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Crunchbang – Beautiful Minimalism

Crunchbang, also known by its moniker: “#!”, is a lightweight Linux desktop distribution based on Debian and the Openbox window manager. Crunchbang is somewhat known as an alternative to Puppy Linux, and is perfectly suitable for older, low resource computers. I have also found that Crunchbang’s super low overhead to be perfect on my workstation for every day use. By default, Crunchbang sports a beautiful dark theme that relays the intentions of the system: Crunchbang is a subdued, low friction environment that gets out of your way and lets you get to work.

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