I have made some small changes to installer. I was not happy about running mirrorlist with all servers active, it means post install you are mainly using those based in Albania. During install now you will be asked for your nearest location, you can of course select any server you wish and mirrorlist will be … Select your local server….now via abinstall
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….