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I wanted to share my 2cent opinion about the current file manager in
crunchbang:

I have a few different systems in my network and I always need to
transfer files from one HDD to another, be it my personal files to
backup( specially the on my EEE pc), web server-related transfers or
just to reorganise a folder. On windows I used to do that with
xplorer2...(who care 'bout windows, huh lol) I really like pcmanfm for
it's speed but I mainly use a two side pane file manager. Simple
copy-past or drag and drop is not really supported in pcmanfm, at least
the way I felt it was with nautilus or  thunar.

Let me give you an example: backup my hole /home/$user$ directory.

with thunar or nautilus, I can just log as root, right-click and copy
my $user$ Dir then paste it to my backup drive. however, when I do the
same thing with pcmanfm, I have a "no such device or address" error.
I'm pretty sure that has something to do with the permission or the
sub directory copying. Any ideas?

I haven't had that problem with emelfm2 so My vote goes there

Here a screenie if you're wandering the interface but don't wanna try

Oh and I'm sure someone out there has  a pretty nice emel2fm config
since it's very tweak-able. If so, feel free to share it

its not a specific crunchbang related tip but I can't seem to find a way to create any kind of backup/distro by using the remarstersys command on my eee.
My hard drive is too small in to have all the ~/remastersys content.
Could anyone tell me howto change the working directory so I can make a full backup (on /media/disk/ for instance) and even try a live disto of my current configuration.

Well, It's official now, I'm a crunchbang Linux Fan.
For years countless hours of customizing my operating system have been spend. I'm a very loong time windows user (12 years now!) and during the last few year i used to nlite my distro and replace the explorer interface with bblean, a tons of usefull plugins a a load of portable apps.
I used to use pirated software a lot until I discovered the open-source "phenomenom", its applications a mostly the way they evolved: lots of feedback and everyone can contribute, source code available.. but you don't need to be a coder to get involved, they are other ways
Anyway a  blabbering so let me gat a little bit closer to the point..
With the explosion on open-source in one way and (pardon me for this but) windows vista  on the other
I felt like i was only a question of time before I permanently switch to a open-source OS.
I tried ubuntu (and its variations:  gos,ubunte-eee, nubuntu, debian) backtrack, dsl, pclinuxoS and many more Linux distro during the past 4 years
Each and one of them had its charm and its drawbacks. Finally i decided that it would be best if do my own distro, where i could pretty put whatever i want. That being said, I don't have any specific info on how to do a linux from strach. Sure a i have found some document but i don't really have the time nor a powerfull computer to do that kind of task( asus eeepc 901).
I stumbled a distrowach and various forum and found some people talking about crunchbang.
I downloaded and tried it. It's been more that a week now and a haven't switched to xp back yet.
SO corenominal i would like to congratulate you and everyone who contributed to this distro, it works like a charm (i added adams kernel for the eeepc901)
As my linux knowledge grow stronger, i sincerely hope to contribute in other ways that words but so far I spread the word on crunchbang around my friend and familly and at school as well!
cheers and once again congrats,
djakku

Here's my screenshot