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Steen: To install LMDE using a usb you can download the appropriate .iso from the Linux Mint website (use a .torrent if possible) and then write the .iso to your usb using unetbootin:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Unetbootin is also in the repositories though Debian has a slightly older version.
If you need more information then Google is your friend.
I have an eeepc 1000HC with the large battery (6 cell I think) - it has small dimensions but is a little heavier - Everything works in Crunchbang out of the box though I use another Linux on it at the moment. Have been well satisfied and it was cheap as chips. Recommended.
For full sized screen and good keyboard you can't beat Dell stuff and Lenovo Thinkpads - I used to have a second hand Thinkpad that had a beautiful keyboard and my dad has an ancient Dell with a high resolution screen crammed into a normal screen area.
Here is the release announcement:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/
Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" released press@debian.org
February 5th, 2011 http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" released
After 24 months of constant development, the Debian Project is proud to
present its new stable version 6.0 (code name "Squeeze"). Debian 6.0 is
a free operating system, coming for the first time in two flavours.
Alongside Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced with this
version as a "technology preview".Debian 6.0 includes the KDE Plasma Desktop and Applications, the GNOME,
Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments as well as all kinds of server
applications. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and
software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.Debian runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to
supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of nine
architectures are supported by Debian GNU/Linux: 32-bit PC / Intel
IA-32 (i386), 64-bit PC / Intel EM64T / x86-64 (amd64), Motorola/IBM
PowerPC (powerpc), Sun/Oracle SPARC (sparc), MIPS (mips (big-endian)
and mipsel (little-endian)), Intel Itanium (ia64), IBM S/390 (s390),
and ARM EABI (armel).Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" introduces technical previews of two new ports to
the kernel of the FreeBSD project using the known Debian/GNU userland:
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD for the 32-bit PC (kfreebsd-i386) and the 64-bit PC
(kfreebsd-amd64). These ports are the first ones ever to be included in
a Debian release which are not based on the Linux kernel. The support
of common server software is strong and combines the existing features
of Linux-based Debian versions with the unique features known from the
BSD world. However, for this release these new ports are limited; for
example, some advanced desktop features are not yet supported.Another first is the completely free Linux kernel, which no longer
contains problematic firmware files. These were split out into separate
packages and moved out of the Debian main archive into the non-free
area of our archive, which is not enabled by default. In this way
Debian users have the possibility of running a completely free
operating system, but may still choose to use non-free firmware files
if necessary. Firmware files needed during installation may be loaded
by the installation system; special CD images and tarballs for USB
based installations are available too. More information about this may
be found in the Debian Firmware wiki page.1: http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
Furthermore, Debian 6.0 introduces a dependency based boot system,
making system start-up faster and more robust due to parallel execution
of boot scripts and correct dependency tracking between them. Various
other changes make Debian more suitable for small form factor
notebooks, like the introduction of the KDE Plasma Netbook shell.This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as:
* KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.4.5
* an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.30
* the Xfce 4.6 desktop environment
* LXDE 0.5.0
* X.Org 7.5
* OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
* GIMP 2.6.11
* Iceweasel 3.5.16 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox)
* Icedove 3.0.11 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird)
* PostgreSQL 8.4.6
* MySQL 5.1.49
* GNU Compiler Collection 4.4.5
* Linux 2.6.32
* Apache 2.2.16
* Samba 3.5.6
* Python 2.6.6, 2.5.5 and 3.1.3
* Perl 5.10.1
* PHP 5.3.3
* Asterisk 1.6.2.9
* Nagios 3.2.3
* Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support)
* OpenJDK 6b18
* Tomcat 6.0.18
* more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from
nearly 15,000 source packages.Debian 6.0 includes over 10,000 new packages like the browser Chromium,
the monitoring solution Icinga, the package management frontend
Software Center, the network manager wicd, the Linux container tools
lxc and the cluster framework Corosync.With this broad selection of packages, Debian once again stays true to
its goal of being the universal operating system. It is suitable for
many different use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from
development servers to cluster systems; and for database, web or
storage servers. At the same time, additional quality assurance efforts
like automatic installation and upgrade tests for all packages in
Debian's archive ensure that Debian 6.0 fulfils the high expectations
that users have of a stable Debian release. It is rock solid and
rigorously tested.Starting from Debian 6.0, the "Custom Debian Distributions" are renamed
to "Debian Pure Blends" [2]. Their coverage has increased as Debian 6.0
adds >Debian Accessibility [3], DebiChem [4], Debian EzGo [5], Debian
GIS [6] and Debian Multimedia [7] to the already existing Debian Edu
[8], Debian Med [9] and Debian Science [10] "pure blends". The full
content of all the blends can be browsed [11], including prospective
packages that users are welcome to nominate for addition to the next
release.2: http://blends.alioth.debian.org/
3: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-accessibility/
4: http://debichem.alioth.debian.org/
5: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEzGo
6: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis
7: http://blends.alioth.debian.org/multimedia/tasks/index
8: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu
9: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/
10: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience
11: http://blends.alioth.debian.org/Debian may be installed from various installation media such as Blu-ray
Discs, DVDs, CDs and USB sticks or from the network. GNOME is the
default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. Other
desktop environments — KDE Plasma Desktop and Applications, Xfce,
or LXDE — may be installed through two alternative CD images. The
desired desktop environment may also be chosen from the boot menus of
the CDs/DVDs. Again available with Debian 6.0 are multi-architecture
CDs and DVDs which support installation of multiple architectures from
a single disc. The creation of bootable USB installation media has
also been greatly simplified; see the Installation Guide [12] for more
details.12: http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/installmanual
In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux may
also be directly used without prior installation. The special images
used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks and
netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386
architectures only. It is also possible to use these live images to
install Debian GNU/Linux.The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 has been improved in
various ways, including easier selection of language and keyboard
settings, and partitioning of logical volumes, RAID and encrypted
systems. Support has also been added for the ext4 and Btrfs filesystems
and — on the kFreeBSD architecture — the Zettabyte
filesystem (ZFS). The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux is now
available in 70 languages.Debian installation images may be downloaded right now via BitTorrent
[13] (the recommended method), jigdo [14] or HTTP [15]; see Debian on
CDs [16] for further information. It will soon be available on
physical DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Discs from numerous vendors [17], too.13: http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/
14: http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which
15: http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/
16: http://www.debian.org/CD/
17: http://www.debian.org/CD//vendorsUpgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 from the previous release, Debian
GNU/Linux 5.0 (codenamed "Lenny"), are automatically handled by the
apt-get package management tool for most configurations, and to a
certain degree also by the aptitude package management tool. As
always, Debian GNU/Linux systems may be upgraded painlessly, in place,
without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the
release notes [18] as well as the installation guide [19] for possible
issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The
release notes will be further improved and translated to additional
languages in the weeks after the release.18: http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/releasenotes
19: http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/installmanualAbout Debian
------------Debian is a free operating system, developed by thousands of volunteers
from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. The Debian
project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the
Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide
the best operating system possible. Debian 6.0 is another important
step in that direction.Contact Information
-------------------For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
http://www.debian.org or send mail to <press@debian.org>.--
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I believe that they will be moving to a bi-annual release now so mark the 6th Feb. in your diaries.
