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Love to customize your Linux desktop? This lightweight distro is great fun for newbies and experts

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BunsenLabs Carbon is a Debian-based distro and CrunchBang successor.

The latest version, dubbed Carbon, is lightweight and highly customizable.

You can download and install this Linux distro for free.

BunsenLabs is a minimal yet elegant Linux distribution that took me by surprise a couple of years ago. Based on Debian and sporting the OpenBox desktop, BunsenLabs feels to me like a combination of Bodhi Linux and Ubuntu. On the BunsenLabs desktop, you have a vertical panel with a desktop menu that smacks of Ubuntu, a green theme, and a right-click desktop menu a la Bodhi Linux. There's also Conky on the desktop for good measure.

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If you're looking for a lightweight Linux distribution that's a bit off the beaten path, but still offers Debian dependability, BunsenLabs' latest version, dubbed Carbon, is what you want.

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