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CrunchBang Linux
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelFree and open source
Latest release10-20120207 (Statler) / 7 February 2012; 12 years ago (2012-02-07)[1]
Update methodAPT
Package managerdpkg, with several front-ends
Kernel typeLinux
Default
user interface		Openbox
Official websitecrunchbang.org

CrunchBang Linux -- often referred to simply as "#!" -- is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution, created by Philip Newborough, designed to offer a balance of speed and functionality.


Features

According to the CrunchBang Web page, the primary aim of the CrunchBang project is "to produce a stable distribution offering the best possible out-of-the-box Openbox experience. To achieve this goal, CrunchBang pulls many base packages directly from Debian's repositories, which are well-known for providing stable and secure software. Packages from CrunchBang's own repositories are then customised and pinned to the system to produce what is known as the CrunchBang distro."[3]

CrunchBang uses the Openbox window manager with GTK+ applications.[4] Openbox is a highly configurable window manager which allows you to change almost every aspect of how you interact with your desktop and invent completely new ways to use and control it. Yet Openbox can also be kept extremely simple, as it is in the default setup. In short, Openbox gives you control without making you do everything. Earlier #! releases, up until Statler, also had a Xfce version. However, there has never been a Waldorf/Xfce version of #!, and since Waldorf's becoming the recommended #! version, the Xfce version has no longer been available.

CrunchBang is intended to be very light on resources, enabling it to run on old as well as new computers.[5][6]

With the release of the upcoming CrunchBang 11 "Waldorf" coming in at about 800MB, the distro can be installed from a Live USB or Live DVD.

Editions

CrunchBang Linux currently provides an Openbox[7] version for i686, i486, and amd64. Previously, there was a Lite version with a limited number of installed applications, and a special version known as "CrunchEee" optimised for the ASUS Eee PC. The CrunchEee edition was discontinued because the Lite version eventually included support for EeePCs. Due to the removal of CrunchBang Linux 9.04 from the website, after the Ubuntu release it was based on ceased to be supported, the Lite edition is no longer available.

Each CrunchBang Linux release is given a version number as well as a code name, using a name of a Muppet Show character. The first letter of the code name also corresponds to the first letter of the upstream Debian release (previously Debian Squeeze and CrunchBang Statler and currently Debian Wheezy and CrunchBang Waldorf ).

Move to Debian

As of CrunchBang 10 ("Statler"), the distribution is based directly on Debian and no longer on Ubuntu.[8] As of 7 February 2012, the final CrunchBang 10 was made available for live CD download on i686, i486, or amd64 (Based on Debian 6.0 stable, which was released on that day).[9]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ http://crunchbang.org/about/
  4. ^ CrunchBang Linux Review
  5. ^ About CrunchBang Linux
  6. ^ CrunchEee
  7. ^ http://corenominal.org/2011/11/26/updated-crunchbang-statler-images/
  8. ^ CrunchBang 10 Alpha 1 release
  9. ^ r20110207
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