ArchBang Is The Original Easy-To-Install Arch Linux DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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SoundToxin
The website and installer look pretty horrible, honestly. I used ArchBang many years ago when CrunchBang was still around, and I don't remember things being this bad. Is this perhaps not by the same people? I'd understand if someone inexperienced were nostalgic for ArchBang and bought up a domain to continue it.
The installer taking forever to launch is very strange and not good, but it also looked clunky and overly mouse-oriented. An installer you can launch from the terminal is important for low-spec machines, and they just tend to work well enough that I don't see the point of this graphical menu installer.
I support them changing from openbox to i3 because I'm pretty sure openbox is a dead project (or maybe you'd call it -finished- to put a more positive spin on it), and i3's config not using XML makes it friendlier to edit directly.
edit: after reading the comments, I see this Zen Installer thing exists outside of ArchBang as well, and that there was another installer. I would like to see a video on the other installer in that case.
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The website and installer look pretty horrible, honestly. I used ArchBang many years ago when CrunchBang was still around, and I don't remember things being this bad. Is this perhaps not by the same people? I'd understand if someone inexperienced were nostalgic for ArchBang and bought up a domain to continue it.
The installer taking forever to launch is very strange and not good, but it also looked clunky and overly mouse-oriented. An installer you can launch from the terminal is important for low-spec machines, and they just tend to work well enough that I don't see the point of this graphical menu installer.
I support them changing from openbox to i3 because I'm pretty sure openbox is a dead project (or maybe you'd call it -finished- to put a more positive spin on it), and i3's config not using XML makes it friendlier to edit directly.
edit: after reading the comments, I see this Zen Installer thing exists outside of ArchBang as well, and that there was another installer. I would like to see a video on the other installer in that case.
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Riseabove
But your home row keys for the right hand are J K L ; not H J K L ..... any typist will tell you that's just wrong. You never rest your fingers on G or H. To me that just creates bad typing practice that you would get used to and think it's normal until you start typing out a letter or email. Besides what's wrong with the arrow keys.
If I was new to i3, installing i3 via Archbang would be a huge deterrent to me because of first impressions. It is why I recommend Manjaro's i3 as a great starting point. Now, if you have already built all your config files then yes Archbang is definitely a good way to go since now all you need to do is install the packages you want and copy over your config files and you have a good system with very low memory usage - even lower than Manjaro's i3. Great option in my opinion.
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But your home row keys for the right hand are J K L ; not H J K L ..... any typist will tell you that's just wrong. You never rest your fingers on G or H. To me that just creates bad typing practice that you would get used to and think it's normal until you start typing out a letter or email. Besides what's wrong with the arrow keys.
If I was new to i3, installing i3 via Archbang would be a huge deterrent to me because of first impressions. It is why I recommend Manjaro's i3 as a great starting point. Now, if you have already built all your config files then yes Archbang is definitely a good way to go since now all you need to do is install the packages you want and copy over your config files and you have a good system with very low memory usage - even lower than Manjaro's i3. Great option in my opinion.
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Mr
I have been running ArchBang for quite a few years now, something I do in my spare time. One of the goals was always to keep it simple light and free of bloat. You get all you need to get you up and running. Anything missing can be installed given a working network connection. Even offer two installers Zen (Online Gui Based) and abinstall which installs ArchBang offline. Need to look at how Zen is loaded, had assumed dunst would warn user before wallpaper change. Mr Green
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I have been running ArchBang for quite a few years now, something I do in my spare time. One of the goals was always to keep it simple light and free of bloat. You get all you need to get you up and running. Anything missing can be installed given a working network connection. Even offer two installers Zen (Online Gui Based) and abinstall which installs ArchBang offline. Need to look at how Zen is loaded, had assumed dunst would warn user before wallpaper change. Mr Green
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mrkrud
Day 1 on archbang here. Odd that keybindings like Super Shift e missing to close !?! no big deal as that's just a dot file like DT shows. The Openbox seems absolutely perfect though. Quick shortcuts for some simple -tiling- Dual monitor support seems pretty flawless too with quick toss in of arandr. Didn't think I minded the quirkiness of Herbstluft on Arco that I was using before but sometimes it is a breath of fresh air to simplify!
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Day 1 on archbang here. Odd that keybindings like Super Shift e missing to close !?! no big deal as that's just a dot file like DT shows. The Openbox seems absolutely perfect though. Quick shortcuts for some simple -tiling- Dual monitor support seems pretty flawless too with quick toss in of arandr. Didn't think I minded the quirkiness of Herbstluft on Arco that I was using before but sometimes it is a breath of fresh air to simplify!
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Cuttlefish
As a vim user, I kinda break even between using hjkl and the arrow keys. It is a weird convention, and it doesn't really bug me to shift my hand over by one key to use i3. More to the point, my first and longest exposure to i3wm is from within Virtualbox on Windows 10; the host keybinding takes priority from a VM's, so mod+L would lock my session after moving focus.
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As a vim user, I kinda break even between using hjkl and the arrow keys. It is a weird convention, and it doesn't really bug me to shift my hand over by one key to use i3. More to the point, my first and longest exposure to i3wm is from within Virtualbox on Windows 10; the host keybinding takes priority from a VM's, so mod+L would lock my session after moving focus.
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Kwyjibo
This is legit. The main thing that stops me from even bothering with Arch is I don't care to go through the install process. I just want a bare OS with i3wm do I can download my i3 config and install whichever programs I need. My only concern now is whether or not I should use Arch for work because Ubuntu LTS is just so stable.
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This is legit. The main thing that stops me from even bothering with Arch is I don't care to go through the install process. I just want a bare OS with i3wm do I can download my i3 config and install whichever programs I need. My only concern now is whether or not I should use Arch for work because Ubuntu LTS is just so stable.
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Nikolaos
Want arch with i3? just install arch linux the manual way, and install i3. else dont even bother. If you seriously need something like arch bang because it is too hard for you to install arch linux, which takes less than an hour, than arch probably isnt for you anyways, go to ubuntu or something.
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Want arch with i3? just install arch linux the manual way, and install i3. else dont even bother. If you seriously need something like arch bang because it is too hard for you to install arch linux, which takes less than an hour, than arch probably isnt for you anyways, go to ubuntu or something.
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DuskDaleSpider
I installed Archbang yesterday. i3's config was set up with Mod+g and some other slight changes after installing. But I used the command line installer included in the LiveCD. Seems like you get defaults with Zen Installer.
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I installed Archbang yesterday. i3's config was set up with Mod+g and some other slight changes after installing. But I used the command line installer included in the LiveCD. Seems like you get defaults with Zen Installer.
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Jeffrey
Installing archbang now.
You were right. The installer DOES take FOREVER to launch.
Installation is taking crazy as mount of time too.
Can't wait to see the end resulr
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Installing archbang now.
You were right. The installer DOES take FOREVER to launch.
Installation is taking crazy as mount of time too.
Can't wait to see the end resulr
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Amos
I tried it recently and there was no system audio. Had the same issue with Manjaro i3, but if I install i3 on a system that already has a desktop then system audio works fine.
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I tried it recently and there was no system audio. Had the same issue with Manjaro i3, but if I install i3 on a system that already has a desktop then system audio works fine.
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