CrunchBang reviews and mentions

Interesting review, though he says a lot of nice things -- one of CrunchBang's strengths is that it IS a blank canvas where you can customize it to your liking. However, when he says toward the end (at least I think he said) that it's lightweight just like Ubuntu, I have to wonder about his definition of "lightweight." Also, I have to wonder aloud about the accuracy of reviewing a distro after running it virtually.

Barnabyh · 2013-01-27 18:00:06

May I add my own here, it's wasn't really intended as a full review, more a first impressions, or actually second impressions cool

http://all-things-linux.blogspot.co.uk/ … lucky.html

lcafiero · 2013-02-04 21:43:21

Well, it looks like we got a pretty big piece of the pie here (top pie chart, desktop linux):

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2012mca.php

Go CrunchBang!

corenominal · 2013-02-04 21:53:59

lcafiero wrote:

Well, it looks like we got a pretty big piece of the pie here (top pie chart, desktop linux):

Blimey yikes

lcafiero · 2013-02-04 22:18:40

Aaaaaaaaand, here's how they voted, with numbers:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/question … age13.html

Not too bad getting nearly 5 percent in a poll of 22 distros. Woo! big_smile

SabreWolfy · 2013-02-11 09:32:34

schemer's one year of CrunchBang Linux,

intoCB · 2013-02-13 17:05:42

In a world dominated by Slackers, CrunchBang is 7th. Not bad at all. Openbox did very well too. I was surprised to see that Trisquel 6 (based on Ubuntu 12.04) did not have Openbox. Is it all evil and proprietary or something?

Barnabyh · 2013-02-13 18:08:00

^Trisquel is using Gnome, always has. Not sure why you would think it's proprietary, Trisquel GNU/Linux is one of the few recommended by the FSF.

*Off-topic for this thread* Will stop now. smile

intoCB · 2013-02-13 18:51:35

Indeed, that's the point. Trisquel is essentially Ubuntu with the naughty bits removed. Since Openbox isn't in the Trisquel 6 repos, even though it's based on Precise Pangolin, I was left wondering why it was left out of Trisquel. It's a nice Gnome Panel, I was just surprised that the repos offered no alternative DE.

I heartily recommend it, btw. If you can live with the free graphics driver.

lcafiero · 2013-02-20 22:03:43

Phillip Banks, who is on the SCALE Team, is writing a 20 days of SCALE series in his blog, and day 13 is a review of CrunchBang. It's here:

http://blog.banksnetworking.com/2013/02 … -of-scale/

dape · 2013-02-20 23:11:10

hello guys, this is my mini review (in romanian) :

http://www.ip6.ro/prezentari/crunchbang/

Upanishad · 2013-02-21 14:00:16

Oh yes! The second best free operating system on the planet is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz9VFW6OmYQ ("Top 5 FREE OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD of 2012" 3:30 - 4:10)!

SabreWolfy · 2013-02-21 14:27:44

Upanishad wrote:

Oh yes! The second best free operating system on the planet is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz9VFW6OmYQ ("Top 5 FREE OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD of 2012" 3:30 - 4:10)!

So, you mean this? smile

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scket · 2013-03-01 13:25:12

CrunchBang is on the April edition DVD of Linux Format magazine.
smile

SabreWolfy · 2013-03-01 14:26:18

scket wrote:

CrunchBang is on the April edition DVD of Linux Format magazine.

Awesome smile Which version/s?

scket · 2013-03-02 08:56:00

I haven't had chance to boot it yet and it does not say anything in the magazine. From the screen shot it looks like Waldorf this time.

schwim · 2013-03-11 13:51:26

Found this in my reader this morning.

As the review is really just an install walkthrough, you can get the jist of his thoughts by reading the summary at the end.

Just to make you smile, you should read the first paragraph where he starts by stating that he was initially underwhelmed by #! and then explains that he based his initial judgment on the black background he saw when booting for the first time so he switched immediately to another distro.

lcafiero · 2013-03-11 17:37:57

schwim - Hmmm, interesting review. He says a lot of nice things about CrunchBang and his last paragraph really sums it up nicely.

On something completely unrelated (and to be shamefully self-promoting), I wrote an article on CrunchBang for Ubuntu User Magazine, which is now out on newsstands (sadly, the article is not online). It's Number 16, the edition with Video Pro on the cover.

[I'm going to wait for those who know me well to stop laughing at the mere prospect of my writing an article for Ubuntu User, but as soon as I can find a link, I'll post it.]

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