Feb 27, 2017 | Antergos, Linux
Antergos is an arch based linux distribution and by consequence many of the Arch wiki pages can be used to solve eventual hardware issues. But it is not Arch Linux. After downloading the iso you can burn it and boot from it (or write the iso to an usb) and you will be... 
Feb 13, 2017 | Arch Linux, Linux, VirtualBox
This will be the base installation. We stop the installation just before we are about to install the video driver, Xorg, desktop environments like cinnamon, xfce,i3, budgie, …, software and all the rest. In an article at the bottom of this article we will... 
Jan 31, 2017 | Arch Linux, Linux
We have just finished this Arch Linux base installation following this article. The operating system is not meant to be run on a virtualbox. That is only for educational purposes. You should install it on a proper ssd. Then we installed the Budgie desktop on Arch... 
Jan 27, 2017 | Arch Linux, Linux, VirtualBox
We have just finished this Arch Linux base installation following this article. The operating system is not meant to be run on a virtualbox. That is only for educational purposes. You should install it on a proper ssd. We have chosen to install xorg as display server... 
Dec 4, 2016 | Arc Based Themes, Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus, Themes
The Arc theme of Horst3180 is a beautiful theme but it only comes in one colour. That is why I went looking for the possibility to change the colours. First I tried it manually. And what can be done manually, can be automated later. That is the power of linux. These... 
Nov 12, 2016 | Antergos, Arch Linux, Linux, Solus, Ubuntu, Vmware
Ofcourse you can install any linux distribution on this virtual machine. These are just examples to show you what settings I will be changing to have a smooth working virtual machine. You will also learn how to install via USB. It is a bit tricky. My hardware has 8 GB... 
Nov 4, 2016 | i3, Installation of Solus, Installation Solus i3, Solus, Solus i3
I3 has been moving with me from Archlinux to Antergos to Linux Mint 17-18 to Ubuntu 16.10 and now on Solus 1.2.1. My point ? it works on any linux distro it looks awesome on any linux distro it feels the same on any linux distro it has the same shortcuts on any linux... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Zsh is an alternative bash but there is a community out there that makes themes to make the terminal look great. The main reason for installing zsh (for me) is actually the random colouring of the terminal text. Loving the terminal I want to have a great look. Each... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
On any distro I will have a try to see if I can make a personalized Arc theme with the help of my scripts. This image you see, is the result of these colouring scripts. This is the orignal ARC THEME from Horst3180 but it has been changed to follow the colour of the... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
We are very happy that the Arc theme from Horst3180 is standard issue on Solus when you install it. Arc has an blue accent colouring scheme. The colours can however not be changed (easily). But we can install an Arc Red theme from github to have some variety. Go to... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
The Surfn icons is a mixture of different sources. You can read more about the icon theme on github. Let us just show you how your desktop might look and install it. We install it via a script from Ultimate Solus Github. Download the installation... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Plank, Settings on Solus, Solus
Plank has been documented in many articles on this website. I let you read them here. This is the essence of what you need to know. How to get these plank themes? How to make sure Plank will start automatically after rebooting? ... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Icons that never change their look whatever icon theme you choose are : HARDCODED icons. These applications have a absolute path to a picture on your system. This path will never change UNLESS YOU do something about it. On the github you will see I use two scripts in... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Solus
Not an issue for many of us. But if you are in webdesign making screenshots and saving them as JPG or PNG is about 2 MB of difference. Here is how you can set the gnome-screenshot application to save as jpg. The movie uses dconf-editor to do the job. We installed... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Solus has a great collection of awesome applications gathered in the Software center. Just take a look. Some of them will not be for your ‘typical’ linux user. Nevertheless. I DO NOT recommend to install all these applications via script from github... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Installing applications can be done via the Software Center. You are encouraged to do so. We have already shown you how in this article with icon themes as an example or in this article with variety. If you only have one computer and you never change distro (you are... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Let us go over all the budgie settings and see what I change. These are personal preferences. You should make your own choices. Do not forget there is also the raven panel to change Budgie settings.... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Overview, Sardi Icons, Solus
I promised myself to work more on other distro’s as well. This movie has been made on a Solus system. You can find more articles about Solus Budgie 1.2.1. here. This time around I included also the Sardi Extra icons. I would like people to use the scripts and... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Sardi Extra is not supported. Sardi Extra is not maintained. Sardi Extra is not updated. Sardi Extra is creativity to the max. Sardi Extra is wondering if icons match a wallpaper or a conky. Sardi Extra is the result of scripting. Sardi Extra is mixing icon themes... 
Nov 3, 2016 | Linux, Solus
The Sardi icons have a complete seperate category on this website. If you want to know more about that, you can read those articles. One of the goals of the Sardi icons is that they can be used on most of the linux distro’s if not all. November 2016 the Sardi... 
Nov 2, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Installing software or in this case icon themes can be very simple. Go to the Software Center. Choose the category Desktop Software & Theming, Desktop Theming and choose one of them and click on the INSTALL button. Once you have decided not to keep it, you can... 
Nov 2, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
The standard terminal included in Solus is the gnome-terminal. You have the possibility to change many settings. After following the video this will be your terminal. Take my advice : Do not avoid the terminal but try to pick up some commands as you go along.... 
Nov 2, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Solus does provide the possibility to make your own custom shortcuts. In the previous article we installed variety and we want to create a keyboard shortcut to trash a wallpaper if we do not like it for example. More tips on variety can be read here. Let us go and... 
Nov 2, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus, Variety
Variety is a very cool application that provides me with the best wallpapers out there. It gives me inspiration to customize my desktop. All tips and trics of variety have been explained in this article. I will show you what things I change in the preference.... 
Nov 2, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Updating (Solus uses the word upgrade) your system is something you really should do on any operating system. Bugs get fixed, leaks are plugged and hopefully we can enjoy our system and our applications even more. Solus has a software center application that will... 
Nov 2, 2016 | Linux, Settings on Solus, Solus
Many settings are centralized in the Raven Sidebar. You can change the theme and the icon theme. You can change your panel (or panels there). Delete, add or rearrange the applets on the panel. You can edit the preferences of the applets on the panel like the Budgie... 
Nov 2, 2016 | Installation of Solus, Linux, Solus
Oktober 19 2016 Solus released Solus Budgie 1.2.1 Budgie. Many features have been added to the system. We even received a complete new desktop i.e. the Mate desktop. You can read all the details in this article about all the new features. If you want to give Solus a... 
