# BunsenLabs Reviews **Vendor:** BunsenLabs Linux **Category:** [Operating Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/operating-system) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 12 ## About BunsenLabs BunsenLabs Linux is a distribution offering a light-weight and easily customizable Openbox desktop.The distribution consists of configuration and resource packages installed on top of Debian. ## BunsenLabs Reviews ### 1. Bring Your Old Computer Back to Life: An in-depth analysis of BunsenLabs Linux **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gajendra Singh R. | Manager IT, Computer & Network Security, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2024 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** The best thing about BunsenLabs, in my opinion, is its ability to provide a minimally-footprint desktop environment that is both very efficient and adaptable. The salient features are as follows:Lightweight Performance,Customizability,Stability and Reliability **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** Limited Graphical Configuration Tools & Basic Out-of-the-Box Experience **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** BunsenLabs tackles various typical issues encountered by consumers looking for a stable, lightweight, and adjustable Linux distribution. ### 2. Lightweight and Powerful Linux distro **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Arnaldo Ariel A. | Linux Sysadmin, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2023 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** It provides a complete Linux distro using few system resources. Ideal for giving a new life to a not no new computer. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** Nothing to dislike. It provides what it promises in an efficient and great way. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** It lets me have a modern Linux distro on old hardware. ### 3. User friendly linux platform with modification and style **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zeshan Q. | GM Sales & Marketing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** user-friendly environment or platform consumes relatively significantly fewer resources and fast **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** It's the best platform for Linux users who entirely understand the utilities and philosophy. Minor hiccups while installation modem errors. **Recommendations to others considering BunsenLabs:** Apart from an excellent Linux platform and resolving many issues in the system by autodetecting and filling the system's gaps, it also helps in labs and other professional spaces. The elegant theme options make your Frontend look more professional. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** There is no need to upgrade your pcs or system requirements hiccups. We have resolved missing files and scripts problems; additionally, the beautiful themes make it a more innovative option using the existing network and hardware. ### 4. Community continuation of crunchbang linux **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sitaram k. | Assistant Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** Bunsenlabs is based on debian stretch. It's provide us preconfigured openbox window manager with tint2 panal, conky system monitor. There is no limit for customization. We can change desktop configuration esaly. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** It's installation process is very long and not easiest way to install. And multiple installation required. I think it would work great for specific use cases, appliance or kiosk type work but for me and my desired workflow, it just doesn't meet the expection. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** Enterprise linux distribution to empower the infrastructure of businesses. It's also a light weight distribution. We can use old computers without facing any issue related to there configuration. ### 5. Best of the Best of Bunsen Labs **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** LAV P. | Senior Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 06, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** The information and the interfere of this the best application is best I every see. This also gives you the suggestion based on our pervious searches that a good part of it. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** The customer support system the basic training of how yo use this should be given by bunsenlabs. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** we solving the problem of time zone differences between us our client that help us reach them and try get the maximum outcome possible and try to reduce the cost. ### 6. Easy and user friendly distribution system. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ranjeet Singh R. | Senior Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 02, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** Its installation process is so easy and quick. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** There's an absence of a rose-red theme, which can be helpful for lithium compounds. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm using it for the whole bandwidth LaTeX, Gimp &other complicated technical works, and it works flawlessly. ### 7. Rebirth of CrunchBang **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** I liked the procedure for changing virtual desktops. The two elongated buttons that serve as the virtual workspace switcher are convenient. It has been developed for two desktops. One cannot add more. You click one or the other to change virtual workspaces. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** The installation process could be simplified. We have to provide a lot of information during installation. They should make a system in which one can add usernames and passwords after installations. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** BunsenLabs helps users to grow with it and explore linux. There is no limits in customization. One can play with settings and configurations and change things to their liking so as to achieve the desired final result and learn a lot in the process. ### 8. Bunsenlabs OS **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Building Materials | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** Nice Deban distro, lightweight and all basic features covered. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** Had some old legacy hardware where correct drivers were difficult to find and load. **Recommendations to others considering BunsenLabs:** Check compatability of drivers for your hardware beforehand. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** Good OS to use for out of support legacy machines. ### 9. Best OS for keyboard driven users **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Market Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** Great for keyboard driven users and allows a solid base of packages. Lightweight and resource friendly Quick access to every aspect **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** Hard for installation. A lot of clicking is needed while the process is complete **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being in a marketing organization,it is helpful to me for making customized attractive desktop ### 10. Fast, Configurable and good **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Games | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2022 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** I like new default themes, modality, and more flexibility **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** It can be a lighter version. It requires more RAM size **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bansenlabs themes are very attractive, and all looks of background changed beautifully in newer version. ### 11. Nice **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 20, 2021 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** distribution offering a lightweight and easily customizable Openbox desktop. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** Less configurable items and less user-friendly interphase. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easily customizable Openbox desktop. ### 12. Bunsenlabs or Crunchbang - You decide ! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ananth G. | Assistant Professor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 02, 2019 **What do you like best about BunsenLabs?** Bunsenlabs is based on the Debian OS. Debian OS was once and even for today considered to many people including me as the Mother of OSes. Debian was founded by a person called Ian Murdock. The name Debian is formed from the combination of 2 words from Debra and Ian Murdock; where Debra was the girl friend of Ian. Basically since Bunsenlabs is based out of Debian, it is free, open to use, a open software and licensed easily under a GPL. **What do you dislike about BunsenLabs?** Bunsenlabs comes by default out of OpenBox - a light weight Desktop Environment. Not enough Linux users like OpenBox as its not so familiar and common amongst Linux users, like as in Gnome or KDE. Though OpenBox is light weight, it is sometimes memory consuming. **Recommendations to others considering BunsenLabs:** If you as a user wants to try Bunsenlabs, one small recommendation from my side is to use it in Virtualbox first. If you like it, it could be deployed accordingly. **What problems is BunsenLabs solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have got Bunsenlabs installed via a Virtualbox software. I use Bunsenlabs to work on few server side applications. I have an open port that is linked to Bunsenlabs. ## BunsenLabs Discussions - [What is BunsenLabs used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-bunsenlabs-used-for) - [View BunsenLabs pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/bunsenlabs/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-18+14%3A54%3A41+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=1bf23c26-2bda-4039-bbdf-82d72cc2a8d7&secure%5Btoken%5D=909f632a46d72d8a15530860b1ae9998c7a0dd3d71430168f1730d0f270b57f5&format=llm_user) ## BunsenLabs Features **Memory Management - Operating System** - RAM management **Device Management - Operating System** - I/O management **Backup and Recovery - Operating System** - Data backup **Error Detection - Operating System** - System operations monitoring ## Top BunsenLabs Alternatives - [Chrome OS](https://www.g2.com/products/chrome-os/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (696 reviews) - [Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (930 reviews) - [Windows 7](https://www.g2.com/products/windows-7/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (867 reviews)