Have just uploaded a new iso image including latest kernel release. Am aware that many regular users are not that keen on Sway window manager and would rather have Openbox with X return. If you take a look at Openbox website you can see last update was quite some time ago, news link. Quite happy … Latest release and some other news….
Have been wanting to upgrade my system for over a year now. The old 3770 intel was around ten years old and was starting to show its age. Saw a budget build on you tube based on the AMD 5700G with a low end mother board and 32Gb of Ram. Did grab an after market … Got a new box…
Have added a couple of binds to ArchBang that allow you to control Gaps. At the moment you can use Super + Plus/Minus on keyboard keypad to control inner gaps. This of course is not going to be of much use to some laptop owners so will look at an alternative binds. An example of … Added Gaps control to windows in Sway….
This post of more for my reference than anyone else. Started using Vim only a couple of years ago as was getting fed up with the hype. Can be quite a learning curve for someone who has used Nano from day one on linux but some things just made sense other things were way over … Copy and paste in Vim
Downloads of ArchBang Sway are not that great so can only assume that Wayland version is not that popular. Did think at the time I was pushing my users a little too far by switching window manager again. Thinking I should build both versions i3 and sway, to try to keep everyone happy. Again I … Thoughts on Wayland version….
Had to happen I just released Summer iso and the next day kernel 6.4 package lands.. So what is a guy to do well update iso image! Did manage add a small fix to grim for selecting an area of a screen as an image [Super + Print] also so you can view said images … Wait a day and a new kernel appears….
Had quite a few issues with last iso image, namely no background or icons on panel. Thankfully have fixed both issues,was simply a case of missing packages. Started working on getting a theme going. Background is a image I took on my phone last weekend. Waybar has many more features as well as some application … Quite a few fixes and background now works….
My good friend Joe informed I had an error in sway config, nothing major just some doubled up keybinds all fixed now. Uploaded new image. Might have found a background that I can use for Summer release. Couple of other things are maybe add cpu and ram module to waybar. More work to do so … Quick update with fix
So I have started work on Summer release, uploading ‘beta’ iso very soon. Have switched from i3 to Sway running under Wayland. Been using Sway on my machines for a couple of weeks now and have got most things working without any major problems. Had tried Wayland a few years ago, nothing seemed to work … Started work on Summer release… Wayland replaces Xorg….