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Calamares tip – make sure the bootloader is filled in and avoid frustrations
Compare the bottom line of both images.It should never be empty.This tip for calamares (our installer) only concerns people that have older hardware and use MBR to install ArcoLinuxthat use Virtual Box and use MBR to install ArcoLinux.EFI or UEFI people are NOT...
Updating a 6 months old ArcoLinux or how to keep rolling and never clean install
There are so many articles out there that will tell you all about Arch Linux. Just like this one. There are many misconceptions about Arch Linux and so also about ArcoLinux. It is hard to install - ArcoLinux has a graphical installer Rolling releases are unstable -...
Creation of Aur-Slate or how to add a conky to the ArcoLinux system
Thanks to the fact that we have the package conky-lua-archers installed we can use conky and its LUA files (not needed here).You can add your own conkies to the system.There are hundreds of them out there. Many are very similar since they all fall back on the possible...
Changing the logout icons in Openbox or Awesome or Bspwm or Qtile or Xmonad
12 new icon themes to test out The themes to logout in Openbox (also on Awesome, Bspwm, Qtile, Xmonad, ...) will grow in the future. Arcolinux-oblogout-themes-git will supply you with all the themes we have created or found on the net. Changing the theme aka the icons...
The ArcoLinux Office Series
Contents Libreoffice WPS Office Where to find the information/software Let us use scripts for our next installation https://github.com/erikdubois/arcolinux-nemesis Libreoffice Germanskel, bupskel and cb theming of libreoffice grammar check change script to your...
The content of your bashrc is important and so is the alias cb or copy bashrc
.bashrc is a very important file in your linux system. The point at the start means it is hidden. You need to press CTRL + H on many filemanagers to show the hidden files/folders. If you want to know much more about bash, you definitely need to read up on the Arch...
Fix for lightdm background keeps changing on login or logout
At this point in time, April 2019, we see a strange behavior on our XFCE desktop. IF you have set your wallpaper with a wallpaper coming from /usr/share/backgrounds, you will see that the background of your lightdm login screen will change to the wallpaper of your...
Make your very own get-started script to setup your system after a clean install
Workflow after any clean install ofArcoLinux or Arch Linux no time to waste let linux work for us run and walk away improve script with every clean install My files are kept online in the cloud. There are many cloud services you can use. I am using google drive for my...
How to install zsh on ArcoLinux(D) tips tricks and theming
Zsh is an alternative to bash. Check out the Arch wiki first. We have a script to install zsh. But not only zsh also other features that are need to have like zsh-completions oh-my-zsh zsh-syntax-hightlighting Command not found has been abandoned in Feb 2018. You will...
How to tweak your neofetch config and use the small ArcoLinux Ascii Logo
In order to learn about any application you can search online and google your way to answers. BUT FIRST check your system. man neofetch neofetch --help I will type those two commands for any command on linux and see if it gives me the answers I want. It depends on...
