Reader supplied reviews for CROWZ
Average rating
7.4 from 9 review(s)
Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-12-29
Votes: 1
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Found Crowz a breath of fresh air regarding Linux, small, simple and extremely fast. Not a loated distro, not filled with applications I don't need or use. Very simple, configuration dream come true. Using the familiar application lxappearance, changing the theme, icons, and other aspects like even the cursor color or type. Fonts, anything and everything practically configurable. My choice was Openbox, but have downloaded both Fluxbox and JWM. My soon is 11 and uses Fluxbox, lies the sharp colorful styles and it being much like Openbox. With Openbox and Fluxbox having a parent being Blackbox.
Crowz has always been with Devuan, but also note that it once was Zephyr with Debain. It's a lightweight distro, doesn't pack in the kitchen sink to try and make only a portion of Linux users happy, it is so easy to use Apt or Synaptic to install a plethora of applications and of course all free. I found several CLI programs om Crowz, nnn and ncdu, along with audio mp3blaster and pmrp (poor mans radio program).
Crowz also sports a welcome-screen, quick prompt and access to numerous downloads, office suite Libreoffice, and graphic apps, GIMP, Darktable, and Inscape, with Gcolor2 by default installed application.
Crowz is a simple, and easy to use. Should not be difficult for anyone to install and use this delightful, and robust distribution. It's one of the best!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-11
Votes: 4
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I started using Crowz Linux after reding a review here in Distrowatch. The distribution is minimalist and consumes few hardware resources. However, many aspects that were defined as "difficult" in Crowz are due to a comparison with Desktop Managers (click and go). Crowz brings a Window Manager, in this case Openbox (the distribution provides other isos with other managers: JWM and Fluxbox). The design of Openbox on Crowz aims to be minimalist, without "bells and whistles", which in my opinion is an excellent choice.
The installation is done through Calamares: simple and straightforward. To install, once in the live you must access the thunar file manager, system applications and click on the "install" icon, Calamares will open. It is not a standard action, but this information is given to us on the distribution website. Once installed, and shown at the login screen (lightdm?) we are presented with a script (as in Crunchbang++ and Bunsenlabs) in text mode. In this script we are given the opportunity to update and upgrade the system and install some more things like Libreoffice, Openjdk, multimedia, etc.
Crowz has the advantage of being initialized by SisvInit and not by sistemd, however, I didn't notice a difference in startup time. The Devuan base does not stand in our way and we have access through synaptic to all Debian base software. Therefore, there is no shortage of the best-known software, if anyone is afraid of that.
As for design: I prefer window managers and not Desktop Managers, Openbox is a great choice. The theme is black and in some applications it lacks some contrast. The creator of the distro included Conky, which provides shortcut keys and at the bottom of the screen we have information about memory usage, disk space and the name of the distribution. Crowz perfectly suits my needs.
The work put into building the design and choosing the software included is worthy and commendable, as it is done by just one person and avoids being bloatware. The system as a whole is very light and after learning a bit more about Openbox it becomes easier. I didn't find negative points in the system or problems with my hardware. Crowz seeks to be a minimalist distribution in appearance too, without excesses; Nitrogen is used to manage wallpapers. The difficulties I encountered are due to my lack of knowledge on how to adjust what I want in Openbox.
One point that should be noted is that usbsticks are not automatically mounted or automatically dismounted: you need to right-click and access "mount usb" or "unmount usb". Software that is installed later does not appear in the menu, but we can access it through the "run command" which has a shortcut key in conky, we must have to learn how to edit the Openbox menu. I consider Crowz to be a great Linux distribution; that doesn't aim to imitate anything from the recreational operating system that predominates on desktops today. Congratulations to the creator of Crowz and thanks for the work.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-11-09
Votes: 1
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I don't know what I downloaded here. I was NOT able to find an installer, I could NOt change the keyboard - or time, date etc and I didn't know the password to find out what goodies are in synaptic package manager. I was NOT able to hook up a printer, the internet was unusable because of wrong keyboard. Many programs would have to be installed to make the distro usable, such as gome-disks and a USB writer.
With so few prgrams I would expect the distro to be somewhat faster ---
---- but everything else was allright :))
D.O.
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