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Have been asked about a systemd free version of ArchBang. There is a version of sorts albeit based on Void linux called Project Vole. It uses runit as its init system and is systemd free….

Turns out my change to pipewire has failed. Bascially pavucontrol does not connect to server and so you have no sound live. There is a workaround if only a little long winded. Set your local…

Just to make users aware I have found a small issue with installer. Mirrorlist changed recently to include Argentina mirrors, code looked for Australia [then top of list]. Anyway I had made the change with…

Two things have bothered me for some time now, sound and booting. Managed to bring syslinux up to date and was planning on getting uefi booting in line with it. Then I looked at archiso…

Archlinux has updated its kernel so I have updated iso image and uploading it. Like to keep things fresh and bleeding edge as best I can. Have enabled google ads again on ArchBang site as…

I am uploading a new iso image as I type. No major changes but I have some small fixes to do with syslinux live bootloader. Memtest and Hardware utils should work now. Booting local hard…

Pleased to announce release of ArchBang Spring iso. No major changes from ‘rc’ version other than the following: Updated to run latest mkarchiso Fixed syslinux splash after mkarchiso update. Locales should only use selected locale…

Am uploading a new iso image of Spring release. Updated packages and minor changes to microcode installation. Nothing that will affect users am simply adding both microcode images to /boot so that they can be…

Was testing install over weekend and noticed a small issue with installer. It is nothing serious but I wish to point it out now before I make changes to iso image for future releases. Basically…

I have made a quick update to Spring release to replace i3status with i3blocks. Have seen it before in other distros and thought it over busy for what I need. Anyway a quick stop over…