Another week of working on SwayBang, made quite a few changes mostly configs. Abinstall now supports logging, just add -l or –log to the command and installer will store all the output into /tmp. Not sure how well it will work, could add debug too but would take far more work to setup. Something I … Getting there….
I had a question from a user regarding sound in SwayBang and I replied telling them that I did not see sound as a priority live. Only the thought kept on going around in my head what would be needed to have sound live? Already knew pipewire, pipewire-pulse and wireplumber are included on live iso … Sounds like SwayBang….
Have spent the last few weeks working iso image that is based on Sway tiling window manager. Has taken quite a lot of work to get look and feel as I wanted. My first thoughts were to run Sway as a floating window manager and while it does work it kind of defeats the object … Welcome to Wayland….
Just built and uploaded a new iso image, no major changes other than package updates and a new kernel. While working on themes I forgot to make changes to dmenu, should now work correctly. There is a lot of talk on the internet about the big distros switching to Wayland only. Gnome is also hinting … Update and small fix…
Been working towards a summer release with a new background, look and themes. Still not happy with Polybar but I will figure it out. Possibly move clock and replace with window title, shift launchers to the left and maybe add another one. Not made any major package changes other than dropping sof-firmware, think live audio … Summer has arrived…..
Added a small boot cheat code to allow a user to boot into i3 tiling window manager live. On boot hit Tab and then enter at the end of the line wm=i3, if using uefi use ‘e’ to edit boot options and again add wm=i3. On log in you will be greeted with a black … Want to try a tiling window manager live?
As promised a new iso image is uploaded and includes latest kernel and package updates. Post installation you will find a script in ~/AB_Scripts called ab-pacman-keys run this in a terminal and it will create keys and update archlinux-keyring package. Once done pacman will function as it should. If there is anything you need added … New kernel, new iso ….
Arch has put latest kernel out of date so a new one is due very soon. If not available by end of tomorrow I will get an image uploaded. Made a couple of small changes. The guide no longer states changes locally will be made to target install. While this was true a few years … Well I am waiting for another kernel 😉
Archlinux has just updated kernel to 6.14-5, as promised I am now building then will upload a new iso image. No other major changes just up dated package and of course kernel. Enjoy the rest of the week, will catch up with you all on the weekend 😉 Stay safe…
Well I have again been quite busy making many more changes to ArchBang iso image. One change that I had never taken any notice of was the fact that installer does not open fullscreen. As I use i3/sway tiling window manager windows just open that way but default on an empty workspace. Thing is can … I would have never of thought of that…..