Kosten,
The download size for network-manager-pptp-gnome is 35.5kb - without going online I can't see any way of getting the package before Squeeze goes stable and the DVD's are released.
Here is a link anyway:
Hi,
You can install the package you need by typing the following into a terminal:
"sudo apt-get install network-manager-pptp-gnome"
without the quotation marks
Hope this helps.
Not actually tried it but unetbootin version 408-1 has a "Testing HdMedia" option in the Debian tab. One simply drops a cd iso into the root directory of the usb and that is then used to install from.
Well worth checking out.
+1 to that Snowpine
Stable for me means that it does the job reliably every time in the sense that if it carries out a given task on a Tuesday then I expect it to do exactly the same on a Thursday.
The absolute no-no for me are regressions - there is nothing more frustrating than that.
That could be a risk if Crunchbang Statler settles into using Debian Testing throughout its lifespan.
Could you add [solved] to the subject line to help people searching for the same problem in the future?
Thanks.
I find that it is not yet rock solid.
I generally have problems with Thunar and the usb system.
I wouldn't recommend it for a work system as yet. Good for general play though.
Installing notification-daemon-xfce should do the trick.
A suggestion could be to create an "old config" folder and drop all your hidden files and folders into it before you install.
After install you can bring the folders/files back into /home as you need them.
maybe:
.mozilla
.thunderbird
.config/(any programme config you want)
.gconf/(any programme config you want)
.gnupg
And so on...
ooooooo.
That's me lost.
I recommend a google search of the error as a starting point.
Will still follow the thread though.
My Babbage difference engine says 1900 compliant.
(sorry, I read histroy)
I use it on my Babbage difference engine - steam powered and fills a room...
hmm,
Some useful information could be found at the time it fails by pressing the following keys:
Ctrl+Alt+f1
Or Ctrl+Alt+f2 through to f7
and looking for any output messages there.
Post what you find and we can go from there.
Yes,
I found the SMXI script http://smxi.org/ to be really useful in the past and it does give control to the user.
I think that it could come down to the user profile for Crunchbang.
One indication of that profile could be that I find myself, a moderately experienced user, unable to answer a higher than normal proportion of users questions on this forum.
That having been said, I did need to work out why I couldn't connect to a network printer the 1st time round (never having encountered that problem before) - a number of users would not necessarily sus that out. Again it comes down to the type of user out there.
Hmmmmmmm
Giving control to the user...
Is this the future?
Dear Mr Corenominal.
May we have cups there by default on a fresh install as I use my computer as a production machine for my work - I have to connect to many strange and unusual printers in my weekly wanderings.
Of course it could be a case of omns getting to grips with ncurses and scripting it as a post install task to help keep the size of the install image to a minimum!
Printers - sounds dead easy to put ink on paper... causes more hair pulling than one can imagine (goes off on rant about "how difficult can it be and why do manufacturers make all the drivers ever so slightly different for machines that have been doing essentially the same task for the last 25 years")
Yours,
The Monkey 
Hmm,
I 'think' I had to install cups separately too.
Should this be on the standard install?
I could be hopelessly confused though.
All necessary files for installation should be in the install image, you shouldn't need to go online at all during install. Every file should be on the USB.
Lenny Amarok has recently been updated to restore Wikipedia support.
Album art is a pain. I used the following system:
http://www.unrealvoodoo.org/hiteck/projects/albumart/
to get the majority of the covers,
and then an Amarok script to get the rest. (look in the scripts dialogue)
Beware, the 1st link is a little random in what it gets.
All this is more difficult than it should be.
When I was a lad, media players were much better than this modern bells and whistles junk (flat cap and pipe out)
Still use 1.4 on my home desktop.
Recently got an Asus Eeepc 1000HC
100% snazzy and Gets The Job Done
Recommended...
zengrapefruit.
No reason for choosing dvorak...
The difficulty with keyboard shortcuts is a definite mistake on my part though.
I would probably recommend colemak in the future for this reason!
Poor me, locked in now unless I can find 4 weeks free to re-programme myself.
Good excuse for a long holiday.
It still works at the moment, it is simply that support by the developer has been withdrawn.
We can expect breakages in the future as the BBC changes its website.
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