Using Lucid Repos in Crunchbang 9.04.1

cptaszek · 2010-06-01 22:39:57

I was wondering if I would be able to use Lucid repos in Crunchbang 9.04. If so, how would i set it up?

anonymous · 2010-06-02 01:08:49

I would advise against mixing repos as it can cause breakage.

cptaszek · 2010-06-02 01:19:12

Just wondering 'cus I really don't think the switch from Ubuntu to Debian was a good idea. What are all the less experienced people (like me) supposed to do? I really liked #! but now it's too complicated to set up. Also, A LOT LESS HARDWARE SUPPORT! Bad thing.

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christpunk01 · 2010-06-02 01:28:17

What are you talking about? Anything that can be installed on Ubuntu can be installed on Debian since Ubuntu is based on Debian. Heck, #! Statler works better on my MacBook Pro than #! 9 did. It just takes a tad more Googling. But there is always a way. Plus, that is what these forums are for, help. Don't be afraid to ask, we are a community to help.

anonymous · 2010-06-02 01:31:03

What part about CrunchBang Statler is too complicated? If its installation, see if using this guide helps:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/crunchbang_installation_guide?s[]=statler

As for hardware support, do you have a device thats not working with Statler? And if so, what device is it?

cptaszek · 2010-06-02 01:32:18

christpunk01 wrote:

What are you talking about? Anything that can be installed on Ubuntu can be installed on Debian since Ubuntu is based on Debian. Heck, #! Statler works better on my MacBook Pro than #! 9 did. It just takes a tad more Googling. But there is always a way. Plus, that is what these forums are for, help. Don't be afraid to ask, we are a community to help.

So, I can replace the ubuntu repos (not the #! repos) with lucid and they will still work?

cptaszek · 2010-06-02 01:33:57

anonymous wrote:

What part about CrunchBang Statler is too complicated? If its installation, see if using this guide helps:
http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/crunchbang_installation_guide?s[]=statler
As for hardware support, do you have a device thats not working with Statler? And if so, what device is it?

I've tried Debian on my Aspire One D250, my main laptop, and wifi never worked on it. Just wondering if this is the case with Statler.

Also, there is no option to do a dual-boot instillation with one click like Ubuntu.

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anonymous · 2010-06-02 02:00:09

cptaszek wrote:

I've tried Debian on my Aspire One D250, my main laptop, and wifi never worked on it. Just wondering if this is the case with Statler.

http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebian … -D250-1821

I think you just need a newer kernel which afaik, Statler does include.

cptaszek · 2010-06-02 02:27:34

Could you help me with installing the new kernel? Also, wifi works fine when running Statler in Live Mode off of the cd. Why is that?

anonymous · 2010-06-02 02:31:48

Have you tried installing Statler to see if the wireless works afterwards?

cptaszek · 2010-06-02 02:36:48

Tried from USB. But there was a lot off crap about CD stuff so I'm going to try to install it with my USB CD drive after it is finished downloading.

christpunk01 · 2010-06-02 04:01:29

anonymous: Yes, Statler has one of the very newer kernels. Not sure what kernel Debian "Lenny" has but Statler is newer from the "Lenny" I tested a week ago.

cptaszek: If you want to just use Lucid repos, use Lucid. You can set up Ubuntu 10.04 to run just like #!. It's just openbox, thunar, tint2 and conky with some xfce and other packages basically.
No installer has a "dual-boot easy" option. If you want to dual boot, the best way I can say for safety, just in case, is to make some free, non-partitioned space and tell Statler to use "Guided - use largest contiguous space" partition formatter. I still don't get why you want to replace Debian repos with Lucid repos. It won't make anything magically work. It just gives you more non-free software to choose from. You normally can find .deb's of almost any program you want to install at the project's site or just add the project's repos individually for "guaranteed" compatibility.
If wifi works on Statler "Live-CD", it'll work installed. Live-CD's are generally for this purpose, to see how well "out-of-the-box" a distro will work with your hardware setup.

Remember Ubuntu = Debian but Debian != Ubuntu. #! = Debian but Debian != #!.

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