Welcome to ArchBang Live a live iso [www.archbang.org/Guide].
Information here is as up to date as possible.
**Please do not post issues or problems related to ArchBang on Archlinux forums it will result in at best your thread closed or worse deleted.**
====Openbox Window Manager====
Will give a brief overview of ArchBang version.
Some useful keybinds are:
Alt + h for ArchBang key binds
Super + t — Alacritty Terminal
Super + w — Web Browser
Super + f — File Manager
Key binds above will also work with Alt key.
Super + [1-4] — Switch to Dekstop [1-4]
Super + Shift + [1-4] — Move Active window to Desktop [1-4]
Super + q — Closes a selcted window
Right Click on desktop for Main Menu
You will also see launchers on panel for Menu, Browser, Terminal and File Manager, as well as workspaces, system tray, volume control and clock.
====Installation====
To run installer either use Super + i or Can be run from main menu.
The installer is menu driven and very easy to follow.
Should you need an easier way to set up partitions and filesystems then Gparted is included live. [sudo gparted in a terminal]
===Post Install===
Pacman will not work until you do the following in a terminal:
sudo pacman-key –init
sudo pacman-key –populate
sudo pacman -Sy –needed archlinux-keyring && sudo pacman -Su
This will create keys, refresh package cache and update archlinux-keyring.
Then you can search for a package of choice using:
sudo pacman -Ss
Install a pacakge using
sudo pacman -S
For more help, guides search the Arch Wiki [https://wiki.archlinux.org/]
====Tips and tricks?====
If your drive space fills up live then run the following to double size of storage.
sudo mount -o remount,size=8G /run/archiso/cowspace
By default pacman mirrorlist is un-commented to allow it to work live, read Arch wiki guide on mirrors and setting them up here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mirrors
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