Announcing some new Arch Linux Schwag offerings

Hey All,
I wanted to introduce you to some new Arch Linux Schwag offerings I've been cooking up over the past little while.
I'm currently sold out of case badges, and Simo has faithfully shipped his last order. I'm trying to think of a way to compensate him, he's done so much work for me on the shipping front and all I ever offered him was dinner, (granted, he's a starving student, and dinner was hopefully much appreciated). When I reorder stickers, probably in the new year, I will be shipping them myself, from Canada, so domestic prices will be a touch higher.
Now, onwards to Schwag:
It's no secret that I'm the odd man out on the tacos vs poutine debate. I know you all will come around to my way of thinking eventually, but in the meantime, check out the new schwag where you can proudly pick your piece. I've also added a few other new t-shirt design, mostly as your suggestions. Check out the new products line at zazzle to place your order:
http://www.zazzle.com/archlinux/gifts?c … 1284817680
I think most of you know about the laptop bags, jewellery, and case badges (currently out of stock) selling at: http://schwag.archlinux.ca/
I've added a few handmade items of my own invention to the mix, including wooden and soapstone sculptures, keychains, and coasters, all featuring our favourite distro's logo:
http://schwag.archlinux.ca/product/coaster/
http://schwag.archlinux.ca/product/soapstone_sculpture/
http://schwag.archlinux.ca/product/sculpture/
http://schwag.archlinux.ca/product/keychain/
I'm particularly proud of the soapstone sculptures, they look incredible. I'm not sure I can give them up. The keychains will also make great stocking stuffers this Christmas season, so remind your friends to shop Arch Schwag!
In addition, I would like to announce a preview of the Arch Linux Handbook. This should be retailing in a couple weeks, and will be available from both CreateSpace and Amazon.com. The handbook is basically a quick restyling of the epic beginner's guide in the wiki. You can preview it here:
https://www.createspace.com/3398103
That's all for now!
Dusty

Runiq wrote:Cool stuff. Like the coasters, and the allanbrokeit shirt is stylish.
That's Acecero's contribution, as he implies. :-)
Also, there's a typo in the handbook's headline: "A simple lightweight Linuk handbook."
Yeah, I know... sadly, I didn't notice it until it was too late to change (the book was set up for publication). Now I have to wait for a new edition, or pay $40 to put one out now.
Acecero wrote:Just curious, are you going to release different editions of the Arch Linux Handbook from time to time? I'm assuming the information would need to be updated and the more marketability you will gain anyway.
I'm hoping to sell between 10 and 50 copies of this edition to pay for the upfront costs before making a new edition. The more popular it is, the more likely I will be to keep it up to date.
BTW, if anyone is interested in doing cover art for the second edition, get in touch with me. I've been told that this cover looks like ass (it was gently, with links to tutorials on design :-D)
Dusty

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It's been a while since anything exciting has happened in the Arch Linux Schwag shops. Laptop stickers seem to be the most popular offering. I'm having trouble getting rid of Arch Linux Pens so they've been discounted to below cost.
New today are a couple offerings in the Arch Linux Zazzle Schwag store:
Arch Linux Speakers
Arch Linux note paper
Hope you enjoy the new schwag!
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Runiq wrote:Cool stuff. Like the coasters, and the allanbrokeit shirt is stylish.
That's Acecero's contribution, as he implies. :-)
Also, there's a typo in the handbook's headline: "A simple lightweight Linuk handbook."
Yeah, I know... sadly, I didn't notice it until it was too late to change (the book was set up for publication). Now I have to wait for a new edition, or pay $40 to put one out now.
Acecero wrote:Just curious, are you going to release different editions of the Arch Linux Handbook from time to time? I'm assuming the information would need to be updated and the more marketability you will gain anyway.
I'm hoping to sell between 10 and 50 copies of this edition to pay for the upfront costs before making a new edition. The more popular it is, the more likely I will be to keep it up to date.
BTW, if anyone is interested in doing cover art for the second edition, get in touch with me. I've been told that this cover looks like ass (it was gently, with links to tutorials on design :-D)
Dusty

