ArchBang http://archbang.org A Simple GNU/Linux Distribution Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:04:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Twice per year http://archbang.org/news/twice-per-year http://archbang.org/news/twice-per-year#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:04:09 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=350 My co-dev Prit (a.k.a. sHyLoCk) is back in action with a good suggestion that I’ll adopt which is to have 2 releases per year which is plenty for a rolling release distro (Ubuntu also has 2 releases/year on April & October and it’s not a rolling release distro). This also means that the name . . . → Read More]]> My co-dev Prit (a.k.a. sHyLoCk) is back in action with a good suggestion that I’ll adopt which is to have 2 releases per year which is plenty for a rolling release distro (Ubuntu also has 2 releases/year on April & October and it’s not a rolling release distro). This also means that the name format will not change to ArchBang-Season-YYYY :P . Our two release months will be June & December. Have fun with our previous release and keep on reporting problems & giving your feedback :D

]]> http://archbang.org/news/twice-per-year/feed 0 ArchBang 2011.11 is out in the wild! http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-11-is-out-in-the-wild http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-11-is-out-in-the-wild#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:11:21 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=338

You don’t need it if you already have AB installed on your system -PCMan File Manager over Thunar File Manager -Xcompmgr-dana over Xcompmgr -Recent Files pipemenu added -New keybind to read the upgraded DOC -Progress bar while copying files -Better font rendering -New look -Smaller iso -Complete list of packages found here -Report . . . → Read More]]>

You don’t need it if you already have AB installed on your system :P
-PCMan File Manager over Thunar File Manager
-Xcompmgr-dana over Xcompmgr
-Recent Files pipemenu added
-New keybind to read the upgraded DOC
-Progress bar while copying files :P
-Better font rendering
-New look
-Smaller iso
-Complete list of packages found here
-Report bugs in the official bug thread
-Leave suggestions in this thread
-Have fun!
Notes:
-You can always build Arch w/ Openbox from scratch by following my guide to help you
-If you don’t like the black & gray system tray icons, remove the following line in tint2rc:
‘systray_icon_asb = 100 -100 -25′
-If you have 2 network manager icons, remove ’(sleep 3 && /usr/bin/nm-applet –sm-disable) &’ in Preferences>Openbox>autostart

EDIT:
ArchBang 2011.11 is this year’s last release!
As of next year, the name format will change from ArchBang YYYY.MM to ArchBang SEASON-YYYY so the next release will be ArchBang Spring-2012 on March 21st 2012 :D

2nd Edit:
-No more IRC channel since none of the mods/admins are even using it. Please use the forums instead for anything :D

]]> http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-11-is-out-in-the-wild/feed 0 ArchBang 2011.10 is out in the wild http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-is-out-in-the-wild http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-is-out-in-the-wild#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:40:27 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=326 Grab it while it’s hot from the download section!

You don’t need it if you already have AB running smoothly on your system It’s basically 2011.10-RC2 w/ the following following changes: -Updated DOC -urxvt scrollbar color adjusted -Jumanji replaced by Firefox Nightly -icons in the applications menu -clarity icon theme instead of gnome . . . → Read More]]> Grab it while it’s hot from the download section!

  • You don’t need it if you already have AB running smoothly on your system
  • It’s basically 2011.10-RC2 w/ the following following changes:
    -Updated DOC
    -urxvt scrollbar color adjusted
    -Jumanji replaced by Firefox Nightly
    -icons in the applications menu
    -clarity icon theme instead of gnome
    -2 px top desktop margin so you can right-click on the desktop even when a window is maximized
    -You can edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-keyboard-layout.conf while installing AB
  • Report bugs in the official bug thread
  • Leave feedback in the official feedback thread
  • You can see the list of packages here
  • Have fun
  • You can always build Arch from scratch by following my guide to help you.

Note: Network Manager was updated today so you can remove it from ‘autostart’ once you update it since it will launch the applet automatically just by being in the array of daemons in /etc/rc.conf (else it will launch it twice lol)

 

]]> http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-is-out-in-the-wild/feed 0 ArchBang 2011.10 RC2 is out in the wild http://archbang.org/news/rc2-is-out-in-the-wild http://archbang.org/news/rc2-is-out-in-the-wild#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:56:36 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=301 -You don’t need it if you already have AB running smoothly on your system! -AB won’t be bigger than 450MB from now on -Report bugs in the official bug thread -See the list of packages here -Leave feedback here -Have fun! -Edit: Final version that will most likely be the same w/ updated . . . → Read More]]>
-You don’t need it if you already have AB running smoothly on your system!
-AB won’t be bigger than 450MB from now on :D
-Report bugs in the official bug thread
-See the list of packages here
-Leave feedback here
-Have fun!
-Edit: Final version that will most likely be the same w/ updated packages is coming out on October 1st since it’s ready (and not at the end of the next month)
Notes:
-You can always build Arch from scratch by following my guide to help you
-Never forget to try failsafe mode if you have an nvidia card
-it’s normal that you don’t see jumanji in Applications>Internet so launch it with Super + W/gmrun/dmenu

