ArchBang has been a passion project of mine for over a decade. It started as a way to provide a simple, lightweight Arch-based distribution with Openbox, and over the years, it has gained a dedicated following. While I’ve always seen this as a labor of love, maintaining ArchBang comes with costs—domain registration, hosting, and hardware … Support ArchBang: Help Keep the Project Alive
Have just built and uploaded a new iso image with latest kernel and updated packages. Noticed that ReiserFS package has been drop by Arch, so I have removed it from packages shipped. Still thinking about a new installer for ArchBang. Made some small steps then switched tracks and started looking at Archinstall. Only problem I … A new kernel update and reiserfs dropped
With arrival of 6.13 kernel and the return of Broadcom-wl package I made a quick rc version for testing… Enjoy see you at the weekend…. Stay safe 😉
While Jgmenu solved an issue with having a menu launch from panel, it hit a nerve as regards to running pure Openbox. Do not have a problem with jgmenu just think it is not needed. To that end I have gone back to using Openbox menu.xml and switched launcher in polybar to rofi. Sxhkd [hotkey … Going back to pure Openbox…..
I have been mostly messing around with ArchBang under a Virtual Machine this week. Always get a kick out of seeing KDE plasma running under a live session. Why would you want to run plasma live? Well for the most part you can pretty much install anything live. Given a working network connection you could … Something missing…..
I saw that the Raspberry Pi5 16Gb is out and costs $120. Wondered if I could buy a mini pc for that money. Managed to get a good friend of mine [thanks Jamie] to help with the search. Now the rules were that it had be around $120 had to have 16gb of ram and … Pie for Less….
Do get asked from time to time on how to change background in ArchBang. Couple of ways to do this a command line method and an application. Their is little use changing background live so these are more for installed ArchBang. Feh Open a terminal and do run the following: nano ~/.config/openbox/autostart In that file … How to change Wallpaper?
Over the years, ArchBang has grown from a simple idea into a trusted distribution beloved by minimalists and Arch Linux enthusiasts alike. Its mission has always been to provide a lightweight, functional system that works seamlessly out of the box while staying true to the Arch Linux philosophy of simplicity and user control. But as … Supporting ArchBang: Keeping The Lights On…..
Have a had a busy few days working on ArchBang. Made loads of small changes most of which would never be noticed by a user. One thing that was bothering some users was the fact that Polybar panel only displays current active window. It makes life more difficult when you have many windows open and … Making Polybar even better….
Am uploading a new iso image with a fresh new look. Still not quite sure on colours yet. Trying to find a gtk theme I can possibly work with. For now I am running a green icon set and some basic colour changes pulled from new wallpaper. Early in the new year I will switch … New look, still working on overall look…..