Just some few Arch Linux questions

Hi, I am new to Arch Linux and am looking for some advice and answers.
Here are the questions:
1. Does the update command (I think its called pacman and it updates many things with one command in terminal) update the Arch Linux base, the DE that is installed, the apps that are installed and artwork on Arch Linux?
2. Is Arch Linux User friendly once installed (When I say user friendly, I mean something like Ubuntu)?
3. Does the drivers (Wireless card drivers, graphics card drivers, printer drivers and audio card drivers) come pre-installed once Arch Linux is installed like Ubuntu?
4. What is the stablility and speed of Arch Linux compared to Ubuntu?
That is all I need to know.
Cheers,
molom

molom wrote:Hi, I am new to Arch Linux and am looking for some advice and answers.
Here are the questions:
1. Does the update command (I think its called pacman and it updates many things with one command in terminal) update the Arch Linux base, the DE that is installed, the apps that are installed and artwork on Arch Linux?
pacman is the package manager for Arch. It will install single package, batches of packages, update the installed packages and several other things. Yes, one command 'pacman -Syu will update all the installed packages to the most recent available in the repositories. It will not update your artwork, ut everything else will be updated if you so desire.
molom wrote:2. Is Arch Linux User friendly once installed (When I say user friendly, I mean something like Ubuntu)?
Once you have installed the base systen, updated and then installed whatever desktop environment or window manager you want, whatever programs you want, etc., it will be as user friendly as you have made it.
molom wrote:3. Does the drivers (Wireless card drivers, graphics card drivers, printer drivers and audio card drivers) come pre-installed once Arch Linux is installed like Ubuntu?
As others have said, the install process does a fairly good job of detecting your hardware and installing the necessary modules, but it is up to you to install drivers for your nVidia / ATI video card if you want accelerated graphics. You'll have to install your printer (generally via cups, which you must also install). You'll have to install alsa and you may have to configure your sound.
molom wrote:4. What is the stablility and speed of Arch Linux compared to Ubuntu?
Arch is what you make it. You can have a rock solid stable system, or you can opt to be bleeding edge and risk the occasional package breaking.
molom wrote:So when you say 'pkgs', do you also mean the desktop environment as well. For example, I have E17 installed and I use the 'pacman -Syu' command, will it update the version of E17 on my PC to the current version of E17?
A package is a piece of software. E17 is a package, or perhaps a meta package made up of a bunch of packages. alsa is a package. gnome network-manager is a package. Anything that is installed on your system is managed and updated by pacman.
molom wrote:Is there something similar to synaptic in Arch Linux?
pacman is the Arch package manager. It does not need a gui front end, though there are a few third party front ends that have been written. I do not know if they are still active.
molom wrote:
I'm really eager into knowing about Arch Linux.
Cheers,
molom
Then I also suggest as other have, that you avail yourself of the wiki, especially the beginner's guide which answers several of the questions you've asked.
Arch Linux is what you make of it, but you have to do the making. Heck, that's 95% of the fun!

[SOLVED]New Arch Linux ISO Installation Help.

Hi All,
I am trying to install Arch Linux using new ISO. For some reason I am unable to log into Arch Forums on Windows and I am writing this on my tablet. I will add more info (proper quote, etc.) as soon as I am able to log in a laptop browser. That being said I am trying to install Arch using new ISO. Here is what I did.
Partition using cfdisk /, /home , /swap and /boot.
Format all these in ext4.
Create folders in mnt - root, home, swap, boot.
mount partitions in mnt folders.
Pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
Error
ERROR: /mnt is not a mount point!
I install in /mnt/root which probably doesnt touch other partitions like home boot and swap.
I follow other steps on installation wiki and reboot takes me back to windows.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Last edited by donniezazen (2012-07-24 22:49:01)

donniezazen wrote:Partition using cfdisk /, /home , /swap and /boot.
Format all these in ext4.
Create folders in mnt - root, home, swap, boot.
You don't need a root folder. /mnt is the root mount point. Before you mount boot and home:
mount /dev/sdax /mnt
where "x" is the number of your /root partition.
then
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sdax /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sdax /mnt/home
(replace "x" in all the /dev/sdax with the correct partitions.)
Error
ERROR: /mnt is not a mount point!
you should have stopped here and posted or tried to figure out what you did wrong.
The edited Beginner's Guide is very clear about this. You should read it.
Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-07-24 20:09:24)

Arch Linux Schwag

I've had a few requests for Arch Linux t-shirts and the like. We don't really have a lot of graphics, so I threw the logo on some shirts/mugs/etc and put it up on cafepress.
http://www.cafeshops.com/archlinux
Also, if you have any graphics talent and happen to make an Arch-related graphic, I'd love to have it.

the idea with mugs is great !! but they are not really cheap in shipping to switzerland :-(
i have made till now only backgrounds and a bootsplash(will be on my webpage, as soon as possible) for my arch-box ... but maybe i'll find time and a idea to be creative, soon...
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http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=7338
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Hi There,
We have a new Turkish Arch Linux mirror of Arch Linux: ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/pub/archlinux/
Can you please add this to the defaults of the pacman.conf and to the distribution download page ?
Thanks for the great work..!

