I’m actually not sure. I remember doing an apt install conky but it’s possible that it was already installed and that switched it to manually installed. I also installed tint2 panel, just like the good old days. My panel is extremely minimal. There is no clock, battery info, desktop switcher, or anything except my minimized windows. My battery info, date, time, weather, moon phase, and lots of the usual conky sensor data are available in my conky.

Teaser pic for the rare fellow Crunchbang enthusiast. Here’s a screenshot of my desktop on my $100 USD Asus Vivobook. Crunchbang runs flawlessly on this minimally specced laptop that is basically like a modern day netbook. I’m having a great time with it. I mostly use it to ssh into headless servers from the terminal so I usually just have a web browser and terminal or two open.

I am on a Debian based distro as we speak! I’m using Crunchbang++. For me a perfect operating system is very simple and mostly just stays out of the way. Crunchbang is perfect for that. My setup is very minimal and probably wouldn’t be ideal for most users. For most users I recommend Linux Mint, but if you are using Ubuntu and it’s working for you there’s nothing wrong with that! One of the great things about linux is the huge variety of options of distros to choose from. There’s different flavors to suit everyone’s needs. What makes this especially great is that under the hood, linux is linux, so for the most part you can use what works for you and not miss out on capability.

Yes! Crunchbang lives! I was a Statler user back in 2011 and Crunchbang++ is just like the Crunchbang I knew and loved with all the goodness of Debian 12. If you like minimal setups I highly recommend it!

My Mom has been running Mint for over a decade now and I rarely have to remote in and help her with anything. If it passes the works for my Mom test, I think it should work for most people.

I agree with you on principle but I’m typing this from Crunchbang++. On servers I go with Debian every time though.

It was once great, back in the glory days. Gnome 2 and Compiz, baby! It’s still OK too, but not my preferred choice.

That version of the Ubuntu logo was released April 29th, 2010, and Backtrack became Kali in 2012, so I think that gives us a pretty good idea when this meme was created. Probably somewhere between 2010-2012. It was a fun trip down memory lane. Maybe they will dig up more relics.

This is top quality content, but those fucking bootlicker Reddit shills in the comments make me want to gouge my eyes out. I need to just stay off Reddit.

Agreed, Jerboa is working just fine for me.

Ivanti Security Controls is another I hadn’t heard of, but we are actually using PDQ Deploy and it has proven to be a great value for us. I didn’t realize Inventory included a patch management component. I will definitely check that out! Thanks.

We are relatively small, with about 400 workstations and 40 servers or so on the network. I will check out Ninja One and Action1. I hadn’t heard of either of those.

Sadly as for that other bit of advice, Solarwinds sales staff already have our info and it’s true they are quite persistent. It wasn’t Solarwinds, but I once contacted another vendor using a generic email account we created for that purpose and they used the domain to track down info on myself and other senior IT staff in the department and message us directly. I asked him straight up how he got our info and he told me about a service they subscribe to that specializes in providing private email addresses of staff in organizations like ours. It was pretty off putting and made me want to never do business with the company. Some sales people are really too much.