CrunchBang Linux could possibly make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG!
I'm running #!Crunch on 2 Laptops since over a year.
One under Squeeze, and one under Wheezy and nothing!! go CRUNCH BANG never.:lol:
So #! is the best system for me, great Work.
Greetings DocHifi
If you are not the sort of person who will say "If it breaks I will just fix it" then the disclaimer is a good thing, as it will keep you moving on.
I agree. It also brings out the curiosity in people, as well as a typical-linux-user trait of wanting to see if it really-will-break........ so that we can tinker and fix it :)
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Yes, you are correct.
What's the point of coming out with an xfce ( full DE ) version of #! if the guy behind it doesn't want to build up the userbase ?
Actually I think it is the exact opposite; Corenominal prefers Xfce but keeps developing the Openbox version for the benefit of people like me. :)
CrunchBang has had an Xfce desktop since at least 2008 when I started using it.
]]>It's easy to say there's no agenda. But facts seem to say otherwise. What's the point of coming out with an xfce ( full DE ) version of #! if the guy behind it doesn't want to build up the userbase ? Don't blame him either ... If he devotes 5,000hrs of his time and effort to maintain a nix distro of course he wants more people to use it. That 5,000hrs is the same whether 200, 200,000 or 2 million people use his creation. Don't think it's about "hand holding". It's about getting some well deserved recognition for an achievement or all the time, effort and energy someone devoted. Hopefully at some point, maybe even some $ for their efforts.
You need to have a look around the forums some more, read corenominal's posts and see the type of person he is. Philip uses both Openbox and Xfce on different machines. That's the only reason there is two versions. Currently he's back on Xfce but recently he was quite fixated with Ubuntu's Unity. Like many of us he moves around checking out things and keeping up to date with what's happening in the Linux world. Out of that comes CrunchBang. Nothing more or less and no hidden agenda.
]]>If he devotes 5,000hrs of his time and effort to maintain a nix distro of course he wants more people to use it.
Not exactly:
benj1 wrote:corenominal wrote:For what it is worth, I have no real idea how many people are using it, and I think I would like to keep it that way. :D
because you think the count will be extraordinarily high, or embarrassingly low ?
Because if I knew how many actual users there were, I probably would not sleep overly well. CrunchBang was never really supposed to be anything other than a personal project. I think it is great that other people enjoy using it, but it still makes me feel nervous to think that they actually do. :|
Dunno ... am not the worlds foremost FOSS expert. Errrr, don't tell anybody ... but not the worlds leading anything expert. ): Will deny it though ... and like to tell everybody I know everything.
I don't look down on winblows users, am one. Or feel holier than thou/they. Microsoft made the choice for most of them anyway. Security and windows ? Errrr ... not so much, lol. Or at least the stats and 404 billion viruses and malcode that targets windows software seems to indicate using M$ products isn't an act of security. :D
It's easy to say there's no agenda. But facts seem to say otherwise. What's the point of coming out with an xfce ( full DE ) version of #! if the guy behind it doesn't want to build up the userbase ? Don't blame him either ... If he devotes 5,000hrs of his time and effort to maintain a nix distro of course he wants more people to use it. That 5,000hrs is the same whether 200, 200,000 or 2 million people use his creation. Don't think it's about "hand holding". It's about getting some well deserved recognition for an achievement or all the time, effort and energy someone devoted. Hopefully at some point, maybe even some $ for their efforts.
I mean if Bill farkin, nerdy sleazebag Gates can stack up 65 billion spitting out crapware to the masses. Then all the gnu/nix devs who make great software are surely entitled to something for their time and effort ... right ?
Tis no skin off my nose either way. Just like CB, think it's great linux and wouldn't hurt my feelings to see it hit the headlines. If the guy behind it so desires anyway. I know it's his toy, I'm just allowed to play with it, shrugs. Did I mention I babble a lot and often have ignorant opinions to share with anyone willing to listen ?
:D
GIVE DA GIFT OF CRUNCHBANG !
]]>If you say, that the disclaimer has direct impact on the target audience, then I say that's one more reason to keep it that way. There is enough holding hands on the technology market, that's why we all look down so easily on them bad bad Windows users in the first place. They traded their freedom for 'security', wrapped in written words, coming with a free finger to point at someone else as soon as something goes wrong.
Excuse me, but politically correctly wrapping a blunt fact into soft words just to ease the sensitive souls of a few anxious neophytes, betrays the very foundation of our wonderful belief. Oh. Wrong speech *browses speechfolder*
]]>They all say it might not work. ie: X linux is free software, distributed under the GPL ( Gnu public license ). It's offered without express or implied warranty ... etc.
Same thing as may make your computer go CRUNCH ... BANG !!! Only a ton less intimidating and confidence inspiring, lol. Goes without saying eh. Going out of the way to say hey, this could screw your computer all up. Is obviously not something the vast majority of PC users of the world will like or be attracted by. :D
Appreciate what the guy behind #! has done. Personal opinion, distro's like this one show what even 1 skilled software developer can do with the mountains of opensource software freely floating around. Oh well ... and yet, ya google linux and ubuntu's homepage comes up ? Bloated, often buggy, canonical's weird tendencies ... Unity this ... reversing windows controls for no apparent reason, lol ... strange world.
End pointless babbling:
]]>The Dev behind the distro does the work and if he's not concerned with #!'s popularity or increasing the userbase for it. Guess ... that's all that really matters. None of my bizness really. Just offered the feedback cause remembered the effect that disclaimer had on me and it's been mentioned by others who looked #! over. Not the end of the world either way eh.
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I like the disclaimer and think it should stay as-is. :)
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