Posting early this week as I have just seen downloads of release version. Over 1300 in just a few days, think a new record for ArchBang. Was installing ArchBang on a Chromebook the other day all was fine but did notice Alacritty terminal font looked a bit large and Openbox fonts looked small. Not had … Well I am shocked …..
Have just built and uploaded new iso image that is now running latest kernel 6.12. Had an interesting question in the week regarding showing window list. As Polybar only shows current active window others that are present might be minimized and not visible. Two ways to see window list one use Alt-Tab or middle click … New iso image with 6.12 kernel and some Alt-Tab action
Quick iso update. A few minor changes but one thing I have added is sxhkd daemon, it is a keybind controller that uses a simple syntax for better control over applications and functions. Making changes in rc.xml for adding or changing keybinds can be quite painful and also leads sometimes to errors in the file … What about adding Alt to the mix…..
I am building and will soon upload a new ArchBang iso image. Quite a few changes, mostly small fixes and some changes to installer. Biggest change is the overall look and feel. New wallpaper, Openbox theme and colour changes to polybar. Have used my own personal photos in ArchBang for many years to avoid any … Magenta is the new Purple….
I do not think Xfce4 version of ArchBang is really that popular. Many users prefer using ArchBang running Openbox. I only changed to Xfce4 as I was finding it more difficult to maintain tint2 panel as I was having problems with it. Turns out issue was more to do with lxsession [something I am looking … Bringing ArchBang back to life….
I have added Openbox and Obconf to packages in ArchBangX. Old users of ArchBang do of course miss Openbox window manager. For now there is no configs or old setup under ArchBangX. So you will have the choice to either run Openbox under Xfce4 or go pure Openbox. Files for old ArchBang are still on … Adding an old friend to ArchBangX…
Arch has had a kernel update so have rebuild iso image to more up to date, uploaded and ready to go …. One thing I did notice was that my custom wallpaper was not being set correctly. This might be because I test iso images under Virtualbox. Anyway Joe at EndeavourOS came to the rescue … New kernel update and a possibly a small fix….
Been a few weeks since last release of ArchBangX, seems to be doing ok. Have included latest kernel on this image 6.11-2. No other real changes just mostly package updates. Downloads of iso are doing ok, not had any real feedback to speak of. Have got a kind of sway version of ArchBang working but … A quick iso update to include latest kernel…
I think ArchBangX is doing well, downloads are good and so far no negative feedback. Couple of points I need to address as regards to installation. First and very importantly post install you do need to set up pacman-keys and refresh archlinux-keyring, very important for package signing. In a terminal run: sudo pacman-key –init sudo … ArchBangX possible update…
Have made quite a few changes to ArchBangX ‘beta’, more happy now with the look and feel. Panel now features launchers for Firefox,Terminal and Thunar file manager. Removed icons from desktop. I think I have managed to remove Mail app from main menu. ArchBangX guide is now in Documents folder and has been changes to … Getting close to release candidate…