I will not be sad if Crunchbang changes anything. It is their Linux, they can do what they want with it. The fact that there is no common setup for Linux is kind of the point IMO. It is your operating system, you get to do what you want with it. I would say the closest thing to a common setup for desktops is Ubuntu. Getting Linux on every desktop at work depends on where you work; it happens all the time here in university.
Chris... On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Trevor Benedict <[email protected]> wrote: > Not that we need another distro in the pool. > Im guessing that the only difference between Debian and Ubuntu is > going to be the installer/kernel/binaries/file locations/etc etc > etc... > > This has been my main fear about Linux, its just all over the place, > there really isn't a common setup. I guess there is LSB, which took me > a few minutes to find what the current LSB version is, and what > package versions. > And you wonder why commercial applications go to Redhat or Suse, and now > Ubuntu. > I would love to see Linux on every desktop at work, but I know that it > will never happen, we are just too fragmented. > I think we will just be stuck in the background, which im very ok with. > </rant> > > Xfce is nice, used it for awhile. > You now cant call crunchbang ubuntu like. > -- Trevor > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Personally I don't mind if crunbang ditches ubuntu because I've been using >> crunch bang for a little more than a year now, and it means I will be able >> to get a little more familiar with how debian works. I know it's basically >> the same a ubuntu, but I can get familiar with the features of debian, and >> with how they do things. This makes for an easy transition. The things I >> like most about crunchbang are the pcman with root powers, the VLC player >> that you don't have to install all the codecs from medubuntu (it plays >> everything out of the box) and the performance. It's not loaded with >> everything but the kitchen sink out of the box. Ubuntu has a thousand apps >> that I will never even look at, like evolution embedded into it. >> >> Some day maybe I'll get into arch, and then maybe gentoo, and work my way >> down to linux from scratch. >> >> Philip Newborough has announced the development release (Alpha 1) version of >> CrunchBang Linux 10 code-named "Statler" just moments after the release of >> Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" Beta 1. For the first time ever, the distro is >> being built using Debian sources, instead of Ubuntu. >> >> As some of you may know, CrunchBang Linux has become one of the most popular >> flavors of Ubuntu by featuring out of the box light-weight Openbox window >> manager and GTK+ applications on top of a minimal Ubuntu system. It is also >> considered as one of the simplest and refined Ubuntu-based distributions out >> there. >> >> CrunchBang Linux 10 "Alpha 1" is now available in two main versions: Openbox >> and Xfce. Both editions have the same line-up of applications, and the >> recently added Xfce edition has had its session set-up similar to that of >> previous CrunchBang Openbox sessions. From the release notes, here are some >> of the other changes: >> >> * Now uses a customised Debian text installer, available from the LiveCD >> boot menu. >> * Now available with either a default Openbox or Xfce4 session. The new Xfce >> offering has been designed to mimic the original CrunchBang Openbox >> experience, i.e. a minimal desktop with right-click system menu and >> predefined shortcut keys for popular applications and commands. >> * Available for 32 bit and 64 bit architectures, with the 32 bit offering >> available in i486 and i686 optimised kernel flavours. >> * Now includes a minimal set of pre-installed applications. The application >> line-up will be revised over future releases. >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
