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{{short description|Debian-based Linux distribution}}
{{redirects here|Crunchbang|other uses|Shebang (Unix)}}
{{Infobox OS
| logo                   = [[File:Crunchbang linux logo.svg]]
| screenshot             = [[File:CrunchBang 11 Waldorf.png|250px]]
| caption                = CrunchBang Linux 11 Waldorf
| website                = {{URL|crunchbang.org}}
| family                 = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| source_model           = [[Open-source software|Open source]] with [[proprietary software|proprietary components]]
| latest_release_version = {{wikidata|property|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (Waldorf)
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}<ref name="crunchbang.org">{{cite web|url=http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=306356#p306356|title=CrunchBang 11 "Waldorf" Released (Page 1) / News & Announcements / CrunchBang Linux Forums|work=CrunchBang Linux Forums|accessdate=12 September 2015|archive-date=29 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529034811/http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=306356#p306356|url-status=live}}</ref>
| kernel_type            = [[Linux kernel|Linux]]
| ui                     = [[Openbox]]
| working_state          = [[Software life cycle|Discontinued]]
| updatemodel            = [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
| package_manager        = [[dpkg]], with several front-ends
}}

'''CrunchBang Linux''' (abbreviated '''#!''') is an unmaintained [[Linux distribution]] derived from [[Debian]] by Philip Newborough (who is more commonly known by his [[User (computing)|username]], {{proper name|corenominal}}).

CrunchBang was designed to use comparatively few system resources.<ref name="crunchbang.org1">{{cite web|url=http://crunchbang.org/about/|title=About – CrunchBang|work=crunchbang.org|accessdate=12 September 2015|archive-date=15 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015054907/http://crunchbang.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead of a [[desktop environment]] it used a customized implementation of the [[Openbox]] [[window manager]]. Many of its preinstalled applications used the [[GTK+]] [[widget toolkit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crunchbanglinux.org:80/wiki/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430183354/http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2010|title=About CrunchBang Linux ~ CrunchBang Linux Wiki|date=30 April 2010|accessdate=24 June 2018}}</ref>

CrunchBang had its own [[software repository]] but drew the vast majority of packages from Debian's repositories.<ref name="crunchbang.org1"/>

Philip Newborough announced on 6 February 2015 that he had stopped developing CrunchBang and that users would benefit from using vanilla Debian.<ref name=theend>{{cite web|title=The end.|url=http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916|website=crunchbang.org|access-date=2015-02-06|archive-date=2015-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216210207/http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916|url-status=live}}</ref> Some Linux distributions have arisen in its place in an effort to continue its environment. Among the most significant are BunsenLabs and CrunchBang++.<ref name="backfromthedead">{{cite web|last=Lynch|first=Jim|date=15 February 2015|title=CrunchBang Linux is back from the dead|url=https://jimlynch.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/crunchbang-linux-is-back-from-the-dead/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200820130532/https://jimlynch.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/crunchbang-linux-is-back-from-the-dead/|archive-date=20 August 2020|access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="crunchbangplusplus"/>

== Editions ==
CrunchBang Linux provided an Openbox version for [[i686]], [[i486]] and [[amd64]] architectures.<ref name=Distrowatch>DistroWatch "[http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=crunchbang CrunchBang Linux] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611020233/http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=crunchbang |date=2015-06-11 }}". Retrieved on 28 January 2014.</ref> Until October 2010 there also was a "Lite" version <ref>{{cite web|url=http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/release-notes/8.10.02#crunchbang_lite_edition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210061655/http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/release-notes/8.10.02#crunchbang_lite_edition|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2009|title=Release Notes - CrunchBang Linux 8.10.02 ~ CrunchBang Linux Wiki|date=10 February 2009|accessdate=24 June 2018}}</ref> with fewer installed applications. The "Lite" version was effectively discontinued after the distribution on which it was based – Ubuntu 9.04 – reached its [[End-of-life (product)|end-of-life]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-September/000137.html|title=Ubuntu 9.04 reaches end-of-life on October 23, 2010|date=10 February 2009|accessdate=24 June 2018|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125055652/https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-September/000137.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and CrunchBang prepared to switch to a different base system.

