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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: mdmcaf on Tue, 24 March 2015, 12:27:59
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So I've noticed a lot of us use Crunchbang Linux on our machines (from lurking the Post Your Desks/Setups threads). I too have loved Crunchbang and continue to use it. But I know that since it's not being developed anymore I really ought to switch to something else.
I'm thinking either a Debian build with the i3 Window Manager or Arch Linux with the same.
How about you? Have you switched from Crunchbang yet? If so, what did you switch to?
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I'm still running #! on my laptop. Need to point it at some different repos at some point in case of security updates, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I'm also playing with a Jessie Netinst that I built up from nothing using openbox. It's not quite the same as #!, but it's not trying to be either.
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I just feel a little robbed that I just got into Crunchbang 6 months ago and they decide to stop developing it.
Openbox is a pretty decent WM, especially if you're more keyboard centric - I'd always wanted to use it but couldn't find good enough instructions for how to configure it. Then I discover #! and it's everything I've ever wanted from a Linux distro and shortly after that they stop developing it.
Robbery I tell you!
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Slackware
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I've tried #! along with quite a few others over the years, although I eventually settled on CentOS (with a little Mint where packages are not supported on CentOS).
If I was replacing #!, I would consider Arch.
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Yeah, the more I research Arch the better it seems - especially if I'm trying to keep a minimal install for my ThinkPad. It's not that I run low on system resources, it's just that I like to have as streamlined an install as possible.
I think I tried to install Arch a number of years ago on my Raspberry Pi, but wasn't able to get X to work. I didn't try too hard to get it working as it was just something fun to try to do and life stuff probably happened.
As for Slackware? I liked Slackware when I first started getting into Linux, but it seemed a little long in the tooth last time I tried to use it (maybe about 3 or 4 years ago). It could make for a fun dual boot project though :thumb:
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I recommend arch