15 how to set your keyboard in gnome or budgie – update July 2019
This article is written for Gnome and Budgie, which relies on Gnome.Read more texts about what skel actually doesGnome/Budgie users should see this video about dconf/user databaseJuly 2019 we made a new gnome package to alleviate the "keyboard" issue. It all starts...
How to create your own plank theme the numixx theme as example – any desktop
Feb 2019 - 101 plank themes to choose from In this video we will show you how easy it is to change any given plank theme. We use the numixx plank theme as example. We open it in the folder /usr/share/plank/themes/Numixx with Atom but open that specific folder as root...
10 – how to autostart the ArcoLinux conky’s in Budgie
We show you where you can normally set any application to autostart in Budgie. Use the gnome-tweak-tool. But this tool does not provide help for commands just for .desktop files from /usr/share/application so we need to do a work around. We show you the...
9 – use pamac to investigate a fresh installed application
You can use the pamac application to show what files have been installed and where. I will use it to see what this foomatic is all about. We encountered that package in the tutorial about printers.
8 – install pamac to update and install packages
Let us install the application pamac to update, install and investigate packages from Arch repos and AUR repos. I will show you my settings. It is up to you if you follow those.
7 – how to install cups to be able to print
It would be great if we were able to print from ArcoLinuxD. In order to do that we need to install cups and drivers for your printer. It might be possible that you will need to look for drivers on the AUR to be able to print.
6 – how to install bluetooth support for your bluetooth headset
If you have/need bluetooth support for any electronic device - not only a headset - you need to install some packages and even activate a service in order to make it work.
5 – how to install spotify and other music players
We have installed all needed packages for sound on our system. Let us have some music while we work and install spotify from AUR. We compare packer, yaourt and pacaur in order to install it. You can install LOTS of music players. Take a look at this...
4 – how to install sound to your system
Let us get some sound on our computer. We can use the scripts from https://github.com/arcolinuxd/arco-budgie or we can figure it out together via the Arch Wiki.
3 – how to theme ArcoLinuxD Budgie
We 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 time.
2 – Learn how to script and use github
After typing in the terminal sudo reboot we end up in the graphical environment - Lightdm with Budgie in this case. Let us make some exercises in scripting. We have installed lightdm as display manager and budgie desktop but we did not make a script. So...