Re: [clug-talk] Crunchbang/openbox

2013-08-27 Thread Mel Walters
-Original Message- From: Joe S Reply-to: CLUG General To: CLUG General Subject: [clug-talk] Crunchbang/openbox Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:44:57 -0600 Mailer: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.32-5-686; KDE/4.4.5; i686; ; ) With the talk about distros I would like to know more about Crunchbang. I

Re: [clug-talk] Crunchbang/openbox

2013-08-27 Thread Gustin Johnson
I have had this experience with just about every project I have participated in (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, jackd, ardour, 64studio... the list goes on and on). Hooray for open source project communities! :) At this point it probably does not matter which project one chooses, just be sure to connect

Re: [clug-talk] Crunchbang/openbox

2013-08-27 Thread Chris
Again, I agree. The other thing I love about crunchbang is the community. The forums tend to be straight forward and when I do run into problems the solution is usually very easy to find. The Mint repos are largely compatible with crunchbang as well giving you easy access to most of your fav

Re: [clug-talk] Crunchbang/openbox

2013-08-26 Thread Jeff Clement
For me, Crunchbang comes out of the chute almost exactly how I want it. It has very broad package selection that usually works pretty well for my purposes. It's not as flashy as Ubuntu or Mint but it's fast and usable and reasonably pretty. They use Conky to draw a list of shortcut keys to the d

[clug-talk] Crunchbang/openbox

2013-08-26 Thread Joe S
With the talk about distros I would like to know more about Crunchbang. I will also be installing on a laptop in the near future. Is this easy install and customize? What is the advantage of Crunchbang over Debian with a desktop like KDE? I have installed Openbox on Squeeze to try it out. Does