CrunchBang Linux Backported For Linux

CrunchBang Linux Backported is a special edition of the CrunchBang Linux distribution, which is based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and includes only recompiled packages from the testing and unstable branch of Debian.

The CrunchBang Linux Backported distribution is currently distributed as two Live CD ISO images, one for i686 and i486 (32-bit) hardware platforms and another one for 64-bit (x86_64) architectures.

Technically, this is still CrunchBang Linux, therefore, when booting the ISO image from the BIOS of a PC, you will encounter a boot menu that allows you to start the live session with default kernel parameters or in failsafe mode, install the operating system on your computer using the graphical or text-mode installers, as well as to perform a system memory (RAM) diagnostic test.

CrunchBang is a distribution of Linux that boots very fast on any computer, mostly because it includes highly optimized Debian packages and a ligthweight graphical desktop environment built around the Openbox widow manager.

As mentioned, the Backported edition of CrunchBang Linux includes mostly recompiled software packages from the Debian Testing software repositories, as well as some packages from the Debian Unstable branch.

Among the pre-installed applications, we can mention the Transmission BitTorrent client, GIMP image editor, Xfburn CD/DVD burning software, Viewnior image viewer, Thunar file manager, Geany IDE, VLC Media Player, gFTP file transfer client, Iceweasel web browser, XChat IRC client, Gnumeric spreadsheet editor and AbiWord word processor.

It allows the user to install various other popular applications, such as LibreOffice, Chromium, Google Chrome and Opera with a single click of a mouse. Unfortunately, this version is no longer under active development and has been archived for historical purposes only!