CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01
CrunchBang Applications
Don’t make the assumption that simply because CrunchBang uses the minimalistic Openbox desktop environment that it doesn’t have its share of applications. For the most part I was pleased with the software that was included with one glaring exception that I’ll talk about later. Here’s some of what you can expect to see once you install CrunchBang Linux:
Internet
Firefox
Claws Mail
LIferea Feed Reader
gPodder Podcast Catcher
gFTP Client
Transmission BitTorrent Client
Skype
XChat IRC
Pidgin IM
Gwibber Microblogging Client
Network Tools
Graphics
GIMP
Inkscape
GPicView Image Viewer
FontyPython
Xsane Image Scanner
Office
AbiWord Word Processor
Gnumeric Spreadsheet
Dictionary
Calculator
Sound & Video
VLC Media Player
Rhythmbox Music Player
Audacity Audio Editor
PiTiVi Video Editor
Kino Video Editor
Create Screencast
Cheese Webcam App
Sound Juicer CD Extractor
WinFF Video Converter
Terminal Apps
Vim
Midnight Commander File Manager
MoC Music Player
rtorrent Bit Torrent Client
elinks Web Browser
MUTT Email Client
newsbeuter Feed Reader
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Hey Jim! I guess “great minds do think alike after all”! Wow, the first thing I read this morning is about a fresh review of Crunchbang (#!) Linux, only hours after I suggested it! Terrific!
Only one minor comment: I found a typo, mentioning Linux Minut” (a new, cutting edge French distribution, perhaps) instead of Linux Mint? :-) Morning humor, perhaps, oh ho! :-)
Glad to hear that 9.04.01 does indeed benefit from the recent Ubuntu speed improvements; I suspected that may be the case. Now I have to go out and grab a copy and try it out myself.
Thanks for the quick review! Based on what you’ve said, and based on my tests of the previous release, this release justifies another fresh look at this distro – maybe in my Virtualbox setup.
Glad you liked the review, Brian. I’d definitely stick it in VirtualBox and have fun with it.
Hmmm…I see no typo. I believe you are mistaken there. Look again.
I never do typos. Noooooo, not me.
Here in Virtualbox on Debian Lenny, running TWO Virtualbox instances, one with antiX in one window, another (this one) with Crunchbang Linux, and a Seamonkey nightly instance running on another desktop in Lenny.
It took less than ten minutes to download Crunchbang, and less than that to start it up. I cleaned out my cup, poured a cup of green tea, then Crunchbang was up and running, and in the meantime, Lynch even decided that he had not scooped the world with Linux Minut – it really WAS Mint after all!
Nice fast distro here, worth running and giving it a look!
Thank you for a great review!
Welcome to DLR, Phillip. Nice job on CrunchBang.
I dont believe OpenOffice should be installed by default on any distro. It takes 10 seconds to install it from synaptic if its needed. Use the space on the CD for something more important that more people actually use.
Minimalistic distros like CrunchBang are where its at. If I wasn’t so happy with my Debian with Fluxbox, I’d switch to CrunchBang. Overall they are very similar. CrunchBang would be an easier way to go.
Don’t obsess over how you desktop looks just get to work! Go with a minimalistic desktop!
You guys might want to check out this thread in the forum:
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/forum/index.php?webtag=DLRFORUM&msg=77.1
It’s about the issue of minimalism versus bloat on the desktop.
CrunchBang deserves the praises you sang. The review, however, could have been more balanced if you had discussed the downside. Not least is that CrunchBang’s minimalist approach, achieved mainly through the use of Openbox, sacrifices functionality and ease of use for simplicity and speed. To cite two examples, one cannot display programmes or launchers on the desktop and configuring the menu isn’t exactly a cinch. Let’s face it. There are other distros (e.g.,Puppy Linux and Antix) that are leaner and faster than CrunchBang but offer the eye-candy that many are not ready to give up.
Thanks for the comment, windmonger. I’ll add Puppy and Antix to my list for later review.