Getting useful hardware information is very important on a Linux system. With Arch Linux, this is quite simple. Install dmidecode. [root@darkstar Downloads]# pacman -Sy dmidecode[root@darkstar Downloads]# pacman -Sy dmidecode This will query sysfs to return hardware information. This command will print the model name of the computer`s motherboard. [root@darkstar Downloads]# dmidecode -t 2 | cut … Read more
Tips for installing Arch Linux and getting started I have just installed Arch Linux 2021 and it is far faster to load than Ubuntu with the bloated codebase it has. After installation, I had an issue with the networking, but I installed Network Manager and this was a good way to get the installation working. … Read more
Aside from the different desktop environments, you’ll run into, the biggest difference is the package manager. Arch’s package manager will let you download whatever you want and push out the latest updates very quickly. Apt, on the other hand, is much more conservative and restrictive. If you want the latest version of a given piece … Read more
The Arch Linux distribution developer Bartłomiej Piotrowski has stepped down as a developer for the venerable Linux distribution. This is after 10 years of service maintaining this Linux distribution. But nothing lasts forever and he did very good work maintaining the distro. In other news, the Arch Linux distribution is getting a new installer, this … Read more
This script will check for updates on an Arch Linux machine. This could be run as a daemon with CRON. #!/bin/bash export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus DISPLAY=:0 tmpdb=/tmp/checkup-db dbpath=/var/lib/pacman mkdir /tmp/checkup-db && ln -s "${dbpath}/local" "${tmpdb}" fakeroot — yay -Syyb "${tmpdb}" –logfile /dev/null updates="$(yay -Qub "${tmpdb}" 2>/dev/null)" [[ -n "$updates" ]] && notify-send -t 299000 ‘New updates available’ … Read more
Updating Arch Linux does not need to be hard. I am using Arch labs and it is easy to update and configure. To update package repositories on Arch Linux, use this command. pacman -Syupacman -Syu List all packages that are no longer required on the system. pacman -Qdtpacman -Qdt Download a package to your Arch … Read more
Get a comprehensive listing of all Arch Linux pacman mirrors. curl -s -L "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=all&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" 2>&1 | sed ‘s/^.//’ > mirrorlistcurl -s -L "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=all&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" 2>&1 | sed ‘s/^.//’ > mirrorlist A simple script to update your mirror listing on your Arch Linux system. #!/bin/bash echo "Fetching new sorted mirrorlist…" curl -s -L "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=all&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" 2>&1 | sed … Read more
Nice new Linux distro for a lower-specced machine The new Archlabs Linux distribution is a nice light Linux distribution that loads very quickly and has a nice default desktop theme. Right-click on the desktop to open the Arch Labs menu. This has not much in the way of software on the live disc, this can … Read more
There is a new Linux distribution available, it is called Manjaro and it is based on the Arch Linux distribution, but with many changes to make the distribution easier to install and use. There is the standard range of open source software available, including Gimp 2.8, Firefox 14 and KDE 4.8.4. There is a Gnome … Read more
http://igurublog.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/archs-dirty-little-notso-secret/ Quoting from the website. Most distributions, even Windows, sign their packages so that when the computer downloads and installs them, it can check the signature to make sure the package is authentic – it hasn’t been tampered with on the server, or anywhere between the server and the local system. This mechanism has been … Read more
I just bought the latest Linux Format DVD, and I tried to boot the Fedora Core 14 distribution on the disc and it would not work, it gave me an error to do with the compressed filesystem. But I got a copy of FreeBSD 8.1 and I will give that a try later and see … Read more