16 Changing slstatus and getting back to the original settings afterwards

In this video we will go back to the original settings of...

15 How to get back to the standard look and the standard settings

Nomally we would do a “skel” to get our old configs back. In DWM this will not work. Skel is needed to get the old configs back BUT you need to build it again. So we “make and sudo make install” dwm and slstatus then we can reboot and you will...

14 Learning about st or simple terminal from Suckless – changing the font size and color

We investigate the suckless terminal – st and see what elements we can change to improve its...

13 Making a new menubar with the font awesome on DWM

This vidio is all about figuring out if we can add menus that we use in other tiling window managers and see if we can apply it to...

12 Changing the look of our DWM

In previous videos we have ‘riced’ our system already. We use meld to compare configuration files. We move the bar to the bottom. We make the border thicker. We change the color of the dmenu. We learn about xprop. DWM has two dmenus   Let us change...

11 How to change the slstatus on ArcoLinux

We go into the slstatus config and change some settings. We will add the diskfree parameter to our Slstatus. Always rebuild your packages and then logout....

10 How to remove the system tray on DWM

9 How to change the tags or create more of them

In this video we will show you how easy it is to create new tags. We will use the roman numbers to name our tags: I, II, III, IV, V,...

8 How to change the border size and the border color

ArcoLinux has a specific blue color: #6790EB We can check the configuration files and see what elements we can change....

7 How to change the gaps on ArcoLinux DWM

We investigate the configuration files with pt and find out where the word ‘gaps’ is used. We change the setting for the gaps and then we rebuild DWM. We make the most common mistakes so that you will not make...

6 Comparing our DWM with the suckless DWM

In this video we compare the original DWM we can download from the suckless website with our DWM. There is a readme file where you can read the list of patches we have used. We show you how to install the standard dwm installation. It just takes a make and sudo make...

5 making your terminal on Virtual Box transparent and using the platinum searcher

We do like to work in a transparent terminal. In VirtualBox the terminal has a black non-transparent background. We have a compton.conf where we need to change one parameter. Put a hasthag before the line: vsync = true; and save it. We give you a tip in the video to...

4 Learning about DWM configuration files – anything but the DWM files

In this video we will go into the configuration files. We need first to know how to start applications. We go over the keyboard shortcuts or keyboard keybindings. We have finger memory. All our desktops have the same keybindings. We go over the content of the...

3 Learning about DWM online and offline

There is a conky to help you out the first time you reboot. Dwm works – like any other tiling window manager – with keyboard shortcuts. We give you a general overview. Use the Arch Wiki. We use cups as example to search for drivers for printers. Do not...

2 Updating the current DWM first

We first update our system and reboot. The mirrorlist is important. /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist is what will govern your pacman and the speed you will have. The aliases “mirror” (reflector) and others will order the fastest servers of Arch Linux in the...

1 Installation of ArcoLinuxD Dwm

? Option 1 Install the desktop using Calamares ? Option 2 Install the desktop using our scripts ? Option 3 Install the desktop using ArcoLinuxB ? Option 4 Install the desktop using ArcoLinux Tweak Tool OPTION 1 : Installing the desktop with...