Why do you use #!Crunchbang (Page 7 of 19)

i used the first time...*think* win 3.1...
but did not getting it running
a few weeks/months later ive got my first "PC" a commodore 64...
a bit basic programming and the box full of games keept me interested
then... long time after that ill had a old pc 233mhz i think
this was the time when i was growing up

later i was seaching for unix based systems
i don`t like MS so ill tryed everything to get an other os
linux is an different world and i allways disliked that the games out there are for windows...
since i know WINE and Winex (cedega) every door is open for me and linux
any how i found this forum and !# just download ed and found it very nice
i would call it an optical and emotional minimal techno what this distro represent (if you like it;i do)

i like the community

i like its speed

i like the posibillity to hack(txt data) about every single config file(.bashrc_conky_ and so on)

i need to learn much more cause i want my education in this direction.
in german its called"fachinformatiker_systemintegration_netzwerktechnik"

i like its stability

i like its look and feel...

this is the first distro i would love to call it my home...

nebenbei "flux flux" is auch gut nur ich komm mit dieser distro nich online... is auch gut so sonnst währe ich nich hier gelandet...
greetz kdb

Last edited by kdb (2010-03-10 14:23:47)

I confess that I've been trying to migrate to Linux for moral reasons for over a decade.

I downloaded distro after distro and made a sea of coasters trying to find the right one.

And now I've found it- #!

I fell in love with it for the good looks and then realized there's a very fast, efficient, stable core to Crunchbang that I haven't found elsewhere.

Then I realized how cool Conky is. Next I realized that this was the operating system I would have designed for myself if I had the expertise and time.

Since loading Crunch on my file server / pytivo box (ps anyone with a tivo needs to set this up for themselves   I've tried to go to other distros to play around, Ubuntu, Mint, Suse, etc but as soon as they load in Vmware or Virtualbox I start wishing I could Super+W or Super+T or Super F to get where I want to go quickly.

I'll stop fawning now, but Core, thanks for all your hard work on this.  I'm very grateful to have a file server that only has to be restarted every couple months (ie when we have a power outage).  It's a miracle to experience this stability since I've used primarily windows (as far back as Win3.1).  I've learned that the instabilities in windows are everywhere and the only instabilities in Crunchbang are the ones I cause ;-/.

I'm very excited to get a hold of #! 10.  With a loyal forum like this torrent distribution will be a brilliant way to distribute your distro. Viva Crunchbang!

I wanted a small footprint and small resource distro for my netbook. CrunchBang was all of this and more. It is amazing what is packed into #1. The  dumbed down distro that my Eee Pc 900a came with was a joke.

Why am I using #! [?]

This is going to sound dumb, but it's because of the system stats and shortcut keys on the right-hand side of the desktop. Since I began using Linux, and slowly learning just how much you can do with the command line interface, I've moved away from the GUI-side of the force, and using fast, simple solutions to get things done easier, faster.

I figure anyone who designs their system with the shortcuts off to the side has to view their creation as a tool to get stuff done. One of the things I love about Linux is that you can make it as minimal or as complex as you want. If you desire the latter, run something with KDE, but for me, for getting the task at hand done so I can go play, there's Crunchbang.

The feeling of having a Ferrari engine shoe-horned into a go-cart has nothing to do with it...

That reminds me of ram in #!.
For me, #! uses about 100meg, or under general use no more then 256mb, and I havent ever seen it over 500mb.
On a laptop with 4GB of ram.... It almost forces me to use virtualmachines to put that ram to use!
Still, its nice booting up and seeing 100mb compared to 1.8GB on Win7 haha.

+1  :thumbsup:  I think you've nailed it.  Good job.

Definition of a Linux Adventurer:
They are not scared to try something new or different.
They are willing to pick a random button and click it ...
To open a terminal and type gibberish they do not understand and hit 'enter'.
To type endless key words into Google, until they find relative directions and then to try each method until one works, or until they "b0rk" their OS so bad they have to start over.
To do a 'fresh' install, again ... and, again.
They are not scared to screw up ... they just do it.

Adding a new line to this:  Not afraid to make their computer go "crunch*bang" 

Last edited by vrkalak (2010-04-14 18:58:50)

At the beginning it was a random happening that I found Crunchbang - Linux.I was searching for an alternative operating system for my Netbook - Ubuntu with GNOME,KDE and even XFce was to heavy - weighted for it's hardware,Fedora made problems with the resolution and the Wireless - LAN and ArchLinux had problems with my Flashdisk - HDD.

I was searching at distrowatch.org and I used google with terms like "Netbook Linux","Netbook Linux Distribution","Netbook OS" and so on and after a while I found a blog entry in which the name "Crunchbang" was used - I liked the name so I started some researches about the distribution.After a short amount of time I came to the decision,"Well,I like it.Let's just try!" - I did and .. so,here I am!

I use it because it's different to the "classic"distributions,because of his "small" (comparing Debian or Ubuntu) but very friendly communtiy and because it is very lightweighted.(I really love Openbox now!)

cheers!

Nice history!

I distro-tested everything on distrowatch, even built my own distro and was on the dev team of another (previously) top 10 distrowatch distro.

Searching for that perfect distro. Arch or Debian based, with a Window Manager instead of a DE. I previously always installed Fluxbox.

Then Crunchbang went Debian and Statler was here.

My searching stopped.

The bonus is that the Crunchbang has a cool community and a head dev who actually takes part in the community.

Nice package all-round

First, I must say that #! will never replace Arch Linux for me. That said, it serves an entirely different role from Arch. While I love the configurability of Arch, #! will install in under an hour, and be configured in something that approximately mirrors my preferences. I've never used OpenBox before, but I'm an ardent fluxbox user, so Openbox is a nice solution. On top of that, #! is much easier to use than Arch, particularly for a new user, so I suspect #! will be my distro of choice to give to nab linux users. I think it's great that there's a linux distro that manages to take the good of ubuntu and refine away the bloat. The apt-get system is absolutely amazing, although I favor pacman and the AUR over it, but it's entirely not an issue, as the Ubuntu repositories are huge.

I found it amusing that among the first posts on this tread stated that #! is like Arch Linux for busy people. It's certainly the case. Installing #! after Gentoo was a fantastic exercise in simplicity. Only thing that didn't work out of the box is wireless, which is an understandable problem, since I have to go through all hell with it with every distro I try.

All in all, #! passed my ease of use and lightweight trials with flying colors.  I love it!

Now that Statler is here I need a new entry.

I use CrunchBang because I use Xfce

I've found the forums to be amazing as well. I wonder if it's the size of the community; if >X then "grumpy."

Even when asking a Dumb Noob Question (hey, you can look at my posts - they're not pearls of wisdom) I got a nice answer, and I hope at least the quality of the questions in improving...

So, if I haven't said it individually, thanks to everyone for making this a nice place to hang out!