Thanks to a tip on discord on the suggestions channel we have a new alias.One to see what packages have been installed recently R I P equals Recent Installed PackagesMake sure expac is installed on your system.
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Analyze bash commands you find on the internet – alias cleanup
When navigating the internet you find aliases, configs, .dot files you might like to try. Before you do try to know as much as possible about the code. We are going to study this line of code from Nick Petrov. alias cleanup='sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)' Most of...
Use bupskel to compare the ArcoLinux updates coming in
We have created a new alias - bupskel. In ArcoLinux we put our configurations inside /etc/skel. Everything we put in this folder will be added to your home directory when we create a new iso. Bupskel will copy the content of /etc/skel to a hidden folder in your home...
How to install a package by skipping the validity check
Sometime the maintainers of packages from AUR are just on holiday or sick and the pkgbuild needs to be updated because the sources it uses have been updated but not the validity checksums of the pkgbuild. The normal procedure would be to get into contact with the...
Checking out the aliases on your system can be quite interesting
This is a command that just works on any Linux system. Type in the terminal the command alias and you will get the list of all possible aliases on that system. Making a new one is super easy. For example when you type inxi you get just 3 lines of information. If you...
Install bash-pipes to have a colorful screensaver in your pimped terminal
You often see these images or also called scrots (see the application "scrot") with colored pipes or lines. You can have those too if you install: trizen bash-pipes Then you better learn the options with pipes --help and have fun trying out the possibilities.
How to install powerline to pimp your system
If you google "linux powerline" and ask for images you will see lots of examples what can be achieved. We need first to install it and then look for a nice config. Installation of powerline. sudo pacman -S powerline powerline-fonts Open your .bashr and put this code...
Update your system using the terminal and upall or pksyua
This applies to all desktop environments. Pamac is our graphical updater in ArcoLinux. You can find more info about updating via pamac in this article. But you can also update in the terminal. Personally I start the day with a command in the terminal and read what...
How to make your terminal sexy again any distro any terminal
You can install any terminal you want. There are so many terminals out there. You just need to make a choice. Just a few terminals out there in random order : Gnome Terminal, Guake, iTerm2, Konsole, Terminator, Termite, XFCE4 terminal, ... Just google...
The terminal is going to be our best friend
This applies to all desktop environments. ArchMerge chooses Termite as the standard terminal. You can change that preference via Preferred Applications in the menu or looking for the application : exo-preferred-applications. Our terminal is going to be our best...