Comments on: Review: Crunch Bang Linux 8.10

By: Prescott Linux

Prescott Linux — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:01:31 +0000

I just downloaded CrunchBang and I’m quite excited about it, I can’t wait to see it in person!

By: Robert Scott

Robert Scott — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:24:59 +0000

I tried the live cd this morning, and was extremely impressed with the load time, the completeness yet lack of overkill of apps and features. Full media functionality, all codecs included, and video that never worked in ubuntu worked out the box in !#. Yes I agree somehow my wireless was faster in !# also.

By: Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:39:01 +0000

I’m not certain, since it’s not a function i even use on my laptop, but I think you can, since it’s built from Ubuntu, and uses the Ubiquity installer.

If it doesn’t, and you really depend on this, you can install Ubuntu CLI from the alternate install disc (with the encryption) and then wget a simple script to turn it into a full (or lite edition or cruncheee edition, depending on script) crunchbang install.

By: Techdragon

Techdragon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:39:49 +0000

One reason to use Ubuntu over these alternatives is full disk encryption. A must for laptop users, imho

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:42:01 +0000

Interestingly enough, my wireless connection appears to be working better under Crunch Bang Linux than under Ubuntu

By: Play Doe

Play Doe — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:04:49 +0000

If you do not have the “Super key ” there is plenty of easy and direct info in #! forums to easily customize your ‘keybindings’.

By: Kaj

Kaj — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:41:13 +0000

If it is so, then it doesn’t work in my installation.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:20:26 +0000

The Super key is the Linux term for the Windows key.

By: Kaj

Kaj — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:32:38 +0000

Maybe it is just me, who are stupid, but what does the ‘Super’ in the shortcut keys list stand for?

By: Kuno

Kuno — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:22:18 +0000

For Crunchbang on EEE: I installed Cruncheee 8.10.01 on my EEE PC 901 three months ago. When installing, it grabs the needed internationalization-files from the servers. While the openbox-menu has to be configured manually (which is easy even for a linux – noob like me!) – the LXpanel-Menu is now perfectly german (that´s where i come from) .

After 3 weeks of using Crunchee, I at last ditched the originally installed WinXP. Before I tried some other Linux-Distros (best for me being fluxflux), but only Cruncheee seemd to top XP in terms of speed, responsivess and usability – and I still have to learn about using the shortcut-keys more than now…

For me coming from and jobwise living in the windows-world (using Win2K), Crunchbang for me is the first Distro I really use regularly.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:28:43 +0000

I had tried the 8.10.01 release on my EEE.
Two major drawbacks for me. It didnt support XFS and JFS, and the whole system were designed to work only for en_GB. Poor internationalisation support. I dont know if they have solved either.

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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:57:14 +0000

[...] Review: Crunch Bang Linux 8.10 Well, I’m going to leave Crunch Bang Linux on my laptop. My first real test will be when I travel in a few weeks – as that’s usually the time I use my laptop. I’ll probably be using it to watch videos or play games. At that time I’ll know if Crunch Bang can meet my needs or if I need to go back to Ubuntu. If I go back to Ubuntu I’ll be sure to blog about it. I intend to blog about my feelings of Crunch Bang, Conky, and Gwibber after an extended use, but I can’t guarantee I’ll get around to it – especially if there’s nothing extraordinary to report. In that sense – no news is good news. [...]