Topic: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
9.4 or better CrunchBang Statler? Statler beta or wait?
- 0day
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- winotree
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Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
9.04 will reach its end-of-life this coming October and there are no plans to support it beyond that date. Statler alpha-2 is based on Debian Squeeze, you know, and I find it stable enough for everyday use -- much as I find my original model eeepc 701. Both do what they were designed to do and do it very well. 
Someone else may say wait for beta or release candidate. I say go ahead and download Statler alpha-2 and try it for a week or two as a live CD and decide if it's right for you. Personally I can't answer which is better never having tried version 9.04. 
Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
+1 for Statler. Since Squeeze is in "freeze," there will be no more major changes, and it's stable enough for everyday use.
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Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
but firefox is out of date...
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0day wrote:
but firefox is out of date...
It's not out of date -- it's being actively supported by Mozilla, it's just not current. Two different things. Why not download a current version of the fox to your user file and, um, use it. 
Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
0day wrote:
but firefox is out of date...
Debian (and by extention, #! Statler) is all about giving you stable, well-tested applications. Sometimes this means they are a little out of date... but they work!
You can always grab the latest Firefox from mozilla.org
- monkeybritt
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oh my lord dont even get me started on how alpha2 statler is better than 9.04
yes 9.04 was an excellent release but all i have to say is "Debian".
failure is only a negative way to describe a learning experience.
i am constantly learning.
i am constantly learning.
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Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
in 9.04 firefox is 3.6.8...in statler 3.5.9...
Last edited by 0day (2010-08-28 16:14:33)
Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
0day wrote:
in 9.04 firefox is 3.6.8...in statler 3.5.9...
Are you having a specific problem with Iceweasel 3.5.9, or are you just thinking "newer is better"?
You can always get the newest Firefox for any Linux distro (including #!) here:
- winotree
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0day wrote:
in 9.04 firefox is 3.6.8...in statler 3.5.9...
Yes. And one is based on Ubuntu, the other Debian. Honestly, can you expect two differing, I mean different companies to do things the same way? Or to stay in step with each other? I believe snowpine mentioned stability over currency as the deciding factor in Statler.
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0day wrote:
in 9.04 firefox is 3.6.8...in statler 3.5.9...
I honestly didn't find any differences in stability, newity, or addon compatibility
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Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
I'm not any kind of experienced enough to comment on the differences but as a new linux user, and having used #! for about a year almost, I love the new version. There's a few things I might tweak different (default gui font, and look maybe) but I think Statler, so far, is totally awesome.
One of the best things for me, right off the bat, was the inclusion of the wireless drivers- my card was instantly recognized and with just the encryption settings, I was on-line in less than 30 seconds.
I love it.
I'm DL the GTK version now....
p.s.
I installed the i686 version without thinking, on an AMD64 machine (most of my rigs are intel so it just slipped my mind) and -weird- it works just fine. Has an issue coming out of standby (duh) but otherwise, seems totally normal. LOL.
I say, get Statler and use it for a week or two on the side, via live CD. Save anything you change or customize to a USB (I keep all my settings backed up that way anyway) and if you like it, then install it. 9.04 is nice, and rock solid, but why not use the latest?
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IBM T-22 server + Dell e1505 + Old dualie socket 370 server (why not? Runs GREAT with #! 10 +4gb ECC ram)
OSs: #! 10 (openbox), AVLinux5, LinuxMINT 11, Fluxbuntu 7 (pah!), Fedorah 15, + WinXP*cough-cough*"pro" for
VST & DAW, CAD, Media, Composing & Pro-Music Studio work, Image editing, etc.
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Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
@CheekyBangBang, i486 i686 and amd64 are cpu architectures. If you have a new computer with 4GB of ram or over, you want to use amd64. it has nothing to do with whether the actual processor is amd or intel. Similarly, using i686 on a computer with 4GB+ of ram will only limit you, as you can't use all of your ram.
just call me...
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Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
I'm not going to start a discution here but, if you guys see this topic and answer to me, it would be awesome:
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … need-help/
My system is not upgrading, my iceweasel is currently on 3.4.x, even with apt-get update, upgrade, others.
Sorry for the little troll here...
I personaly use statler because my monitor wasn't supported on 9.04, it's 1920x1080, but the max resolution was 600x400. So I went the easy way and got statler.
D510MO + dell mini 10, both at 2 gb and crunching for now.
Re: statler alpha2 or 9.04?
FSM: well, there is Itanium but Intel knew they lost the 64bit game to AMD so they just went with AMD64. Not that Itanium is really common
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