]]> http://archbang.org/news/rc2-is-out-in-the-wild/feed 0 ArchBang 2011.10 RC2 http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-rc2 http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-rc2#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:19:09 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=294 RC2 coming out by the end of the month

]]> RC2 coming out by the end of the month :D

]]> http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-rc2/feed 0 ArchBang 2011.10-RC! http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-rc http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-rc#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:30:46 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=285 . . . → Read More]]> ArchBang 2011.10 RC is out in the wild! -You don't need it if you already have AB installed on your system :P -Reported bugs have been addressed -List of contained packages can be found here -archbey was hacked in an artistic way lol -Updated DOC -Have fun & report bugs in the official bug thread -Report your feedback in the official feedback thread -The official version is coming out on October 31st 2011 Notes: -You can always build Arch from scratch w/ OB by following my guide to help you :) -Don't try to copy the live to RAM if you have less than 1GB of RAM or try to install AB while it is copied in RAM ]]> http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-10-rc/feed 0 7 days! http://archbang.org/news/7-days http://archbang.org/news/7-days#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:41:48 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=280 You have 7 days to report any bugs in ArchBang 2011.09 in the bug thread (until the 20th). Shortly after, ArchBang 2011.10 RC will be released w/ its own bug thread and at the end of October, it will be the official version of ArchBang 2011.10 (that will most likely be the same w/ updated packages). . . . → Read More]]> You have 7 days to report any bugs in ArchBang 2011.09 in the bug thread (until the 20th). Shortly after, ArchBang 2011.10 RC will be released w/ its own bug thread and at the end of October, it will be the official version of ArchBang 2011.10 (that will most likely be the same w/ updated packages). Have fun :D

]]> http://archbang.org/news/7-days/feed 0 Thanks God ArchBang 2011.09 is out!!! http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-09-out http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-09-out#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:50:57 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=260 ArchBang 2011.09 is out in the wild! Grab it while it’s hot in the download section!

If you already have ArchBang running smoothly on your system, you don’t need to get this release

Changes:

-Latest Linux Kernel 3.0.4-1 -New look with some wallpapers made by fans included (different than last month’s screenshot . . . → Read More]]> ArchBang 2011.09 is out in the wild! Grab it while it’s hot in the download section!

If you already have ArchBang running smoothly on your system, you don’t need to get this release :D

Changes:

-Latest Linux Kernel 3.0.4-1
-New look with some wallpapers made by fans included (different than last month’s screenshot afterall :P )
-paccheck added
-gucharmap added
-alsa replaced by OSS
-tint2 replaced by adeskbar
-xfburn replaced by graveman
-arandr replaced by lxrandr
-foxitreader replaced by zathura
-volumeicon replaced by ossxmix
-gcalctool replaced by galculator
-xcompmgr removed
-tintwizard removed
-gsimplecal removed
-aufs2 removed
-hal removed (finally!)
-dmenu removed
-gksu removed
-nouveau drivers removed

Have fun and report bugs in the official bug thread ideally before the end of the month for next month’s release :D  !

Notes:
-For those who want to put back ALSA instead of OSS, it should be a cakewalk if you follow these quick easy steps :D
(ALSA will be officially back in AB 2011.10)
-Edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and comment the mirrors the you don’t need if you have problems updating ;)

*** You can always build Arch Linux w/ Openbox from scratch by following my updated guide (since there was a new release of Arch Linux last month yay) :D ***

]]> http://archbang.org/news/archbang-2011-09-out/feed 0 Screenshot of ArchBang 2011.09 http://archbang.org/news/screenshot-of-archbang-2011-09 http://archbang.org/news/screenshot-of-archbang-2011-09#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:59:37 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=251 Here’s a first screenshot of ArchBang 2011.09. Let’s say that during my summer semester, I had a school partner who had a Mac and I was like hmmm…do you know that it is a Unix-like OS ? It inspired me for the new look

. . . → Read More]]> Here’s a first screenshot of ArchBang 2011.09. Let’s say that during my summer semester, I had a school partner who had a Mac and I was like hmmm…do you know that it is a Unix-like OS :P ? It inspired me for the new look ;)

 

]]> http://archbang.org/news/screenshot-of-archbang-2011-09/feed 0 Next release date http://archbang.org/news/next-release-date http://archbang.org/news/next-release-date#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:54:24 +0000 willxtreme http://archbang.org/?p=249 I am very busy these days due to my summer semester. My vacations will start on August 10th! You can expect the next release of ArchBang for September 2011

]]> I am very busy these days due to my summer semester. My vacations will start on August 10th! You can expect the next release of ArchBang for September 2011 :D

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