14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday evening, Philip Newborough announced the immediate availability for testing of the second Alpha release of the upcoming CrunchBang Linux 10 distribution. Dubbed Statler, the freshly cooked CrunchBang Linux 10 Alpha 2 build is now based on the Debian Squeeze operating system and, in sync with its repositories.
As usual, CrunchBang 10 is distributed in two editions, with Openbox and XFCE window managers. It is also available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Just keep in mind that it's a development release and it should not be used on production machines. "The new alpha 2 builds were created on Thursday 24th June 2010 and are in sync with the Debian Squeeze repositories as of that date. Debian Squeeze continues to develop nicely and the Debian developers are doing a fantastic job. Major updates to Squeeze and therefore CrunchBang, since the last CrunchBang alpha builds, include updates to both the Openbox Window Manager (3.4.11.1) and the Xfce Desktop Environment (4.6.2)." - said Philip Newborough in the official release announcement.
Highlights of CrunchBang Linux 10 Alpha 2:
· Linux kernel 2.6.32.5; · Based on Debian Squeeze; · Fixed Bash completion; · Added Java support in Iceweasel; · Added Ubuntu-style notifications powered by notify-osd; · Improved support for Broadcom wireless cards; · Tweaked Debian installer (for a better installation experience). Also, an active network connection is not required for CrunchBang installations; · New themes based on the popular Shiki-Colors GTK2 style; · New icons created with the GNOME-Colors tool; · Added extra artwork and GTK+ engines; · Added Lua scripting support for Conky; · Added /sbin and /usr/sbin to the system $PATH variable; · Added hostname resolution support via Multicast DNS; · Added a new entry in the Openbox menu to easily install and setup the Dropbox service; · Added Adobe Flash Player 32-bit in the 64-bit edition of CrunchBang; · Added unified configuration files for both editions; · Added xcompmgr and Cairo Composite Manager in the Openbox edition; · Added post-installation script to easily setup printer support, install OpenOffice.org, LAMP stack and basic development utilities; · Fixed lockscreen issue for the Live CD; · and many more!
CrunchBang is a Linux distribution based on Debian and powered by the lightweight Openbox and XFCE window managers. It is a fast operating system designed especially for low-end machines. It includes many useful and powerful applications such as Transmission, VLC, The GIMP, Iceweasel, gFTP, XChat, AbiWord or Gparted.
Download CrunchBang Linux 10 Alpha 2 with Openbox or XFCE right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is an alpha release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please report bugs or suggestions on the CrunchBang forums.
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