Need a way of updating pacman with a GUI, read on….
I normally use an alias for pacman updates which is fine as I tend to live in a terminal… There are of course GUI wrappers for pacman out there but I have no need of…
Ads are back ;-(
With support for ArchBang project at an all time low. Have decided to use google ads again. Maybe in the new year might switch blog to a free service possibly sourceforge or gitlab. This will…
Quick kernel update….
Noticed that Arch has updated kernel overnight, so I have updated iso and uploaded image. Enjoy the rest of your weekend…
Pacman is wonderful ;-)
Have been using Archlinux for a while now and have got so used to it, find it really hard to run anything else. Well I did install Ubuntu on my laptop for a day! Then…
Getting Virtual in Boxes
Was messing around with Virt-manager this week then came across Gnome-Boxes. Thought it would only be an Ubuntu thing and more likely in AUR, but to my surprise it is in main Arch repos. As…
Ubuntu Linux!
Yes you read it right I loaded Ubuntu linux on my laptop. Installed i3 window manager and set about setting up virt-manager. All was fine could run arch linux in a virtual machine and all…
i686 downloads have gone crazy….
I have no idea why i686 version has suddenly got so many downloads. Only just about got it up and running, not even looked at abinstall to check if it needs work.. Please if you…
Getting Help?
I do not like asking for money, funding, crypto, gift cards or even a coffee. Offer Paypal as a simple way to support my work but many people do not like using it. Not going…
i686 rebuild of iso…
Seemed to be an issue with last 32bit iso image, it simply dropped to a reduced shell. It was an issue with mount command inside of util-linux package. Quick visit to archlinux32 forums and package…
Switching to a new terminal…
Decided to try out rxvt-unicode terminal emulator. It is not as user friendly as lxterminal but still comes with a host of features one that interested me was transparency. To ease you all into the…