LinuxBBQ Cream

LinuxBBQ Cream is an open source Linux-based operating system, a special edition of the well known LinuxBBQ distribution that includes a wide range of window managers, 76 of them to be more precise.

Available for download as a 32-bit Live CD

The distro can be downloaded via Softoware or from its official website (see link above) as a single Live CD ISO image that has been tagged only for the 32-bit (i686) architecture. This means that it will only support 32-bit applications, even if used on 64-bit hardware platforms.

Boot options

The superb boot menu will allow the user to start the live environment with default boot options, with support for Intel video cards using the i915 driver, in VGA mode for older machines, with the nomode option, in failsafe mode, in quiet mode or by copying it to RAM.

In addition, it is possible to start an existing operating system that is installed on the first disk drive or perform a system memory diagnostic test with the help of the powerful Memtest86+ utility.

The only distribution of Linux with 76 window managers

It appears that at the moment of writing this review, LinuxBBQ Cream is the world’s first and only distribution of Linux with 76 window managers. It includes old-school, Openbox based, LXDE based, MATE based, Xfce based, Cinnamon based, KDE based, and DWM based WMs.

Among some of the most important ones, we can mention IceWM, SpectrWM, DragonflyWM, i3, Ratpoison, Blackbox, JWM, Cinnamon, MATE, KDE, Trinity, Coal, Sidbang, Absinth, Pompous64, Pringles, Nymph, Elixir, Neckbeard, Elektra, CLIt, Solyanka and Elitist.

Bottom line

Summing up, the Cream edition of LinuxBBQ is an innovative project specifically designed to allow users to test different window managers. Please keep in mind that the default username and password of the Live CD is “bbq” (without quotes).