Serious coverage of the systems you actually run.
CrunchBangLinux is a publication for people who live in a terminal: Linux, open source, privacy, self-hosting and security — tested on real hardware, sourced to primaries, dated, and written by named people.
Eight ways in
However you got here, there’s a section for what you do — from the daily news desk to original research, deep guides, and honest reviews.
News
Distro and kernel releases, security advisories and governance — sourced to primaries.
Enter News → 02Research
Original investigations: package ecosystems, telemetry audits, supply-chain and FOSS health.
Enter Research → 03Guides
Deep, versioned how-to guides. Every one states what it was tested on, and when.
Enter Guides → 04Reviews
Hands-on only — VPNs, password managers, backup, hosting and hardware, tested on Linux.
Enter Reviews → 05Tools
Free, client-side utilities. Nothing you enter is ever transmitted.
Enter Tools → 06Privacy
Threat models for real people: encryption, hardening, de-Googling, self-hosting.
Enter Privacy → 07Opinion
Signed analysis on licensing, governance and the sustainability of free software.
Enter Opinion → 08Heritage
The history of Linux and free software, told properly — the people, projects and turning points.
Enter Heritage →Utilities that never phone home
Every tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is transmitted, logged, or stored — for a privacy publication, that’s the whole point.
The standard, in the open
We publish our methods, not just our conclusions. Every policy below is public — and we hold ourselves to it.
How we test
Every guide states the distro, kernel, desktop and versions it was tested on — and the date. Nothing is transcribed untested.
IntegrityHow we review
Hands-on only. Rankings are independent of commission — stated, and true. Every review names what's wrong with the product.
AccountabilityEditorial standards
Real named authors, primary sources linked, a visible corrections log. Written by people, not machines.