CrunchBang Plus Plus Reviews and details

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• Help Selecting Linux Distro for Older PC and Linux Newbie

  You might also want to look at a distro set up to run something like OpenBox instead of a full desktop environment. It's pretty easy to add a lightweight panel (like tint2 or fbpanel) and get something like a Chromebook interface, but with a full linux distro behind it. Check out Crunchbang++. AntiX also has Fluxbox, if I'm not mistaken. Source: 10 months ago

• An easy to install/use distro to run on a potato?

  You could try CrunchBangPlusPlus, that's Debian stable with the Openbox window manager: https://crunchbangplusplus.org/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Using Linux without DE

  If you'd like to tinker with this, CrunchBangPlusPlus is a Debian-based Openbox though the kernel and mesa are a little old now, or Fedora has a spin with i3 which is newer so probably better for gaming. You can also try install these window manager packages on your current distro. Source: about 1 year ago

• Small 32 bit debian based distribution?

  If you want a terrible desktop. I would personally recommend some kind of basic window manager setup like the ones provided by chrunchbangplusplus, or bunsenlabs. However I can only really recommend the desktop setup and not the distro itself as I have no idea how they are managed. You might need to change the repos to the standard debian ones. Source: about 1 year ago

• Smallest DE for Debian?

  How about Crunchbang++? It's based on Debian 11 but uses OpenBox with a panel (tint2, iirc) instead of a full DE. That'll give you a good, small base and you can install anything else your users will specifically need. Source: about 1 year ago

• Ubuntu or Linux Mint or Debian for low end pc? (Sorry for a similar post)

  Crunchbangplusplus is debian with just openbox and it's great. Source: over 1 year ago

• what's a lesser know distro that surprised you in a positive way?

  I thought the successor was crunchbang++. Source: over 1 year ago

• what's a lesser know distro that surprised you in a positive way?

  While CB++ looks much more like the old Crunchbang, it really has given me way more small issues than BunsenLabs, which is technically the 'official' continuation of Crunchbang. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is linux really able to revive a 10+ years old machine?

  BunsenLabs and Lilidog are also options in the same vein as CrunchbangPlusPlus if you're interested in alternatives. Not sure about 32bit though. Source: over 1 year ago

• what happened to this sub?

  CrunchBangPlusPlus (#!++): What appears to be the most maintained successor to my favorite distro when I was working on that single-core, Intel Atom-powered Acer netbook that I previously mentioned. It is based on Debian and uses the OpenBox Window Manager, like Lubuntu's LXDE, however, it is leaner and more skewed towards customization via scripts. CrunchBang allowed me to run extremely buggy software for work... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Comparing Lilidog Minimal and CrunchBang Plus Plus (#!++) for those distro hopping

  In great contrast, there is CrunchBang Plus Plus (#!++) Is is minimal to the bone. It's the equivalent of soylent drinks sucking out everything but the functionality. Source: about 2 years ago

• Suggest a Distro for Celeron M 1.3ghz (18 years old 32-bit CPU), 512MB Ram, and 40 GB HDD.

  I am currently testing Crunchbang++ on an old Intel Atom netbook that's pretty much unusable on every distro and it runs okayish. Source: about 2 years ago

• Installing Linux on a very old iMac

  Debian with Lxde, or just Debian with a window manager. If you are lazy to set it up you can just install Chrunchbang++ & call it a day. ( https://crunchbangplusplus.org/ ). Source: about 2 years ago

• I need one HOP for this Slow Laptop

  I really like MX Linux as /u/Itookmyprozac suggested, but on that laptop I'd go even lighter. AntiX is a sister project of MX and offers lighter weight window manager options. If it were me, though, I'd install something like crunchbang++, which is Debian stable with OpenBox and Tint2 as a panel. If all you're doing is streaming video, you don't need a lot of bells and whistles. Source: over 2 years ago

• Best light weight Linux distros? (1gb-2gb of ram, and an intel atom n270)

  I used Debian-based CrunchBang Linux (now defunct) on an Acer Aspire One netbook with those specs and it worked quite well. BunsenLabs and CrunchBang++ are successors to CrunchBang that you might have a look at. Source: over 2 years ago

• need a lightweight distro for intel i3 4th gen with 4 GB ram

  You could also try crunchbangplusplus. Source: over 2 years ago

• In memory of a great distro.

  At least there's still CrunchBang++ and BunsenLabs. Source: almost 3 years ago