A few hours ago, Philip Newborough proudly announced the next major version of his lightweight Linux distribution, CrunchBang 9.04.01. CrunchBang is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and powered by the Openbox window manager. The good news is that, for the first time, CrunchBang is now available for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.

"After 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 and contain all security and package updates available at that time." - Philip Newborough said in the official release announcement.

Highlights of CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01:

· Based on Ubuntu 9.04;
· Improved boot speed;
· Improved wireless support;
· Support for the EXT4 filesystem;
· lxpanel was replaced by the tint2 panel, as the default taskbar;
· Deluge was replaced by Transmission, as the default BitTorrent client;
· Added a full version of the Vim editor;
· Added PyRoom, a free fullscreen editor;
· Improved documentation;
· Added Openbox menu items, for various config files;
· Improved the existing GTK and Openbox themes;
· Added new GTK and Openbox themes.
...and many more!

About CrunchBang

CrunchBang is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and powered by the lightweight Openbox window manager. It is a fast operating system designed especially for low-end machines. It includes many useful and powerful applications such as Transmission, Epiphany, The GIMP, Pidgin, Pyroom, Audacity, Gwibber or Abiword.

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