About CrunchBang Linux

CrunchBang Linux is an Ubuntu based distribution featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager and GTK+ applications. The distribution has been built and customised from a minimal Ubuntu install. The distribution has been designed to offer a good balance of speed and functionality. CrunchBang Linux is currently available as a LiveCD; however, best performance is achieved by installing CrunchBang Linux to your hard disk [see the disclaimer below].

CrunchBang Linux has been reported to be a ”A Faster Ubuntu”. While CrunchBang Linux is not primarily designed for old systems, it has been reported to operate very well where system resources are limited. Once installed, CrunchBang Linux should boot-up and operate much faster than a regular Ubuntu installation.

With the exception of a few packages, CrunchBang Linux is built entirely from packages available from the Ubuntu repositories. CrunchBang Linux uses the same APT package management tools and update manager. CrunchBang Linux comes with all the lastest package updates installed and ready to go. If you are already familiar with Ubuntu, you should have no trouble working with CrunchBang Linux.

CrunchBang Linux comes with the ability to play most popular media formats, including but not limited to MP3, DVD playback & Adobe Flash. CrunchBang Linux also comes with many popular applications installed by default, including but not limited to Firefox 3 web browser, VLC media player, Skype and Transmission BitTorrent Client.

CrunchBang Linux is infinitely hackable, this is mainly due to the standards compliant light-weight extensible window manager that is Openbox. CrunchBang Linux also comes installed with Conky, the customisable lightweight system monitor; and PCManFM, a very popular and highly configurable file manager.

Finally, unlike Ubuntu, CrunchBang Linux isn’t brown :)

CrunchBang Linux comes installed with many popular applications, including, but not limited to:

• Firefox web browser with working Flash plugin.
• Rhythmbox music player and VLC media player with pre-installed codecs for MP3 and DVD playback etc.
• Skype VoIP client.
• Gwibber microblogging client.
• GIMP for image and photo editing.
• etc.

See the applications page for a more complete list

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CrunchBang Linux is an unofficial branch of Ubuntu; therefore, it is not officially supported by Canonical. However, due to the fact that CrunchBang Linux has been built using packages from the Ubuntu repositories, you may find the Ubuntu wiki and forums helpful when looking for support.

CrunchBang Linux is a new distribution with a growing community of users. The following community resources are provided, please feel free to use them and contribute.

The CrunchBang mailing list has been in operation since the first release and has a growing number of users. It is the place to get the all the latest news and contribute to developer discussions.

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Connect to the CrunchBang Linux IRC channel using an IRC client such as XChat, point your client to the freenode network (irc.freenode.net:6667) and join the #crunchbang channel.

A new CrunchBang Linux blog was created at the time of the 8.10.01 release. Previous to this, all CrunchBang Linux related blog posts were posted on Philip Newborough's (aka corenominal) personal weblog.

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• CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 Released by corenominal (2009/07/08 09:35)
• CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter #0904 by corenominal (2009/04/01 02:38)
• Logo Competition by corenominal (2009/03/03 03:49)
• New Monthly Newsletter – Issue 1 by corenominal (2009/03/01 20:29)
• Introducing the CrunchBangers Launchpad Team by corenominal (2009/01/21 18:16)
• CrunchBang Linux 8.10.02 released by corenominal (2009/01/18 12:52)
• CrunchBang review on Hacker Public Radio by corenominal (2009/01/07 02:39)
• thelip features CrunchBang by corenominal (2009/01/02 08:40)
• CrunchEee 8.10.01 Release Candidate 1 by corenominal (2008/12/26 12:13)
• Linux Outlaws review CrunchBang by corenominal (2008/12/16 08:21)

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A new CrunchBang Linux discussion board was created at the time of the 8.10.01 release. Previous to this, the CrunchBang Linux forums were maintained on Philip Newborough's (aka corenominal) personal website.

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• Debian Testing Build Script (2010/02/09 12:44)
• Openbox restart kills lxpanel and master volume icon disappears? (2010/02/09 12:05)
• notification area on Open box Ubuntu (2010/02/09 11:54)
• Vector graphics formats and guitar amp schematics (2010/02/09 10:57)
• the crunchbang philosophy (2010/02/09 10:55)
• smixer-wrapper : simplest CLI for smixer (2010/02/09 10:45)
• extended desktop (2010/02/09 10:18)
• Help me create a .deb file for volume control applet (2010/02/09 09:47)
• automatic action (eg rsync) after mounting usb drive? (2010/02/09 09:20)
• a resounding Thank You! (2010/02/09 08:23)

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CrunchBang Linux is not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. CrunchBang Linux could possibly make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG! Therefore CrunchBang Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

CrunchBang Linux is an unofficial version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu ™ and Canonical ™ are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. CrunchBang Linux is not affiliated with Canonical Ltd.