5 "Uncommon" Linux Distributions

Linux is not Ubuntu

Not long ago has been released Ubuntu version 11.04, someone loves it, others dislike the new graphical environment or something else that has been changed in this release, but at the moment it seem that everyone is talking about Ubuntu.

So let me say clearly: Gnu/Linux is NOT only Ubuntu, there are many good distributions that can be perfect for some computers or goals, let me introduce you some uncommon distributions, for uncommon i means not in the top 15 of distrowatch.com.

CrunchBang desktop

CrunchBang

CrunchBang it's a minimalistic distribution based on Debian 6.

Why minimalistic ?

The default Desktop Environment it's Openbox, that for people used to Gnome or KDE it's a big difference, you don't have Icons, fancy graphical effects (compiz anyone? ) or even a menu in one of the corners that show all your programs.

You get a clean, black and white desktop, on the right side you have the live statistics of your resources usage, and the list of commands you can use (example, super + l to lock screen).

I've been amazed by the low use of resource of this distribution, 50 MB after you login into your desktop, so you can use all of your resource for your applications. It's also perfect for old computers with just 256 MB of Ram.

So you think, ok, but probably it's filled with small useless programs, nothing I can really use for my office/work or free time.

Wrong !

There is already a good number of software that you can use to do your usual things, like Chromium as browser or Gimp as Image Editor or VLC for the multimedia; also, as stated, this distribution is based on Debian 6, so you can have Openoffice, Mozilla 4 or many others programs.

If you have enough of the big Desktop environment this one is for you.

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