Thank you again for your support and feedback. :)

By the way, just started using #!crunchbang.  Great work!

But now, I have a 64 bit intrepid machine (dual 2Ghz/2GB). Which makes me want a 64bit #!.

So I'm pretty torn.  I suppose I'd like to see the 64 bit version first--mostly b/c it just opens up more machines to #!, whereas the Lite version just makes things a bit easier.

Tough choice ;)

Ghoti :cool:

Hopefully you will be pleased to read that I have altered the build scripts and this is no longer an issue :) Thanks for showing your interest in the lite version, it appears I underestimated how many people would like it. Doh!

Hope to see you around the forums some more! Cheers.

I used the 8.04.02 lite edition and it was the best thing I ever installed on my machine. My only problem with it was that when removing an app it said that it was a part of the cruncbang meta-package. Hope this is not the case with the new version.
I'm really waiting for the new Lite version.

Greetings to Philip and all the nice people here on this forum.

Have you tried Ubuntu's MinimalCD? I have tried both Debian's netinst and Ubuntu's MinimalCD, IMHO there is not much difference between the two. CrunchBang's alternative installation uses the Ubuntu MinimalCD as its base. I do not think the process is too different.

Yep, I know about it, haven't tried it, though. Thanks for the info, good to know! :)

Thank you for all the feedback. It seems that the "Lite" edition is more popular than I had thought. So, I will continue with the "Lite" edition, before moving to the 64bit edition. Again, thank you to everybody who posted, in future I will know where to come when I am in two minds :)

Hi! "#!CB" is very nice and faster then original Ubuntu. In this topic was write that users of 64bit not needing  light distributions..No Ican say this not so! While i must get megabites of soft that wasn't need, that don't need now and willn't be need in future for me? But this is only my point of view. Cause of this  i need 64bit version of #!CB/ And i can do this work by myself. Only one moment: in repo of CB there are not sources packages. Where from I can download it?
All answer may be doing to hrymnir at gmail dot com.
P.S. If this theme is interesting for somebody more - i can create 64bit's repo on my store.Not very big but enouth for one repo.
Best Regards!
VB SPb

I was searching for a distro that appeals to my minimalist sensibility, yet is fully functional and sensibly configured. I really think CrunchBang is right in that "sweet spot."

IMO theres not many distros that fit that niche. Either they chock full of apps and whatnot, or theyre the build-it-yourself type (like Arch).

I agree that CrunchBang is a great middle ground and thats why I look forward to the lite version.

snowpine,

Whoops. Shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. Thanks for the quick response. I will definitely actually check it out. Sorry to be hijacking this thread, but if I install that version will it easily upgrade to 8.10.01's packages or should I wait for the 8.10 lite?

I would wait for 8.10 lite. There isn't a good upgrade path from CrunchBang 8.04 to 8.10.
However, it is perhaps worth checking out 8.04 lite as a live CD or virtualbox session to satisfy your curiosity. :)

One thing to keep in mind as we discuss CrunchBang "full" vs. "lite" is that the full version is only about 2gb--that is pretty light by today's standards.

I hope Philip won't mind discussion of other distros on here. ;) A really fun distro that redefines the word "lite" is SliTaz--the live CD is about 25mb! Definitely worth checking out for inspiration if you are a minimalist like me.

I came to CrunchBang about 6 months ago by way of Xubuntu and Fluxbuntu. I was searching for a distro that appeals to my minimalist sensibility, yet is fully functional and sensibly configured. I really think CrunchBang is right in that "sweet spot."

Whoops. Shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. Thanks for the quick response. I will definitely actually check it out. Sorry to be hijacking this thread, but if I install that version will it easily upgrade to 8.10.01's packages or should I wait for the 8.10 lite?

Am I right in assuming that the lite edition is just the full edition without the apps that aren't absolutely essential (like.. Kino, 2 terminal emulators, gimp, inkscape) but keeping things like abiword, one word processor, and one music client?

Hi Mlweber,
No, your assumption is incorrect. :) The Lite version contains only the most basic applications (terminal, file browser, web browser, text editor, etc) and has no word processor, music player, etc. The assumption is that you either don't need these things or prefer to install the apps of your choice.

Give the 8.04 Lite version a try: http://crunchbang.net/pub/linux/crunchb … 2.i386.iso

(edit: wrong URL, sorry!)

If so, it might be interesting to look for even more lightweight alternatives to the default applications, and perhaps even completely remove the gnome deps. We could use transmission instead of deluge (no pygtk), mplayer instead of totem (almost no deps there), quod libet instead of rhythmbox (no gnome) and even something like wicd instead of networkmanager. I don't know what to do about abiword though, because it has in the last years gone from pure GTK+ to requiring all kinds of gnome deps.

What would you all want? Would you like simply "full" #! without the fluff, or even lighter apps?