CrunchBang 10, made available in February 2011, was the first version based on Debian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=106281#p106281|title=CrunchBang 10 "Statler" r20110207 (Page 1) / News & Announcements / CrunchBang Linux Forums|work=CrunchBang Linux Forums|accessdate=12 September 2015|archive-date=1 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001073514/http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=106281#p106281|url-status=live}}</ref> The final version, CrunchBang 11, was made available on 6 May 2013.<ref name="crunchbang.org"/>

Each CrunchBang Linux release was given a [[Software versioning|version number]] as well as a [[code name]], using names of ''[[Muppet Show]]'' characters. The first letter of the code name was the first letter of the upstream Debian release (previously Debian [[Squeeze toy aliens|Squeeze]] and CrunchBang [[Statler and Waldorf|Statler]] and currently Debian [[List of Toy Story characters#Wheezy|Wheezy]] and CrunchBang [[Statler and Waldorf|Waldorf]]).<ref name="Distrowatch" />

==Reception==
In May 2013 Jim Lynch of desktoplinuxreviews.com reviewed CrunchBang 11:

{{quotation|Frankly, it’s one of the most functional and efficient distros available today. You can run it on top of the line hardware, or you can run it on older, slower machines. It’s a perfect choice for anyone who prefers functionality over form....These days it seems that lots of distros and other operating systems are adding tons of glitz and glitter to desktop interfaces. CrunchBang 11 does the complete opposite. Frankly, it’s a breath of fresh air and I enjoyed it. It was fast, stable and did what I wanted it to do. It never bogged me down in useless desktop drivel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/crunchbang-reviews/crunchbang-11-waldorf/ |title=CrunchBang 11 Waldorf Review |publisher=Desktoplinuxreviews.com |first=Jim |last=Lynch |date=2013-05-21 |accessdate=2013-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522193322/http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/crunchbang-reviews/crunchbang-11-waldorf/ |archivedate=2013-05-22 }}</ref>}}

== Successors ==
Newborough announced in February 2015 that he was abandoning further development of CrunchBang Linux, feeling that it no longer served a purpose.<ref>{{cite web|title=The end|first=Philip|last=Newborough|date=February 6, 2015|url=http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916|work=CrunchBang Forum|accessdate=28 August 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216210207/http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916|url-status=live}}</ref> Many users disagreed, and a number of them proceeded to develop successor distributions BunsenLabs, CrunchBang++ (#!++) and CrunchBang-Monara.<ref>{{cite web |title=CrunchBang-Monara |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/crunchbangmonara/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818075124/http://sourceforge.net/projects/crunchbangmonara/ |archive-date=18 August 2015 |accessdate=28 August 2015 |work=SourceForge}}</ref>

=== BunsenLabs ===
[[File:BunsenLabs Helium cdsized R4.png|thumb|right|BunsenLabs Helium R4 ''cdsized'']]
BunsenLabs Linux is a community-organized successor to Crunchbang.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crunchbanglinux.org/ |title=CrunchBang – a nimble Openbox Linux Distro |work=crunchbanglinux.org |accessdate=12 September 2015 |archive-date=23 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523023749/http://www.crunchbanglinux.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=39049 |title=A community continuation: BunsenLabs (Page 1) / News & Announcements |work=CrunchBang Linux Forums |accessdate=12 September 2015 |archive-date=17 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217185948/http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=39049 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is based on the [[Debian version history#Debian 10 (Buster)|Debian 10 (Buster)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster|title=DebianBuster - Debian Wiki|website=wiki.debian.org|access-date=2021-05-17|archive-date=2021-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430062826/https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster|url-status=live}}</ref> stable release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/BunsenLabs|title=Derivatives/Census/BunsenLabs - Debian Wiki|website=wiki.debian.org|access-date=2018-07-21|archive-date=2018-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721162646/https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/BunsenLabs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=6861|title=[STABLE RELEASE] BunsenLabs Lithium Official ISOs / News & Announcements / BunsenLabs Linux Forums|website=forums.bunsenlabs.org|access-date=2021-05-17|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517215817/https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=6861|url-status=live}}</ref> Between the 17th and 30th of September 2015, CrunchBang's domain began redirecting to [https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ BunsenLabs].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://crunchbang.org/ |title=BunsenLabs Linux |access-date=2015-09-30 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150930135019/http://crunchbang.org/ |archivedate=2015-09-30 |url-status=live}}</ref>

