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Topic: hello crunchbangers!

Hello people! smile

How are you'll doing? I am doing fantastic over here in Hyderabad, India. cool

Solaris was my first exposure to the Unix world way back in 2004-2005. It was again in 2009 that I had a chance to play with Linux. I installed Ubuntu and spent time with Ubuntu 8.10 through 11.04. The latest I used it was in 2011.

All the while I hoped to become comfortable with it, but never took it all the way. I just used it to browse for stuff, you know, and then some.

When I read that CrunchBang was a great distro for old hardware, I wanted to give it a shot again. It was on Sep 9 2011 that I have asked on unix.stackExchange.com which distro to go with and people told me that Crunchbang was just great. I downloaded crunchbang-10-20111125-i386.iso that day.

But at the time, I had already set my mind on Linux Mint and was yet again confused. Why are people suggesting me Crunchbang? A dark looking Linux? Really?

Over the last few days, I was itching to install what I had with me (A Crunchbang ISO) thinking I can just dump it if I don't like it and try Linux Mint as I had originally wished to.

The whole installation finished in about 20 minutes. The post installation in about 40 minutes (owing to my download speed). While the post installation script was progressing step by step, I kept discovering the features.

I wrote a little about it on my blog

It felt a lot different than Ubuntu. A lot lighter and minimal. It was awesome.

I knew instantly that I have finally found my Linux. A Linux that I could fall in love with. A Linux that I could grow old with. A Linux in which I would become a Guru level user. Do I have some company with people who feel the same?

Whoa! That is a lot of words. I know some of my sentences ended with propositions, but I guess I don't care about it too much now.

My sincerest thanks go to the people who were behind the creation of CrunchBang.
~schemer

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Re: hello crunchbangers!

First of all, dwm (mentioned in your blog) is not in the default CrunchBang install; there is no window manager, only X.  (EDIT:  It does, however, have suckless-tools installed.)

Second, Welcome to CrunchBang Bistro!  Enjoy the souvlaki.

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Welcome to #! forums! smile

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pvsage wrote:

First of all, dwm (mentioned in your blog) is not in the default CrunchBang install; there is no window manager, only X.  (EDIT:  It does, however, have suckless-tools installed.)

Second, Welcome to CrunchBang Bistro!  Enjoy the souvlaki.

Thank you for the welcome, pvsage!

Oh! Sorry about that. I think I misread it some where. My mistake entirely.

Thanks for pointing it out. I have updated my blog now.
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Last edited by schemer (2012-01-23 19:26:24)

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hello snowpine and 2ManyDogs!

Thank you for the welcome. smile

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Re: hello crunchbangers!

Welcome to #! schemer, enjoy the Vegetable Pot Pies!

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Welcooms to #! and forums schemer, get the feeling that you have caught the #! bug too. That is the addiction which drives us here in the realm of #! A daily dose of #! keeps the dr away. It is in fact much better for living a stressless life than a comfy chair. Never mind the #! propaganda, just enjoy #!

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VastOne wrote:

Welcome to #! schemer, enjoy the Vegetable Pot Pies!

Thank you VastOne. Pot Pies are fun!

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vicshrike wrote:

Welcooms to #! and forums schemer, get the feeling that you have caught the #! bug too. That is the addiction which drives us here in the realm of #! A daily dose of #! keeps the dr away. It is in fact much better for living a stressless life than a comfy chair. Never mind the #! propaganda, just enjoy #!

Thank you vicshrike for a #!in welcome.

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Re: hello crunchbangers!

Also quite new to #! but absolutely enjoying every minute of it so far. Welcome to linux.. and the forums. cool

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VastOne wrote:

Welcome to #! schemer, enjoy the Vegetable Pot Pies!

Is that a pot pie or a Pot pie? tongue  Those are even more fun.  Or so I hear. roll

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pvsage wrote:
VastOne wrote:

Welcome to #! schemer, enjoy the Vegetable Pot Pies!

Is that a pot pie or a Pot pie? tongue  Those are even more fun.  Or so I hear. roll

Did not consider that one. big_smile.  Yeah I guess they are..
I wish I could try though. yikes

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fortyseven wrote:

Also quite new to #! but absolutely enjoying every minute of it so far. Welcome to linux.. and the forums. cool

Thanks for the welcome fortyseven. I am enjoying the momentum I had so far.

Do you recommend any things to be done after a new #! install?

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@pvsage -  I have a severe allergy so I cannot claim any known knowledge, yay or nay  cool

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schemer wrote:

Thanks for the welcome fortyseven. I am enjoying the momentum I had so far.

Do you recommend any things to be done after a new #! install?

Pretty much everything in #! is customizable so it's hard for me to recommend anything in specific. For me the first things I usually change is the background (obviously), conky, fonts, keyboard shortcuts (very important to me) and the login screen.

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fortyseven wrote:
schemer wrote:

Thanks for the welcome fortyseven. I am enjoying the momentum I had so far.

Do you recommend any things to be done after a new #! install?

Pretty much everything in #! is customizable so it's hard for me to recommend anything in specific. For me the first things I usually change is the background (obviously), conky, fonts, keyboard shortcuts (very important to me) and the login screen.

Any cool site you go for wallpapers?

I just burnt my hands trying to change the login screen. I am seeking help for it in another forum here.
How did you go about doing this?

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schemer wrote:

Any cool site you go for wallpapers?

I just burnt my hands trying to change the login screen. I am seeking help for it in another forum here.
How did you go about doing this?

I don't have any specific sites for wallpapers; I just use Google images or make my own.

Assuming you have the latest #! and are using Slim, themes are located in /usr/share/slim/themes. To change which theme Slim uses, open /etc/slim.conf, scroll down to the 'current_theme' entry and change it to the theme you want. See the screen shot.

http://ompldr.org/tY2hheg

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^
Thanks for the support fortyseven. After I played around for a I while, I have been able to figure out how to change this yesterday.

It took time, but it was worth it.

smile

Now I have a fabulous #! login screen.

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^

Awesome, buddy.

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Forgot to include the screenshot earlier. smile

http://slim.berlios.de/themes/slim-fingerprint.jpg

I did not understand one thing. After I typed my username, I could not just tab into the password field. My heart skipped a beat as it felt like it stuck on me. I pressed tab again and waited a couple of seconds to see the cursor in the password field. At this moment, I tried to hit enter and it worked. I could now see the cursor in the password field. Is this the default behaviour? I did not see any such setting in slim.conf.

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schemer wrote:

Any cool site you go for wallpapers?

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … allpapers/
tadaa! big_smile

don't know what's up with the tab-issue in Slim though. i use GDM and tab works fine.

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rhowaldt wrote:
schemer wrote:

Any cool site you go for wallpapers?

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … allpapers/
tadaa! big_smile

don't know what's up with the tab-issue in Slim though. i use GDM and tab works fine.

hehe!

I visited that thread earlier today and recollected that I used to get all my wallpapers from nik.bot.nu/browse.fu and posted link to it. smile

Until I know the reason for the tab issue, I will consider it a security feature. big_smile

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Re: hello crunchbangers!

Welcome to #! schemer

ive looked through some of your blog and i love your photo's,
my fav image is evening traffic. when i have more time i will look through the others smile

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Welcome to #! smile

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