CrunchBang Linux
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CrunchBang Linux 11 Waldorf
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| OS family | Unix-like |
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| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Open source with proprietary components |
| Latest release | 11 20130506 (Waldorf) / 6 May 2013 |
| Update method | APT |
| Package manager | dpkg, with several front-ends |
| Kernel type | Linux |
| Default user interface | Openbox |
| Official website | crunchbang |
CrunchBang Linux (abbreviated #!) was a Linux distribution derived from Debian by Philip Newborough (who is more commonly known by his username, corenominal).
CrunchBang was designed to use comparatively few system resources. 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.
CrunchBang had its own software repository but drew the vast majority of packages from Debian's repositories.
Philip Newborough announced on 6 February 2015 that he had stopped developing CrunchBang and that users would benefit from using vanilla Debian. Some Linux distributions have arisen in its place in an effort to continue its environment. Among the most significant are BunsenLabs and CrunchBang++.
CrunchBang Linux provided an Openbox version for i686, i486 and amd64 architectures. Until October 2010 there also was a "Lite" version with fewer installed applications. This version was discontinued after the distribution on which it was based – Ubuntu 9.04 – was no longer supported.
CrunchBang 10, made available in February 2011, was the first version based on Debian. The final version, CrunchBang 11, was made available on 6 May 2013.
Each CrunchBang Linux release was given a version number as well as a code name, using a name of a Muppet Show character. The first letter of the code name was the first letter of the upstream Debian release (previously Debian Squeeze and CrunchBang Statler and currently Debian Wheezy and CrunchBang Waldorf).
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