I love CrunchBang Linux. In my opinion, it’s one of the best distributions of Linux for older computers (heck, any computer) that is actively developed.
I pieced together a Gateway M250 laptop a year or so ago (3 bad ones parted out into 1 good one) and loaded it up with max RAM (2GB). It’s now a handy little 14 inch laptop with [...]
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CrunchBang Linux Review
I love CrunchBang Linux. In my opinion, it’s one of the best distributions of Linux for older computers (heck, any computer) that is actively developed.
I pieced together a Gateway M250 laptop a year or so ago (3 bad ones parted out into 1 good one) and loaded it up with max RAM (2GB). It’s now a handy little 14 inch laptop with [...]
Where Will You Hide the Bodhi?
I had a brief flirtation with Bodhi Linux this past week. I nuked my CrunchBang Linux install to give it a go. It seemed pretty solid, but after spending some quality time with the distro, I found the version of Network Manager loved to randomly disconnect me from wireless networks…as in, right in the middle of me transferring files, [...]
Old Computer? No Problem! Linux Sav...
Want to know what utilizes 54.3 MB of RAM idle at 1% CPU utilization on a Gateway M250 laptop? CrunchBang Linux, that’s what!
It’s always a breath of fresh air when you are able to resurrect older hardware that most people would throw right into the trash with a dash of Linux.
Granted, this M250 laptop isn’t in its default [...]
Back to the Basics with Debian
Sometimes, you just have so many problems with the distribution you’re running that you have to wipe it out with a clean slate. I did that this past week and am now using Debian.
With using Debian there comes a feeling of being back to the very basic of Linux distros…much in the same way when you use Arch…it just feels plai [...]
Unity Linux Gets a Sponsor with Host ...
Good news to all of you out there that watch the project I’m involved with called Unity Linux. What is Unity you ask? Allow me to give you some background:
Unity Linux is a small Linux core based on Mandriva Linux. We whittle down Mandriva to a small base desktop to provide users with ‘just enough graphics’ to be able to [...]
TinyMe Linux For The Win
I was running Unity Linux 2010.2 with KDE 4.5 for around the last month. I really like what has been done there but it seemed a bit heavy for my Gateway M250…the CPU fan was always on which told me it was always in high use.
I checked out Gnome 2.30 on Unity and found it to be delightful on my resources; however, Gnome doesn’t ma [...]