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I really dig it and have been running the same install since May 2010 as my primary workstation (I even run #! in an emulator now on my MacBookPro instead of OS

by figital 15y ago

I really dig it and have been running the same install since May 2010 as my primary workstation (I even run #! in an emulator now on my MacBookPro instead of OSX :)). Obviously the file system is like Debian but the installation process (including a minimalistic-yet-stylish OpenBox desktop config) has been simplified. Recent (and rare) release a few weeks ago (most updates are just pushed through distro-upgrade commands) : http://crunchbanglinux.org/blog/2011/11/27/crunchbang-10-statler-r20111125/ http://crunchbanglinux.org/blog/2011/11/27/crunchbang-10-sta... The prerogative over time seems to be continued experiments in the art of minimalism and simplicity. I like that (I love that). By default a gdm/gui/login kicks in at bootup ... I always kill that ASAP so I can "startx" or somesuch manually. It's worth your time to try it! (You'd hear more about it but it's 100% word-of-mouth) Sure: if I didn't have a 9-5 job I'd build everything myself on top of Arch or Debian ... I don't have the time and #! fills in the gaps for me.

hello_moto 15y ago
And the way to kill gdm/gui/login is by... Ctrl+Alt+Backspace kind of trickery? Will definitely give it a try!
- figital 15y ago
  Nice! One super-easy way is to "sudo rcconf" and then just deselect gdm (and anything else you don't need).
  - rednaught 15y ago
    Just to chime in here but I've been using Crunchbang lately too and find it a nice choice. I've wanted something stable and lighter that I use as my "desktop/host" and then do all my dev work in Virtualbox or KVM vms. FYI, the latest ISO now uses SLim instead of GDM. Thanks for sharing about rcconf. I'd never heard of that Debian tool before.
  - hello_moto 15y ago
    By the way, is your emulator VirtualBox by any chance? If so, is there any extra work to get the Linux into full-screen (aside from having to install VirtualBox Guest Tools)?
    - figital 15y ago
      I've been using Parallels for Mac (last year's version). If you just bump up the video RAM to like 8MB you'll get more options for display sizes. I'll upgrade to version 7 ... just haven't had the time lately.

by figital 15y ago

hello_moto 15y ago

And the way to kill gdm/gui/login is by... Ctrl+Alt+Backspace kind of trickery? Will definitely give it a try!

figital 15y ago
Nice! One super-easy way is to "sudo rcconf" and then just deselect gdm (and anything else you don't need).
- rednaught 15y ago
  Just to chime in here but I've been using Crunchbang lately too and find it a nice choice. I've wanted something stable and lighter that I use as my "desktop/host" and then do all my dev work in Virtualbox or KVM vms. FYI, the latest ISO now uses SLim instead of GDM. Thanks for sharing about rcconf. I'd never heard of that Debian tool before.
- hello_moto 15y ago
  By the way, is your emulator VirtualBox by any chance? If so, is there any extra work to get the Linux into full-screen (aside from having to install VirtualBox Guest Tools)?
  - figital 15y ago
    I've been using Parallels for Mac (last year's version). If you just bump up the video RAM to like 8MB you'll get more options for display sizes. I'll upgrade to version 7 ... just haven't had the time lately.