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CrunchBang Linux
Debian based Linux distribution / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CrunchBang Linux (abbreviated #!) was a Linux distribution derived from Debian by Philip Newborough (who is more commonly known by his username, corenominal).
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
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Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Open source with proprietary components |
Latest release | 11[1] ![]() |
Update method | APT |
Package manager | dpkg, with several front-ends |
Kernel type | Linux |
Default user interface | Openbox |
Official website | crunchbang |
CrunchBang was designed to use comparatively few system resources.[3] Instead of a desktop environment it used a customized implementation of the Openbox window manager. Many of its preinstalled applications used the GTK+ widget toolkit.[4]
CrunchBang had its own software repository but drew the vast majority of packages from Debian's repositories.[3]
Philip Newborough announced on 6 February 2015 that he had stopped developing CrunchBang and that users would benefit from using vanilla Debian.[5] Some Linux distributions have arisen in its place in an effort to continue its environment. Among the most significant are BunsenLabs and CrunchBang++.[6][7]