Please add the mirror by yourself to the mirror list:
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[Fake News] Arch Linux to change its release cycle

Today the Arch Linux community proclaimed that Arch Linux will change its release cycle and version numbering, as this was requested by billions of corporate goonies, Freemasons and Illuminati throughout the universe.
Releases will henceforth be scheduled in intervals deemed posh by the GNU/Linux community at the particular moment. The version numbering will be based on year the a new release is being published. Arch Linux "2016" will be released in early 2006. All following releases will have an offset of at least 10 years to underline how much more pure dead brilliant Arch Linux is compared to Mandrake.
To achieve a smooth transition, an transitional release will be made at once, named "Useless Marketing Edition". The Arch Linux FTP server will be configured allow one download of the iso image only. This will also be an experiment to find out how the community will be able to spread such a limited edition.
An Arch Linux user who wishes to remain nameless said in an exclusive interview with the almighty incinerator: "This is a great opportunity for Arch Linux, the new release numbering will confuse and divert computer illiterate lusers from installing our beloved Arch Linux, freeing us from answering stupid support requests. Now we can finally start to work towards our ultimate goal: To become the only GNU/Linux community being as elitist as OpenBSD's."

Ach guys, you don't get it :-(
The version numbering scheme was supposed to mock the fact Mandrake plans to release their "2006" version in 2005. That reminds of old times, when (computer) magazines were trying to beat each other releasing the most up-to-date issue to the market. The whole affair became absolutely silly, there were magazines that had the "April" issue hitting the shelves at the end of January. These "issue number wars" occur every now and then.
The funny scenario I can imagine is that other (GNU/Linux) vendors could jump onto that train and "predating" their releases further and further.
The rest is just various mockery about lusers and other things found in the Mandrake's press release. And of course the arrogantly elitist OpenBSD community always deserves getting their arses whipped ;-)

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I created a bootsplash theme for 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200,1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200 resolutions.
Howto to gensplash on Arch Linux
Silent:
Verbose:
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Romashka wrote:Freigeist, finally there is Uspash for Arch now!
I played a bit with usplash today, but it seems that only 4:3 images are supported AND images can't have more than 256 colors. You have to mess with C Source Files to change text and background colors (by picking an index of the 256 color palette)...remembers me of making grub splashs (only 16 colors ). Because of the 256 colors gradients won't work well and I think I stick with gensplash until usplash has improved more. On the other hand usplash with my wallpaper looks not too bad

TidOS Public Alpha release (New Arch Linux based distro)

I'm a regular lurker on the 4chan technology board (AKA /g/) and I've been following a project known as TidOS by the user "King Neckbeard". Think of it as a preconfigured/prericed Arch Linux installation for those that want a quick and dirty setup, something like Archbang with xmonad instead.
King Neckbeard wrote:
xmonad + conky + trayer + nm-applet make up the DE of sorts
applications started via dmenu (firefox has a shortcut key)
mpd, preconfigured
Just Works
POSSIBLE BUGS:
>networkmanager applet not visible, to fix press win + r and type netfix or run netfix in a console
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Screenshots:
Github:
http://github.com/TidOS/TidOS
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PJLRZ5I4
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jordanmthomas wrote:TidOS is dead by the way. /g/ did not seem to care much about it so I haven't done anything to it since I made the first image.
aww.
well you are all welcome to poke your nose in at #witchlinux on irc.freenode.net , it's still alive, n welcomes everyone else's input.
there's the arch rowan witch release, a half made archiso, which is basically to be pretty much the same as where the debian rowan witch.iso left off, and then later once it's built to some reasonably satasfactory standard, a larger fuller witch called jamella is planned to feature loads of tiling window managers, xmonad of course included, as well as awesome, and others, as well as a raft of programmer tools n toys, and then later a refined sleak but complete witch after that. so goes my plan anyways, but of course, anyone can run off n make their own witch, and are encouraged to do so. so if u want a preconfigured arch with xmonad, once we get rowan out of the stalls, jamella will soon follow after. (i been distracted with other interests this past month or so tho, so my contributions dropping off have slowed things, but it's still alive, i assure you.)
or....
to stop me going on about witch... tidos could be revived! XD
and i wish you all the best with that.

New Arch Linux review

Arch Linux: The Simple, Flexible (and Fast!) Distro http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7469/1.html.
Good review.

