Crux 2.5 released

I know it's not for everyone, but the new version of Crux has been released.

http://crux.nu/

The 2.5 ISO has Xorg 7.4, the 2.6.27.8 kernel and a lot of little side bonuses, like a precompiled version of Openbox 3.4.7.2 on the ISO.

If you've used Arch, and you're comfortable installing packages manually, or recompiling software with PKGBUILDs, or building your own kernel, Crux might interest you. For as fast as Arch is when compared to Ubuntu, Crux is that much faster than Arch.

If you're interested or need help getting it going, try #crux on Freenode or the mailing lists.

Or you could also ask questions here, and your friendly Ubuntu neighbors will surely help you. ;)

And I just finished installing 2.4 ;)

cardinals_fan said: And I just finished installing 2.4 ;)

I hate it when that happens. #-o :lol:

If it's any consolation, I'm waiting for the i586 revision so I can get it installed on my K6-2+ and Pentium. :)

K.Mandla said: I hate it when that happens. #-o :lol:

If it's any consolation, I'm waiting for the i586 revision so I can get it installed on my K6-2+ and Pentium. :) Well, I'll hold off on upgrading until I get back from winter break.

K.Mandla, thanks for this update. I've been waiting for the 2.5 release for a while.

cardinals_fan said: Well, I'll hold off on upgrading until I get back from winter break.

Depending on how fast your computer is, you could start compiling now and it would be upgraded when you got back.

:lolflag:

K.Mandla said: and a lot of little side bonuses, like a precompiled version of Openbox 3.4.7.2 on the ISO.

why the unnecessary bloat, i wonder.

chucky chuckaluck said: why the unnecessary bloat, i wonder.

:lolflag:

I will try this out on my notebook

I tried Crux for the first time today with 2.5. It's really nice. It combines the best parts of Gentoo with the best parts of Arch. I don't think you can get any more barebones than this and still have a useable Linux system. On the other hand, I'm not sure how much stability there is in the community repositories. I guess time will tell.

That can be a downside. There are a mess of ports offered through the home page, but more than once I've used one that just plain didn't work.

I think that's part of Crux's philosophy though -- you're expected to do most of the heavy lifting yourself. No better way to learn, I suppose, even if it does get frustrating sometimes.

Crux frightens me. I'm happy that someone made a more idiot-proof version in Arch. Someday when I actually "learn Linux" I'll probably give Crux a ride, though.

SomeGuyDude said: Crux frightens me. I'm happy that someone made a more idiot-proof version in Arch. Someday when I actually "learn Linux" I'll probably give Crux a ride, though.

Nothing to be frightened of. Try it in a virtual machine. And follow the handbook. IMO, if you can do Arch, you can do CRUX, it just takes a little more work to get started.