• From: Oklahoma, USA
  • Registered: 2010-07-13
  • Posts: 12

Topic: New Crunchee user

Hello #! world!
A bit about myself:  I've been using linux operating systems for about 3 years now(still somewhat of a noobie to anything non deb based((rpm, etc.))), and migrated over to Cruncheee for my new eeepc (s101 32gb ssd) for college.  I'm 18 years old, from the USA, and traveling all over the world for the next few years. I look forward to getting to know the community more, and hopefully asking some valuable questions (and possibly, in time, answering some).

Last edited by bardiel (2010-07-13 08:04:41)

ASUS Eee PC S101 - Intel Atom 1.6ghz - 2gb RAM - 32gb SSD - CrunchBang Statler Alpha 2 XFCE
  • From: UK
  • Registered: 2009-08-17
  • Posts: 52

Re: New Crunchee user

Hi and Welcome!

  • Registered: 2009-10-08
  • Posts: 91

Re: New Crunchee user

Welcome to the loony-bin, bardiel. May your stay be filled with straight jackets, rubber rooms and free meds!

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  • Registered: 2008-11-24
  • Posts: 1,858

Re: New Crunchee user

Welcome to the forums!

I hope you mean "CrunchBang" and not "Cruncheee" because all support for Cruncheee 8.10 ended in April, when its parent distro (Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex) reached its scheduled end-of-life. Cruncheee will not receive any more updates, bug fixes, security patches, or new applications.

I'd strongly recommend that you install the current stable release (CrunchBang 9.04, supported through Oct. 2010) or the testing release (the Debian Squeeze-based CrunchBang Statler, currently Alpha 2). Just a suggestion to get you the best possible support. smile

  • From: Santa Fe, NM, USA
  • Registered: 2009-09-14
  • Posts: 1,349

Re: New Crunchee user

Welcome to Crunchbang and the Forums.

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  • From: Oklahoma, USA
  • Registered: 2010-07-13
  • Posts: 12

Re: New Crunchee user

Ah, I didn't know CrunchEEE was a dead distro.  Is crunchbang going to have any optimization for netbooks in future releases?  Or is it already optimized for them with each release?
That's strange, I thought I downloaded and installed crunchee, but I believe it's crunchbang.  lsb_release -a gives me the following
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 9.04
Release:    9.04
Codename:    jaunty

Which I assume means I'm on the jaunty version of CrunchBang.
Is Statler alpha 2 stable enough for every day network/word processing/media play use?
I'd love to install that, debian-squeeze is amazing.

ASUS Eee PC S101 - Intel Atom 1.6ghz - 2gb RAM - 32gb SSD - CrunchBang Statler Alpha 2 XFCE
  • Registered: 2010-03-26
  • Posts: 548

Re: New Crunchee user

bardiel wrote:

Ah, I didn't know CrunchEEE was a dead distro.  Is crunchbang going to have any optimization for netbooks in future releases?  Or is it already optimized for them with each release?
That's strange, I thought I downloaded and installed crunchee, but I believe it's crunchbang.  lsb_release -a gives me the following
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 9.04
Release:    9.04
Codename:    jaunty

Which I assume means I'm on the jaunty version of CrunchBang.
Is Statler alpha 2 stable enough for every day network/word processing/media play use?
I'd love to install that, debian-squeeze is amazing.

Yes it is.  big_smile   Take care of yourself out there!!

  • Registered: 2008-11-24
  • Posts: 1,858

Re: New Crunchee user

bardiel wrote:

Is crunchbang going to have any optimization for netbooks in future releases?  Or is it already optimized for them with each release?

Can you be more specific what types of "optimizations" you are looking for? #! has never used Maximus or any of that Ubuntu Netbook junk. wink

bardiel wrote:

Which I assume means I'm on the jaunty version of CrunchBang.

Looks that way. smile

bardiel wrote:

Is Statler alpha 2 stable enough for every day network/word processing/media play use?
I'd love to install that, debian-squeeze is amazing.

I'd say you are a good candidate to test the Alpha. smile I find it to be fairly stable (with a lower case s) but it will not become Stable (with a capital S) until Team Debian has squashed every last bug and declared Squeeze to be the new Debian Stable release.

  • From: Oklahoma, USA
  • Registered: 2010-07-13
  • Posts: 12

Re: New Crunchee user

snowpine wrote:
bardiel wrote:

Is crunchbang going to have any optimization for netbooks in future releases?  Or is it already optimized for them with each release?

Can you be more specific what types of "optimizations" you are looking for? #! has never used Maximus or any of that Ubuntu Netbook junk. wink

If it didn't use any optimizations, what was the core difference from crunchee and crunchbang?  Was it just like the "lite" version?  I figured it might have some netbook specific programs or something along those lines, and just overall smaller install size.

snowpine wrote:

I'd say you are a good candidate to test the Alpha. smile I find it to be fairly stable (with a lower case s) but it will not become Stable (with a capital S) until Team Debian has squashed every last bug and declared Squeeze to be the new Debian Stable release.

Well, stable with a lower case s is definitely all I need to have.  I'll download it immediately and start fooling around.

ASUS Eee PC S101 - Intel Atom 1.6ghz - 2gb RAM - 32gb SSD - CrunchBang Statler Alpha 2 XFCE
  • From: Lincoln, UK
  • Registered: 2008-11-26
  • Posts: 992

Re: New Crunchee user

Hi bardiel, and welcome to CrunchBang smile

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  • Registered: 2010-03-26
  • Posts: 548

Re: New Crunchee user

....If it didn't use any optimizations, what was the core difference from crunchee and crunchbang....

A number of scripts that corenominal the developer included.  It's all over my head but it works nicely.  wink

....I'll download it immediately and start fooling around....

You'll be glad you did.  OT:  wish I could go on a walk-about.  hmm

EDIT - forgot to say hi!

Last edited by winotree (2010-07-13 17:13:03)

  • From: California, USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-29
  • Posts: 8,647

Re: New Crunchee user

Cruncheee included the array kernel as well as some tools for EeePCs:

http://array.org/ubuntu/

The latest kernels nowadays work very well with netbooks though.

Oh and welcome to the forums bardiel smile

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  • Registered: 2008-11-24
  • Posts: 1,858

Re: New Crunchee user

bardiel wrote:

Well, stable with a lower case s is definitely all I need to have.  I'll download it immediately and start fooling around.

Enjoy it!

You might find some of the info here helpful if you run into problems with Debian-based #! on your EEE (but I don't think you will; most stuff should work out of the box): http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC

  • From: Lincoln, UK
  • Registered: 2008-11-20
  • Posts: 4,246

Re: New Crunchee user

Hello bardiel, welcome to the forums! smile

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  • From: Prescott, AZ
  • Registered: 2010-04-27
  • Posts: 159

Re: New Crunchee user

Welcome, I look forward to helping you in any way I can with your #! experience, (may it be many pleasant years!)