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CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 Released
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009After a slight delay and a prolonged testing period, the final builds of CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 are now available. As the version number suggests, it is based on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope. As with all previous releases, 9.04.01 has been built from scratch using the Ubuntu MinimalCD. The builds were completed on the 6th July 2009 [...]
CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter #0904
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009A new edition of the CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter been published. Issue #0904 covers the month of March ‘09 and features: Public Relations – This section provides links to blogs and articles in which CrunchBang has been featured/discussed. It also contains a listing of CrunchBang related videos on YouTube.com, definitely worth a look! CrunchBang IRC – Marcus has [...]
Logo Competition
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009As stated in the first monthly newsletter, we are having a competition to create a new CrunchBang logo. From the newsletter: We’re officially announcing a #! logo competition. This competition is open to all and you may submit as many entries as you want. We’re looking for a logo that accurately conveys the simplicity, speed and [...]
New Monthly Newsletter – Issue 1
Sunday, March 1st, 2009The first CrunchBang monthly newsletter has been published. The newsletter is a community project and has been put together by the CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter Team. The team, I am not including myself in this statement, have done a fantastic job putting the newsletter together and it has been really interesting to observe the 8 editors [...]
Introducing the CrunchBangers Launchpad Team
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009In an effort to open up the development of CrunchBang, I have created a new project on Launchpad. The project is to be driven by the CrunchBangers team. CrunchBangers is an open team and anyone with an interest in the future development of the distribution is welcome to join. I have currently set the introduction [...]
CrunchBang Linux 8.10.02 released
Sunday, January 18th, 2009The final 8.10.02 builds of CrunchBang Linux, CrunchBang Linux “Lite” and CrunchEee are now available. The new releases contain numerous changes and many fixes provided by the CrunchBang community. For more information about these releases, please see: Standard Edition Download locations. Alternative installation instructions. Release notes. Application list. Lite Edition Download locations. Alternative installation instructions. Release notes. Application list. CrunchEee ASUS Eee PC Edition Download locations. Installation instructions [...]
CrunchBang review on Hacker Public Radio
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009For all the podcast junkies, monsterb and threethirty (a couple of Linux Cranks) have reviewed CrunchBang Linux for Hacker Public Radio. The review is fairly short and sweet, but CrunchBang seems to have been well received. You can download and listen to the review at: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0265
thelip features CrunchBang
Friday, January 2nd, 2009The Linux Install Podcast, otherwise know as thelip, has returned after a prolonged absence. For the first episode in over 6 months, the presenter chose to feature and install CrunchBang Linux. If you have not come across thelip before, the podcast is well worth a listen. The format of the podcast basically follows the presenter as [...]
CrunchEee 8.10.01 Release Candidate 1
Friday, December 26th, 2008Today sees the release of CrunchEee, a special version of CrunchBang Linux developed specifically for the Asus Eee PC. This new edition is similar to the “Lite” edition, but for the inclusion of a full suite of Internet applications and an Eee PC specific Linux Kernel and scripts. More details about the release candidate can [...]
Linux Outlaws review CrunchBang
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008The latest episode of the Linux Outlaws podcast features a review of CrunchBang Linux. The hosts, Dan and Fab have both tried the latest CrunchBang release and discuss the distribution at some length. It is a really great review and the guys do a good job of dispelling some of the misunderstandings around the subject [...]
