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____/ wispygalaxy on Wednesday 20 May 2009 20:55 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ wispygalaxy on Sunday 17 May 2009 22:06 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> CrunchBang Linux 8.10.01 released
>>>>
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>>>> | Last night I uploaded and released the final CrunchBang Linux 8.10.01
>>>> | build. I am really quite pleased with this release and it seems to be
>>>> | working well on my own systems. I will keep this post short as I have
>>>> | already written about the release on the new CrunchBang Linux blog.
>>>> | All I wanted to say here is,
>>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>>> Even though CrunchBang is minimal, the screenshots are still impressive.
>>> Have a look at this neat space-themed desktop:
>>>crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/_media/screenshots/crunchbang-tint-and-trayer.jpg
>>>
>>> I like the name of this distro- CrunchBang sounds like something you
>>> would
>>> buy at the movie theater haha. :)
>>
>> It's not so minimal actually. Look how much software it comes with.
>> Compare to a malware magnet (unpatched Windows) that comes with
>> Minesweeper, notepad, paint, cmd, defrag (for sadists) and Solitaire.
>
> Yep, Linux distros come with tons of goodies, especially games. By minimal,
> I was referring to a style, not necessarily the # of software.
>
>> Think how much you get with GNU/Linux (for free) after a 15-minute
>> installation. And you get better, faster, more robust free upgrades every
>> 6 months or so.
>
> It's not cool when software gets stale. I want new features. :) I don't
> have that problem even though I use Debian.
>
> Didn't 7 mention that Ubuntu installs in 9 minutes? Wow!!
On very good hardware it might.
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