CrunchBang–Less Intimidating than it Seems

Just for kicks, I decided to install CrunchBang Linux (Ubuntu core, but with Openbox instead of GNOME).

I’m still learning about it, so this won’t be the moment to give you a 2,000-word description on “CrunchBang for Power Users” or something like that, but I’ve been able to do everything I did in GNOME, and have the following to say:

It’s not for l33t h4x0rs. I’m far from being a Linux guru (in the sense of having an intimate knowledge of the guts of my system), but I still don’t think there’s that big of a learning curve between something like GNOME or Xfce and this. To be honest, I think it’s easier than Xfce.
It’s fast. It’s definitely faster than the behemoth mammoths that are GNOME and Xfce, and it seems a bit more responsive than Xfce (which I have installed on the same computer, by the way).
Try it. Really, there’s nothing to lose. If you have the hard drive space, snag the .iso and throw CrunchBang onto a 5GB partition. Failing that, try it in a virtual machine, or off the LiveCD. Maybe you’ll hate it. Fine. Don’t use it. But maybe you’ll love it like I do, and feel liberated. Why not?

And finally, the obligatory screenshot (which represents about 8 minutes of work, I haven’t even changed the background yet)