After ages and ages of dust gathering, I think I might start this blog back up.
I have been bitten by the dork bug again after a very long stretch of not really doing anything. Part of that has to do with a long stretch traveling for work and only being focused on whatever project I was on. I have some time at home, finally, and I have found myself obsessing over little side projects.
My current focus is lower power computing. I bought a RaspberryPi at the beginning of the year, and it hasn't been doing much until now. I currently use it as a music player in my home office. More will come, but I'm not sure what it will become. I also have an old netbook that wants an update, and that sent me to the net. I stumbled on a post about CrunchBang Linux. It. Is. Awesome. I tested it out by installing it on an old (~7 years) laptop that we had lying around. I have tried some other distros on it, but it was so slow that it kept getting shelved. I put CrunchBang on it a couple of days ago, and it runs like a champ. It is running so well, in fact, that I have decided to start using it instead of buying a newer compact notebook. I know, right?
I plan on writing up more about what I have done with that laptop's configuration in a future post. I will also be adding my experiences with CrunchBang on my netbook once I get it backed up so it can be rebuilt. Hopefully, I find something more for my RPi besides being an MP3 player. I will include anything that comes along there as well.
Until then...
