Well ArchBang since Wednesday’s release has had over a thousand downloads, which is amazing thank you 😉 Arch has released kernel 7.1 so have updated iso image to run it, other than that it is just packages updates. Still working on arch-browser-installer, more about theme and more testing. Hope to include a new version next … ArchBang ISO Released – 2026-07-05 (Kernel 7.1)
Pleased to announce the release of ArchBang running the MangoWM window manager. This marks a full rebrand from FruitBang back to ArchBang. A new ISO image, dated 1st July, has just been uploaded as promised — carrying up-to-date packages and the latest kernel. Getting started: hit the yellow rocket icon on the waybar toolbar and … ArchBang Update now runs MangoWM by Default
Just a quick update…. Have started the rebrand for Fruitbang to ArchBang. Iso image will look and run with Mango rather than Labwc. Still testing image but hope to release on July 1st. Then once everyone is happy can start to make changes towards an Autumn release [mostly theme/look/wallpaper]. Think running with the name ArchBang … Fruitbang is now ArchBang…
Have had a GUI installer itch for a long time. Always avoided it as I am not a real fan of the whole point-and-click installer thing. That said, a lot of new users can be intimidated by a text-only terminal application that has no real feedback. The mainstream distro installers are huge to say the … Anyone like a GUI installer in FruitBANG?
Have had some positive feedback about Fruitbang and wanted to ask you all if I can switch ArchBang to use MangoWM? Never had a problem with Labwc but it never felt like a full replacement of Openbox. Fruitbang shows what you can do in wayland, and it already includes the option to float, tile, scroll … Fruitbang will become ArchBang
I’ve been tinkering with a little project called GreenClaw and I figured it was about time I wrote it up properly, partly because I think it might be useful to a few of you, and partly because GitHub stars don’t just appear by magic apparently. So what is it? GreenClaw is a self-hosted, always-on AI … GreenClaw — Because Not Everyone Can Afford To Run Local AI Agents
ArchBang has been around for a long time. It started as a simple idea — take Arch Linux, add a lightweight window manager, and ship something that just works out of the box without getting in your way. That idea hasn’t changed. What has changed is the cost of keeping it going. The honest situation … State of ArchBang — Where We Are and Where We’re Going
FruitBANG is a live ISO version of ArchBang running the MangoWM Wayland compositor — a fork of dwl, which itself is a Wayland port of dwm. If you know that lineage, you already have a feel for what MangoWM is about. For everyone else — tiling, tag-based layout, minimal config, no framework overhead. More capable … Want some Mango? Then try out FruitBANG
Archlinux has updated kernel a few times this week. Fresh image is up. Rebuilt the ISO to include latest kernel — just keeping things current for anyone doing a new install. Existing users don’t need to do anything; a sudo pacman -Syu keeps you fully up to date as always. This one’s purely for new … ISO rebuilt with kernel 7.0.8
Finally got around to testing ArchBang on my laptop and the first thing I noticed was the ugly battery icon. As I have a desktop and test iso in a virtual machine I never really see battery module. Anyway easy fix which is now included on latest iso image, uploading it now with latest kernel. … Battery icon looks ugly lets fix it….
