Release Candidate 1: CrunchBang Linux “Lite” Edition
The first release candidate for the new CrunchBang 8.10.01 “Lite” edition has been uploaded and is available for testing. The image can be downloaded from:
http://crunchbang.net/pub/linux/crunchbang-lite-8.10.01rc1.i386.iso
md5sum: 3f98147648b10e6f533e4106d4056c0d
Approximate size: 416MB
With regards to the differences between the Lite edition and the Standard edition, a slightly different approach has been taken with this release; whereas the 8.04.02 Lite edition simply had all but the terminal, web browser, file manager, editor and media player removed, the same has been done for this release, however the remaining applications (except Terminator) have been swapped out for lightweight alternatives.
- Firefox is replace by Kazehakase (with Flash support).
- Thunar has been replaced by PCmanFM.
- Totem has been replaced by VLC.
- gedit has been replaced by Leafpad.
All items within the “Preferences” and “System” menus remain unchanged (with exception to below).
Other changes include:
- Xfce4 integration/dependencies removed.
- Themes are now set using the lightweight gtk-chtheme package.
- Screen resolutions are handled by lxrandr.
- lxpanel has been replaced by tint and trayer.
- gdebi and ndiswrapper have been installed by default.
Also, fixes have been implemented for some issues which have been highlighted in the current Standard edition, namely CUPS/printing support.
If anyone would like to give the new release a try, please do so. As always, your feedback and suggestions will be more than welcome! :)
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A note for anyone using a separate home partition. Please be aware that where possible new installations will respect the contents on your existing home partition. Therefore, any exiting configuration files will not be overwritten. This could lead to unexpected issues with your Openbox session. It might be advisable to backup and remove/rename ~/.config before attempting an installation.
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December 20th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Why not keep lxpanel? it doesn’t have many dependencies and wouldn’t tint and trayer combined use more ram? Why not use lxappearance instead of gtk-chtheme? And i personally think leafpad should have been included to begin with and not gedit. however, i love this distro and i think you’re doing a great job. keep it up!
December 20th, 2008 at 9:25 am
@Andrew Brown: Thank you for the comment. The tint and trayer combination have been included in the release candidate as a trial. So far they have been fairly well received. Regarding lxappearance and gtk-chtheme, they both offer similar features but gtk-chtheme does not depend on lxsession. More of LXDE maybe included in future releases. Finally, Leafpad is a nifty little editor, but it lacks many of the features available within gedit. For the time being, Leafpad will remain as the default editor for the “Lite” edition and gedit will remain the default editor for the standard edition. Thank you again for the comment, I am glad you are loving the distribution!
December 21st, 2008 at 7:49 pm
With all the recent changes in various scripts and what-not, why not put out an Release Candidate 2 of CB “Lite”….just in time for Christmas.
December 21st, 2008 at 8:36 pm
@ggordon: Sounds like a plan. I will try and get it done as soon as possible.
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:42 pm
It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas….
December 31st, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Hi guys, I’m new here.
Just wanted to say that I love #! – Keep up the great work!
I’m especially interested in the light edition as I often fit up cheap / free old laptops for friends / relations / deserving people and chruchbang is ideal to give something sleek and quick, but with the support and repository depth of ubuntu behind it!
My only negative comment at this point is about the Kazehakase browser. Its nice, light and everything, but without adblock plus or an equivalent large areas of the web are almost unusable. On many sites the number of javascript and flash adds pegs the processor on my old machines and literally make the browser unusable.
I know there are other approaches, like a hosts file, but that’s not really something i can hand over to less technical people.
Thanks, and keep it up, your work is very much appreciated!
March 16th, 2009 at 2:59 am
I have posted a complete how-to for the linux newbs at LinuxBuzz.net