Topic: 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!
Regarding the server itself, Dr. Bunsen will be used to build new CrunchBang images. This has previously been performed on my own hardware, using a 1MB internet connection. As you can probably imagine, having such a slow connection has meant the process of building images and then uploading the results has been somewhat laborious and slow. It has probably been the biggest bottleneck with regards to progress. Hopefully, this new server will fix that and be a real benefit to the project.
Also, for anyone who might be interested, I have created a new Identi.ca account for Dr. Bunsen and I will be scripting some automated reports which will be sent to the Identi.ca account when new builds are processed etc. I will also try to write some more scripts to show some basic statistics about how many builds have been attempted, whether or not they were successful, and the types of builds which have been performed.
I have been running some test builds on the new server this morning and the initial results have been interesting. The build process now takes just over 20 minutes, which is fantastic, considering that it used to take several hours! Good stuff! 
Glad to see #! making progress!
