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CrunchBang Linux Halts Development

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-good-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Philip Newborough, the developer behind CrunchBang Linux, has put an end to work on the distro. CrunchBang was built as a layer on top of Debian using the Openbox window manager that focused on performance and customization. Newborough says the changing landscape of Linux over the past decade has obviated the need for a distro like CrunchBang. "Whilst some things have stayed exactly the same, others have changed beyond all recognition. It's called progress, and for the most part, progress is a good thing. That said, when progress happens, some things get left behind, and for me, CrunchBang is something that I need to leave behind. I'm leaving it behind because I honestly believe that it no longer holds any value, and whilst I could hold on to it for sentimental reasons, I don't believe that would be in the best interest of its users, who would benefit from using vanilla Debian."

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  1. Re:Well, that makes things better by fisted · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Have you installed Windows recently? OK, I haven't since Windows 7, myself, but that install just asked me for timezone, language, and maybe which keyboard I was using (but the default was right), and the rest was just "next, next, next" and that was it, it ran for a while and rebooted 2x and was done with no further input.

    So it's basically like the Debian installer, except for the part where you need two reboots (wth, seriously?).
    Not for nothing they say that a chicken could install Debian, provided there's sufficient grain on the enter key...

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  2. Re:Well, that makes things better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As a long term debian user I'm still amazed by the windows installer. I build a machine for games:
    -installed debian (testing) which recognized everything out of the box so it booted to a working state. Installed from the repository the proprietary nvidia drivers, installed steam, restarted the windowing system and started to play.
    -installed windows 8.1 retail from USB (created from the dvd at my office machine), which installed without fuss, a couple of choices, nex, next, next, reboot. And was left sitting there without network, the motherboard came with a CD but this machine doesn't have one, I only have an ATA interface DVD reader but that interface if absent from new machines. So i booted linux, started downloading all the drivers from various sources (most from the mb manufacturer) put them on the usb device, rebooted to windows, installed driver, reboot, installed driver, reboot..... a couple of times, went to steam downloaded/installed plugged in the controller (ps3), went on a search for non adware drivers and finally could start playing.