged testing period, the final builds of CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 are now available. As the version number suggests, it is based on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope. As with all previous releases, 9.04.01 has been built from scratch using the Ubuntu MinimalCD. The builds were completed on the 6th July 2009 and contain all security and package updates available at that time. What’s New? For the first time, CrunchBang Linux is available to download in both 32 and 64-bit builds. The addition of the 64-bit (amd64) builds...

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CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter #0904

A new edition of the CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter been published. Issue #0904 covers the month of March ’09 and features: Public Relations – This section provides links to blogs and articles in which CrunchBang has been featured/discussed. It also contains a listing of CrunchBang related videos on YouTube.com, definitely worth a look!CrunchBang IRC – Marcus has been examining the IRC logs and has made some amusing conclusions — apparently CrunchBang users are great thinkers!Development – Philip continues the tradition of answering questions...

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Logo Competition

As stated in the first monthly newsletter, we are having a competition to create a new CrunchBang logo. From the newsletter: We’re officially announcing a #! logo competition. This competition is open to all and you may submit as many entries as you want. We’re looking for a logo that accurately conveys the simplicity, speed and uniqueness of #! …snip… We’ll keep the competition open until the 23rd of March 09. Editors of #! Newsletter will narrow down the entries to three and pass the final decision over to Philip Newborough. So, fire-up...

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New Monthly Newsletter – Issue 1

The first CrunchBang monthly newsletter has been published. The newsletter is a community project and has been put together by the CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter Team. The team, I am not including myself in this statement, have done a fantastic job putting the newsletter together and it has been really interesting to observe the 8 editors collaborate on the document — I hope you will agree that the end result is both an interesting and informative read! The first issue can be found at: http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/crunchbang…/issue_0903...

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Introducing the CrunchBangers Launchpad Team

In an effort to open up the development of CrunchBang, I have created a new project on Launchpad. The project is to be driven by the CrunchBangers team. CrunchBangers is an open team and anyone with an interest in the future development of the distribution is welcome to join. I have currently set the introduction to read as: CrunchBangers are a team of extraordinary folk who work on producing CrunchBang Linux, an unofficial Ubuntu distribution featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager and GTK+ applications. CrunchBangers are dedicated...

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CrunchBang Linux 8.10.02 released

The final 8.10.02 builds of CrunchBang Linux, CrunchBang Linux “Lite” and CrunchEee are now available. The new releases contain numerous changes and many fixes provided by the CrunchBang community. For more information about these releases, please see: Standard Edition Download locations.Alternative installation instructions.Release notes.Application list. Lite Edition Download locations.Alternative installation instructions.Release notes.Application list. CrunchEee ASUS Eee PC Edition Download locations.Installation instructions &...

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CrunchBang review on Hacker Public Radio

For all the podcast junkies, monsterb and threethirty (a couple of Linux Cranks) have reviewed CrunchBang Linux for Hacker Public Radio. The review is fairly short and sweet, but CrunchBang seems to have been well received. You can download and listen to the review at: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0...

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