Reading it right now
Arch seems to get a lot of attention lately!
I still find linux-mag.com's articles more often then not boring... It seems like a 15 yo blog, not the high quality publication of before. But then, now its free
Edit: After 2 paragraph, they can't even link to the website: http://www.archlnux.org/ instead of http://www.archlinux.org/ ...
Edit: Still a nice article that talks about Arch general terms. It should give Arch more visibility!
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New Arch Linux Logo for HP?

Hi i released 3D Arch Logos and the reaction was... that 2 peoples asked me to this:
Brutal !!! fresh
by code933k on: 05/03/2007, 15:16
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It is amazing the effect that you've achieved with arch's logo. I was thinking some days ago if it would be possible to change the unpolished perspective of the official logo at arch's home page.
I wonder if you hadn't proposed this well proportioned, clear, and good angled image as the new official logo.
Arch is one of the best distros so you deserve double grats.
I hope to see more of your artwork soon. I drink to make other people interesting.
goood fresh
by spookykid on: 05/04/2007, 3:24
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i agree you defenetely should post it in arch forums and see where it goes from there. would you mind posting the source? (original files)spookykidisthinking!
Here the thread:
http://gnome-look.org/usermanager/searc … n=contents
Here the logo:
http://www.2blabla.ch/stuff/Linux/Wallp … -color.png
Question: have the Arch Logo Designer intrest for my 3D logo?

root_tux_linux wrote:
I created that pic with cinema 4D on wine...
and now i change to blender or alias maya 7.0 ^^
Btw. Im a noobie in 3D world ^^
Well, I'm in a similiar situation atm. I used cinema4D a few years ago but stopped mainly because of my switch to linux.
I didn't want to use c4d under wine (and was unable to start it with recent wine version anyway..) and was kind of scared by blenders UI.
After reading a few tutorials my fear is gone and I start to enjoy using blender
Try it out! You'll like it...

Arch Linux Schwag Zazzle International Sites

Hey all,
There have been a few complaints about shipping from Zazzle's US site. I just noticed, and I have no idea how long this has been available, that there are now several international sites that you can order from:
http://www.zazzle.com/archlinux* in the USA
http://www.zazzle.ca/archlinux* in Canada
http://www.zazzle.com.au/archlinux* in Australia
http://www.zazzle.co.nz/archlinux* in New Zealand
http://www.zazzle.co.uk/archlinux* in the UK (or other European orders)
http://www.zazzle.de/archlinux* in Germany (or other European orders)
I hope these may be useful to people considering ordering Arch Schwag. For the other schwag at:
http://schwag.archlinux.ca/
Most items are shipped from Canada. All Jewellery is shipped from Germany, and the laptop bags are shipped from the USA.
Dusty

I think those sites are jokes. At least the german one is translated by a bot; some links are dead.

Grub GFX with new Arch Linux Logo

Can somebody please change the existing background image with the new logo ? That would be really great..

root_tux_linux wrote:
I created that pic with cinema 4D on wine...
and now i change to blender or alias maya 7.0 ^^
Btw. Im a noobie in 3D world ^^
Well, I'm in a similiar situation atm. I used cinema4D a few years ago but stopped mainly because of my switch to linux.
I didn't want to use c4d under wine (and was unable to start it with recent wine version anyway..) and was kind of scared by blenders UI.
After reading a few tutorials my fear is gone and I start to enjoy using blender
Try it out! You'll like it...

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As a result of the poll I created the new Wallpapers. Here is the preview (I couldn't resist and added the one with the "new" logo too):
Different resolutions are available here (original logo) and here ("new" logo).

freigeist wrote:
stonecrest wrote:The top wallpaper is super sexy. Btw, clicking on the gnome-look download links gives a "Not found" error
Are you sure? I have just verified the links...
It must just be me, someone else said it worked fine too. I don't know why, but this is all I get.

Free Arch Linux Case badge

Hey all,
I just wanted to announce a small promotion I have going in the http://schwag.archlinux.ca/ Arch Linux Schwag Shop -- we're officially sold out of case badges, but we have a few in stock (I wanted to avoid over-selling our inventory) so I'm giving them away with the next USB key purchases. I think we have over 20 keys and under 15 badges left, but We'll ship a badge with each key purchased until we run out of badges.
So if you were thinking of getting a key and wished you hadn't missed out on the badges, here's your chance.
For those that want to purchase badges without keys attached, I'll probably be restocking sometime in the spring.
Dusty

Dusty wrote:
This is an old thread... 'next spring' actually meant 'last spring.' The badges are currently sold out, but I'll be shipping again shortly after New Years.
Dusty
Duh! I guess I should probably look at the dates before commenting .
Still good to know. I'm dying to get some Arch badges to proudly display on my machines .

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