Been a busy couple of weeks. Was away the last two weekends so didn’t get much done on ISO images. So decided to update all three images: MiniBang [sugar free], ArchBang [some candy but too heavy] and Fruitbang [full sugar version]. FruitBang includes an interesting extra feature: DANK Material Shell. It handles a lot of … Not one iso image but three!
Have been updating look and theme of MiniBANG, it looked awful if I am totally honest. It was a bit of a rushed together image and it was more about proof of concept. Have not used i3 titling window manager for many years, went over to Wayland and sway and never looked back. So it … Making MiniBANG more pretty….
It all started when a user contacted me about ArchBang and asked if it would run on an old laptop with 1Gb of ram. At that low ram level things are going to go south very quickly, let alone try and run a full desktop and firefox. So I decided to come up with a … Minibang, let me explain….
I like Omarchy more for the look and theming rather than the huge ISO image. So I thought, why not bring that over to ArchBang — basically have a themed ArchBang that kind of looks like Omarchy. Had thought about adding a pacman menu via rofi, but it just felt so wrong to use it … Mid Summer ArchBang Release…
Am building a new iso image, mostly updated packages and kernel. Have added Opencode AI agent which is a cli based application that could be useful for some if you already have used ai or wish to test it out. Comes with a free tier LLM model that has some token use on it. Know … ArchBang now ships with Opencode AI Coding Agent
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
