Big news first — in the next few days I’ll be building and uploading an rc image of ArchBang that’s now based on Wayland and running Labwc as the window manager. It’s as close to Openbox as I can possibly get under Wayland, and I’ve been steadily adding features, keybinds, and settings. Still very much … No presents under the tree…..
Made my last upload of an iso image a few days ago. Going to take a break from ArchBang at least until new year. Last couple of weeks have been very busy getting Waybang looking and running how I wanted, couple more little tweaks and we could be looking at a full release. The plan … Happy Holidays Everyone
I know tiling window managers aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Some of us just want to drag windows around like normal people. If you’ve been eyeing Wayland but didn’t fancy learning keyboard shortcuts just to move a window, this might be for you. What is it? Waybang is ArchBang using Labwc instead of Openbox. Same … Waybang: Because Tiling Isn’t for Everyone
I have got Openbox theme and look to match as near as possible to Sway version. Have already uploaded an iso image earlier in the week so users can try out. Arch is getting very close to releasing 6.18 kernel so may hold off am update over the weekend to if and when it appears. … ArchBang Updates: Openbox Theme Refresh
After getting iso image running with both Openbox and Sway, decided this week to update the look of Sway with a more modern theme. Have gone with Catppuccin Mocha theme colour way for foot, sway, waybar. rofi and mako. Added in a new wallpaper I found here. Waybar now has launchers for main applications in … Fancy a Mocha?
Had an unexpected bill come in this week, always happens at the wrong time more so with holidays coming up. Finding an extra $500 isn’t exactly easy when you’re not expecting to need it. It means having to make some adjustments, cutting back on the usual weekly spend, or dipping into savings you’d earmarked for … You did not ask for it but I did it anyway…
Hey everyone, I wanted to give you a quick heads up on why the latest ArchBang image release has been delayed. We ran into a minor issue with archiso during the build process that I wanted to resolve before pushing out the new version. Nothing major or anything to worry about – just one of … Delayed Iso Image Release – Minor archiso Issue
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It has been a very busy week at ArchBANG HQ, a lot of changes have been made and am hoping there are no major issues with this release. Changes are more to the build, mkninitcpio and installer. I have taken installer framework from SwayBANG and made it work with ArchBANG, reduced menu but better option … ArchBANG rc release now available…..
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