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    I think I found the distro Ill stay on for a little while

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Thomas, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Its Crunchbang It uses openbox, which is really fast, and its based on Ubuntu.
    I'll still distro a lot, but I think I'm set :)
     
    Thomas, Jul 17, 2008
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    And by a little you mean a few days right? :D
     
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  3. Thomas

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    I dunno...maybe a week. :eek:
     
    Thomas, Jul 17, 2008
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    oooo... that looks perfect for my X61! Thanks Thomas!
     
    Ethyriel, Jul 17, 2008
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  5. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Your Welcome.
    Its using 150Mbs RAM, Fx has 8 tabs, and pidgins open.
    Its fast to.
     
    Thomas, Jul 17, 2008
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    Sounds good..I think I'll give it a shot..I'd love it if it's faster than Ubuntu.
     
    ATG, Jul 17, 2008
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    It's a sickness, I tell ya.....lol
     
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    only 32 bit huh? doesnt seem to be a big project...yet. :D
    the color scheme in the screenshots looks really bad to me tho. still ill give it a shot since its a "faster" ubuntu. i hope that iso supports live cd!
     
    Lakjin, Jul 17, 2008
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  9. Thomas

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    What do you mean "only 32 bit"? There arent many 64 bit distros....
    And yes, it is a live cd.
    What do you mean by having faster in quotations?
    Its literally much faster then ubuntu in every way.
     
    Thomas, Jul 18, 2008
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    what do you mean what do i mean? what i said is pretty straight forward -_-' its only 32 bit and no 64 version.

    i put faster in quotes because i have not tried it not. i only know what the website says.
     
    Lakjin, Jul 18, 2008
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    Ubuntu compatible my *...

    I can't complete a simple update because it's missing the ubuntu-desktop metapackage.
     
    Ethyriel, Jul 18, 2008
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  12. Thomas

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    A lot of distros on't have 64 bit versions, even some like SuSE and Red Hat Don't, Debian doesn't, Slackware doesnt, and those ARE major(and serious_ projects.
    Just go to synaptic and apply all updates.
     
    Thomas, Jul 18, 2008
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