====== Release Notes - CrunchBang Linux 10 Alpha 1 ======

The first alpha builds of CrunchBang Linux 10 "Statler" are [[http://crunchbanglinux.org/downloads/statler/|available now]]. For the first time, CrunchBang is being built with [[http://www.debian.org|Debian]] sources, as opposed to [[http://www.ubuntu.com|Ubuntu]].

The LiveCD build process has changed. Previous versions of CrunchBang were built using the remastersys project, this has now been dropped in favour of using the [[http://live.debian.net/|Debian Live Project]]. CrunchBang builds now take place remotely on a VPS provided by [[http://www.linode.com/|Linode]]. The VPS, [[http://drbunsen.crunchbanglinux.org|Dr. Bunsen]], is funded by [[http://crunchbanglinux.org/donations/|generous sponsors to the project]]. The CrunchBang 10 alpha 1 builds were completed on the 16th & 17th of March 2010 and contain all package updates available at the time from the Debian Squeeze repositories.

===== What's new? =====

This is a new start for the project and a lot has happened. In fact, too much has happened to be able to reasonably detail in full. So instead, here is a short list of the main changes:

  * A completely new build process.
  * Switched from Ubuntu to Debian sources.
  * Now uses a customised Debian text installer, available from the LiveCD boot menu.
  * Now available with either a default Openbox or Xfce4 session. The new Xfce offering has been designed to mimic the original CrunchBang Openbox experience, i.e. a minimal desktop with right-click system menu and predefined shortcut keys for popular applications and commands.
  * Available for 32 bit and 64 bit architectures, with the 32 bit offering available in i486 and i686 optimised kernel flavours.
  * Now includes a minimal set of pre-installed applications. The application line-up will be revised over future releases.

===== Download locations =====

The project has recently invested in 3 new file servers. These file servers have been funded by [[http://crunchbanglinux.org/donations/|donations to the project]]. The file servers are named, [[http://hogthrob.crunchbanglinux.org/|Captain Link Hogthrob]], [[http://strangepork.crunchbanglinux.org/|Dr. Julius Strangepork]] & [[http://piggy.crunchbanglinux.org/|First Mate Piggy]]. These new servers are all on the [[http://www.ovh.co.uk/|OVH network]] and are all Intel Atom based machines with a 100Mbps connection and a soft bandwidth cap of 2TB a month. A new load-balancing download page has been created to accommodate these new servers, please see the [[http://crunchbanglinux.org/downloads/statler/|CrunchBang Linux 10 "Statler" downloads page]].

===== Known Issues =====

This is the first time CrunchBang has been built using Debian sources. You should expect to encounter many issues, your system may even go CRUNCH! BANG!