BunsenLabs is one of the few modern Debian-based live distributions that still offers a CD edition supporting 32-bit systems, with both the X Window System and a modern version of Firefox, making the distro useful for running on old computers with just around 1 GB of RAM.<ref name="BunsenLabs">{{cite web|title=Installation|publisher=BunsenLabs|date=2019-07-09|url=https://www.bunsenlabs.org/installation.html|accessdate=2020-08-05|archive-date=2018-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904084914/https://www.bunsenlabs.org/installation.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The latest version BunsenLabs "Boron", based on Debian 12, was released on 24 Jan 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=[STABLE RELEASE] BunsenLabs Boron Official ISOs / News & Announcements / BunsenLabs Linux Forums |url=https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=8825 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=forums.bunsenlabs.org}}</ref>

=== CrunchBang++ ===
CrunchBang PlusPlus (#!++) was developed in response to Newborough's announcement of the end of CrunchBang.<ref name=Lynch>{{cite web|url=http://jimlynch.com/linux-articles/crunchbang-linux-is-back-from-the-dead/|title=CrunchBang Linux is back from the dead|first=Jim|last=Lynch|work=JimLynch.com|date=15 February 2015 |access-date=2015-08-27|archive-date=2015-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001053916/http://jimlynch.com/linux-articles/crunchbang-linux-is-back-from-the-dead/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is currently based on the [[Debian]] Bookworm (release 12) distribution.<ref name=Lynch/> Release 1.0 was announced on 29 April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crunchbangplusplus.org/news/|title=News|work=CrunchBangPlusPlus.org|accessdate=28 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907080958/https://crunchbangplusplus.org/news/|archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> A version based on Debian 10.0 was released on 8 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/CBPP/crunchbangplusplus.org/commit/8ebdb788f6bd47c982539d074a3b8db5f0f235c4|title=More 10s|website=[[GitHub]]|date=8 July 2019|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125055652/https://github.com/CBPP/crunchbangplusplus.org/commit/8ebdb788f6bd47c982539d074a3b8db5f0f235c4|url-status=live}}</ref> The version based on Debian 11.0 was released on 16 August 2021, version based on Debian 11.1 was released on 23 September 2021.<ref name="crunchbangplusplus">{{cite web |title=Crunchbangplusplus {{!}} Debian Based Minimal Linux Distro |url=https://www.crunchbangplusplus.org/ |website=www.crunchbangplusplus.org |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823050113/https://crunchbangplusplus.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Linux Distro Review: Crunchbang++ 11 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrP2I4v1U-M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/jrP2I4v1U-M |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|website=LearnLinuxTV | date=26 August 2021 |publisher=YouTube.com |access-date=28 August 2021 |location=Jackson, MI |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Releases · CBPP/cbpp11-amd64 |url=https://github.com/CBPP/cbpp11-amd64/releases |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=GitHub |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601201654/https://github.com/CBPP/cbpp11-amd64/releases |url-status=live }}</ref> The latest version based on Debian 12.0 was released on 11 June, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Release v12.0 · CBPP/cbpp |url=https://github.com/CBPP/cbpp/releases/tag/v12.0 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* https://www.crunchbangplusplus.org/ Official Crunchbang++ website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://crunchbang.org/ Official website archives], on [[Archive.org]]
* {{DistroWatch|crunchbang|NAME=CrunchBang}}
* [http://osarchive.sda1.eu/crunchbang CrunchBang Archive]

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