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Topic: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

There are some new Statler images available. The new images are basically updated Alpha 2 images and do not feature too many changes. Any existing Statler users should not need to perform a reinstall, instead a simple 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' should suffice (note, if you have done this within the last couple of days, then you should be there already).

As mentioned, changes from the previous alpha images are minimal, but here is a list of some stuff that has changed:

  • The artwork has been updated to reflect the recent website redesign.

  • The Xfce variant now uses Xfce's native panel by default. tint2 remains installed.

  • The Openbox variant has had Orage replaced by gsimplecal.

  • The Openbox variant now features johnraff's "places" and "recent files" pipe menus.

I am sure there have been a bunch of small fixes applied too, but nothing noteworthy.

I believe some of the better known Debian Installer bugs still exist, namely the language settings that are chosen during the install do not stick. I will try and resolve this in the next release. Also, I have performed numerous test installs with USB sticks using this method. The dd method has worked 100% on every test installation, so I figure it is probably best to call it the recommended method. I have not done any testing with Unetbootin.

Also, I have set-up a new BitTorrent tracker and seedboxes, if you would like to help by seeding the new images, please do as all help is greatly appreciated! smile

The images are available here: http://crunchbanglinux.org/downloads/statler/20101205/

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

So performing a 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade', would be like taking my current system and revamping to the new as like I had downloaded it and fresh installed it? So no need to even DL it and make a new partition? Sorry I am new, but thank you for keeping us posted and putting in all this fantastic work core!

Last edited by Chewie (2010-12-07 03:02:17)

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Viaurl wrote:

So performing a 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade', would be like taking my current system and revamping to the new as like I had downloaded it and fresh installed it?

Yes, apart from any changes you have made to your personal files, e.g. desktop wallpapers, tint2 and conky configs etc.

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

No wonder an apt-update last night made the grub and the gdm splash look different, I am digging it wink
And thank you for clarifying that for me Core.

Last edited by Chewie (2010-12-07 03:21:52)

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Only 20 minutes remaining, go download go!

Thanks for all your hard work on this, I am excited to see the changes. smile

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

snowpine wrote:

Only 20 minutes remaining, go download go!

Thanks for all your hard work on this, I am excited to see the changes. smile

And I am excited to know if it works! lol

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Had already done the apt-get update and dist-upgrade . . . noticed the nice changes in the splash screen and themes.

Downloading the new #! image Openbox/x64 via torrent . . . I like torrents. 

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Sweet. I'll have all six images downloaded shortly and will be seeding away. wink

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

How can one seed? I wanna support!

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Praise Philip! big_smile

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Viaurl wrote:

How can one seed? I wanna support!

It is a fairly simple operation, just download the new images via BitTorrent and leave your client open when the images have downloaded. The client should then start seeding the images so that others can download them. If you do this, you may or may not want to limit the "upload" speed of your client, so that it does not consume your entire connection. Hope this helps. smile

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Ok, what I figured. I shall do so, thank you for the easy explaination. But I won't lie I have relatively slow ISP, but it is the thought that counts right? wink

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Viaurl wrote:

I have relatively slow ISP, but it is the thought that counts right? wink

It certainly is. Although it may change now that there are official torrents, despite my slow connection I've had a lot of upload for the Alpha2 torrent. If you want to seed constantly but don't like having the transmission window floating around I recommend checking out Rtorrent (http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/rtorrent).

On another note very glad to see this new release out. I really like the new naming convention. The massive variety in the stability connoted by alpha/beta/stable across software has (perhaps regrettably) rendered the convention quite meaningless.

Not to mention it arrived just in time for my "new build." (A free P4 tower thats getting a pci sata card to hook up lots of storage to create a home server and backup solution.)

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Ah nice one. I'll guess I'll do something unpredictable and download the Xfce image wink

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Downloaded the 64bit openbox.
Luv the new artwork!

About to install...
Great work great community cool

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

It works. smile More detailed review to follow once I do a VirtualBox install.

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

jpope wrote:

Sweet. I'll have all six images downloaded shortly and will be seeding away. wink

Same, more people the better smile

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Yeah me to, but not the i486 atm,
also got them uploaded to Linuxtracker.org ,jump in and help if you like.

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

default apt sources.list someone? Mine is totally messed up... yeah, i know, silly me, no backup... please to help big_smile

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

There you go

## CrunchBang Linux 10.xx aka Statler
## Compatible with Debian Squeeze, but use at your own risk.
deb http://packages.crunchbanglinux.org/statler statler main
## Official Debian Repositories:
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

@corenominal, I used Unetbootin from the squeeze repo (471-2) to transfer the Xfce4 i686 image to a 1G USB stick and am happy to report that I am posting from it now. I haven't installed it as I don't have a free partition right now, but everything seems to be working fine. I had to boot with nomodeset as I have an Nvidia GeForce 6150 GPU, which was to be expected. My Belkin wireless adapter is working flawlessly out of the box, as it did in the previous Statler release.

I'm curious if it was your decision to add a second xfce4-panel to the left side of the screen and set it to autohide or if it was an oversight. With the default wallpaper it's invisible, and it wasn't until I opened Iceweasel that I saw a tiny black line and wondered if my screen was going bad.

HTH

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

my torrent uploads are gonna be dead for a while im afraid smile
my system went "Crunchbang" haha, grabbing the iso now and preparing for a fresh Openbox install.

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

Updated/upgraded my existing #! install a little while ago - no probs so far :-)

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nice work! which theme exactly got updated? shiki-statler or statler or statler-box? roll

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Re: CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20101205

I'm still on statler alpha1 on my laptop with custom tint2/conky/openbox-gtk-themes/icons/grub-splash-screen etc and I doubt that I'm going to do a fresh install anytime soon (by the way can I build a recovery cd or something in case of a break????), BUT I like the new default colors, themes, backgrounds that came with the new release*. Very nice work (as usual) Philip.

There is one thing that I would love to import to alpha1 but I don't know how: the smaller and nicer fonts during boot and shutdown that came out with alpha2. Is there a way that I can change those fonts without altering the whole system?

*EDIT!

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