So my hosting comes up for renewal very soon. Looking at around $75 the year. Got about a third of that in donations. Iso building is starting to be an expensive hobby 😉 Have uploaded another iso after a recent kernel update. Am thinking of switching ArchBang to a tiling window manager but that might … Hosting up for renewal
Quick iso update (new kernel) 😉 In other news I have been chatting with other Arch based distro developers and have found it refreshing. Certainly in awe at how polished and clean these distros are. Not mention any names … (ArchLabs, EndeavourOS and the mighty Zen-installer) Am still working on Project Vole switching too Bspwm, … Update, Hosting Costs and some news…
Some of you may have noticed that ArchBang uses RC or Beta in its iso title. Basically RC releases are updates to iso mainly for minor fixes or package updates. Beta on the other hand are more for testing and may have features or issues. Neither are harmful to a users system as unless an … RC vs Beta
Turns out Archlinux updated kernel the day after I uploaded Winter release, so I have rebuilt using new kernel… Have removed auto log in post install, this simply means you will be dropped to text log in asking for username and password. Once entered Openbox will start as normal.Thought about adding a display manager but … Day after update
Pleased to announce ArchBang Winter Iso. Firefox returns as well as Gparted, new themes and wallpaper. Packages up to date (as of 01/01/20). Am going to look at changing autologin for post install as I think it is confusing to new users. Archiso uses a systemd file in /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d (autologin.conf).It means that some log in … ArchBang Winter Iso Release, Happy New Year
Just uploaded a new iso Gparted is back. Have removed spectrwm tiling window manager, going to switch window manager in Vole (more on that in the new year). Been some changes in Arch mostly xorg so this release may need more work. Need to remove gparted.desktop file to stop it showing up in openbox menu. … Quick Pre Winter Release iso Gparted is back
Have just uploaded a Vole iso based on Artix, using there own build scripts. It does still need work and is a little bloated at the moment. Grub needs attention and package list needs to be improved. Am thinking of switching Spectrwm to Bspwm (with sxhkd) not only is Bspwm lighter but has many interesting … Artix based Vole iso
Just wanted to wish all of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New year. Working slowly on getting Vole switched to using Artix source files. Looking at mid January for Winter release, will try to get Firefox and gparted to return if I can save some space. Thinking of using this for new release. As … Happy Holidays Everyone 🙂
Have been working on Project Vole iso. It is now based on Artix Linux, systemd free (runit). Iso is very beta!!! but boots and reaches desktop. Open a terminal using Super+Return and away you go. What works? Wired connections out of the box, Wifi via connmanctl take a little time to setup. Have added a … Project Vole News Luke Smith special edition
Will start working on Winter release in upcoming weeks. Downloads are still at the highest I have ever seen over the past few years. Am hoping I can ship with Firefox once again (if I do some extra work removing the bloat). Netsurf is ok but a fully fledged browser is better for modern day … Winter release….