Debian + Openbox = CrunchBang Linux (Video)

"CrunchBang Linux is a Debian based distro with the Openbox window manager on top of it. So it is Debian under the hood with Openbox on the surface," says distro supporter Larry Cafiero. A glance through the #! (CrunchBang) forums showed an exceptionally fast response rate to problems posted there, so even if you haven't heard of #! (it's not in the DistroWatch Top 10), it has a strong and dedicated user community -- which is one of the major keys to success for any open source project. In order to learn more about #! Linux (and to share what he learned), Timothy Lord pointed his camcorder at Larry during LinuxFest Northwest and made this video record of their conversation.

Comments

Re:PiBang

[Anonymous Coward]

It's Jason Biggs' favorite distro.

Re:New distro?

[VortexCortex]

How is does using a new WM make a different distro? If I take Fedora and replace the default shell with zsh, can I call it Gothmollix?

All a distro is just a specific collection of software/packages that is given a name.

That's it and by that definition...this is a distro. Pretty simple.

Crunchbang like many other distros is in fact more than that. It is a collection of packages and customizations to those packages...AND the accompaning community of developers and users....that come together to make a distro unique.

Crunchbang Shill!
Fess up. How much free software are they giving you to get you to post this stuff?

And, yes, you can call your distro "Gothmollix", you don't even have to replace any of the inards if you want, just the name. If you're distributing it, it's a distribution AKA "Distro".

Crunch then Bang?

[CCarrot]

I would think the usual order of things is BANG-> CRUNCH... :o)