CrunchBang is a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution offering a great blend of speed,
style and substance. Using the nimble Openbox window manager, it is highly customisable
and provides a modern, full-featured GNU/Linux system without sacrificing performance.
The primary aim of the CrunchBang project is to produce a stable distribution offering the
best possible out-of-the-box Openbox experience. To achieve this goal, CrunchBang
pulls many base packages directly from Debian's repositories, which are well-known
for providing stable and secure software. Packages from CrunchBang's own
repositories are then customised and pinned to the system to produce what is
known as the CrunchBang distro.
Put simply; CrunchBang could be thought of as a layer built on top of Debian,
specifically to provide a great Openbox experience.
CrunchBang uses the Openbox window manager. Openbox is lightweight and speedy, and as a result, CrunchBang is fast. Also, whilst CrunchBang is not primarily designed for older systems, it has been reported to operate very well where system resources are limited. Once installed, CrunchBang should boot-up and operate faster than a regular Debian GNOME/KDE installation.
Openbox is a highly configurable window manager. It allows you to change almost every aspect of how you interact with your desktop and invent completely new ways to use and control it. It can be like a video game for controlling windows. But Openbox can also be kept extremely simple, as it is in the default setup, meaning that it can suit just about anybody. Openbox gives you control without making you do everything.
CrunchBang also comes with many applications chosen specifically for their hackability attributes. These include Conky, the customisable system monitor tool, and Thunar, the popular and highly configurable file manager.
With the exception of a few packages, CrunchBang is built entirely from packages available from the Debian repositories. CrunchBang uses the same APT package management tools and update manager. If you are already familiar with Debian or Ubuntu, you should have no trouble working with CrunchBang.
So CrunchBang is
- It is ready for use after installation
- Looks good
- Fast on my SSD
- Nice people, who actually helps, if problems with linux- newbie.
, is a minimal Linux livecd that is bootable and can be installed. It comes with a very basic 
without additional applications. It is designed for advanced users or for users who wish to learn how to customize their system with the applications and support files they want to use. 
(requires network connection). Add your own background, window decorations, web browser client, email client, music client and fully trick out your desktop the way you want it.
CD is a new Linux distribution packed with tools and utilities for ethical hacking, penetration testing and countermeasure verification. Based on Ubuntu this ‘Live CD” runs directly from the CD and doesn’t require installation on your hard-drive. Once booted you can use the included tools to test, check, ethically hack and perform penetration tests on your own network to make sure that it is secure from outside intruders.
tools like ping, wget, curl, telnet and ssh, the Live Hacking CD has tools for DNS enumeration and reconnaissance as well as utilities for foot-printing, password cracking and network sniffing. It also has programs for spoofing and a set of wireless networking utilities.
is the Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Each time you use a domain name, DNS is used to translate the name into the corresponding IP address. To do the translation 
holds records for each domain. The Live Hacking CD includes tools specifically designed for working with DNS.
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used on your network and on your systems.
(or some times data packet sniffing). Here a packet sniffer captures the packets of data that pass around the network. Within your network you may find that usernames and passwords are being sent in clear text meaning that the information would be viewable to anyone who can capture your network traffic. The Live Hacking CD contains network sniffing tools to enable you to capture, monitor and analyze your network traffic.
to enable laptops and mobile devices to connect to the network without wires. The strength and simultaneously the weakness of Wi-Fi is that the network traffic is broadcast to every device. The Live Hacking CD is packed with tools to help you monitor and secure your wireless network.
, meaning that it contains the tools and utilities you need to test and hack your own network but using the tools and techniques that more malicious hackers would use.
at this time is getting a lot of places in the heart of the user's notebook or laptop. Various reasons cited by the Linux user this. Starting from the classic problems such as the license is due to the excess-surplus offered by Linux. Even a switch to Linux because it is already bored with the look and the old OS because it is often fed back to install:)
, Busybox, Tiny X, Fltk, and Jwm. The core runs entirely in ram and boots very quickly.
distribution which aims at turning your computer into a so called HTPC (Home Theater PC) or Media Center. Being a standalone LiveCD-based distribution, it's a ready to boot operating system than works on any Pentium-class x86 computer or 
, implying no software requirement. You can even use it on a diskless computer, the whole system being loaded in RAM.
, EasyGate and bring official support of MacIntels computers. It also introduce a new port to x86_64 architecture which brings a small performance boost regarding to the 32bit edition.
