Starting with a clean install of ArcoLinuxD we install the i3wm desktop on top of it and install all our applications on it. This desktop can be yours. Many tutorials are available. If you want you can learn to use github. Here...
Read MoreStarting with a clean install of ArcoLinuxD we install the Xfce desktop on top of it and install all our applications on it. This desktop can be yours. Many tutorials are available. If you want you can learn to use github. Here...
Read MoreStarting with a clean install of ArcoLinuxD we install the Budgie desktop on top of it and install all our applications on it. This desktop can be yours. Many tutorials are available. If you want you can learn to use github....
Read MoreYou can change the settings of the Xfce compositor in the settings. Openbox and i3 use compton as compositor. NOT Xfce. We will make the windows transparent when we move them around or make them...
Read MoreAll what we need to do is change the content of the file .bashrc and add neofetch to it. In the tutorial we see that XFCE wants to open a .sh file with libreoffice. Nothing could be more wrong. I will show how you can change...
Read MoreWhen you install Xfce, you will see that out-of-the-box you will have icons on you desktop. If you want to deselect all or some of them. This is how you do...
Read MoreWhen you install Xfce you will get the standard menu, the panel will be at the top and you will have a panel at the bottom from Xfce with icons. That is NOT plank. Linux is about freedom. You do not have to copy me. I am just...
Read MoreArcoLinuxD is installed and we ran all the scripts from the folder arco-xfce. Then we tweak our distro. Settings/Appearance is where we can set themes, icons and fonts. Settings/Window manager is where we set our border of our...
Read MoreInstalling these arc themes is actually quite simple. This package belongs to our own ArcoLinux repository and can be downloaded via 1 sudo pacman -S arcolinux-arc-themes-git I show you where on your computer this is stored i.e....
Read MoreArcoLinuxD with i3 is the basis of our distro. Then we look for a wallpapers we like and use its color to get us started. With gpick we find out what hexadecimal code it is and then we use it. We use atom and its package...
Read MoreAtom is one of the editors out there you can use to edit code. There are many others out there. 1 sudo pacman -S atom Installing pigments and pigments-minimap has been installed. We show you where. We will include more tips...
Read MoreWe have choosen to take i3 next gap from airblader. It provides you with the same standard i3 but with the possibility to have gaps between the windows. IF you do not like these gaps then you make your gaps 0 and you will have...
Read MoreCompton is compositing manager. It will supply us the shadows, transparency, fading in our system. You can read more on the wiki about it. Let us read and change the compton.conf in ~/.config/i3/compton.conf. Make backups and...
Read MoreLet us take a look at these color schemes we already have installed BUT not applied. Atom is installed and the package pigments is activated. Explained in previous article. We show what to copy/paste where to get a different...
Read MoreWhen we start the video i3 is already themed somewhat in previous tutorials. What applications matter when we talk about theming your i3wm? variety and nitrogen for wallpapers lxappearance for themes, icons, cursors qtconfig-qt4...
Read MoreArcoLinuxD is installed and we ran all the scripts from the folder arco-i3. Then we tweak our distro. Lxappearance is the application to remember to set themes, icons, and cursors. Keyboard Shortcuts To Remember SUPER + SHIFT +...
Read MoreWe want to have a nice desktop to look at in the coming tutorials. Let us install variety, icons, themes and cursors and make a script of it to be (re)used at a later...
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