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as the article mentions, give debian a try. It's everything you just described about crunchbang.

• wooger 12y ago
  Apart from things like: * WiFi on my x230 in Wheezy doesn't work ootb, it does in Crunchbang. * Install debian and openbox and you get a barely configured desktop without a panel, with no power management, no network applet, no decent fonts etc. It takes a bunch of work to get Debian up to the level of Crunchbang, enough to put off novice users.
  • novalis78 12y ago
    any suggestions besides Lubuntu and Xubuntu? Something that's closer to the simplicity and "just working" state of crunchbang?
    • smellf 12y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9009691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9009691
    • edwintorok 12y ago
      I haven't used crunchbang before, but having tried XFCE and MATE on Debian Jessie recently I have found MATE to provide a better experience. The only bug I've encountered is that taskbar icons don't work for Qt5 applications.
  • smellf 12y ago
    > enough to put off novice users Or even experienced users who don't want to spend all their time configuring the minutae of desktop software.