A few months ago if you read the post I got tired of Ubuntu Linux for various reasons and installed Arch Linux. That was one of the better decisions I’ve made. One of the biggest problems I had with Ubuntu was that it’s memory footprint was huge. There were lots of daemons and extra stuff running in the background that were unnecessary. At the same time I also was looking for a different window manager. This is where XMonad enters the picture. After a few months of use I must say that I really enjoy using it. I’ve finally got it somewhat configured to my liking, but it will be a while before I’ve tuned and tweaked it to what I want.
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XMonad Window Manager Configured
28Aug09Getting There
18Jul09Well, after a day of playing I’m starting to get something resembling a decent system again. I think I’m trying to do too much in one weekend though. Instead of just instaling a new distro I’m also learning how to use a new window manager.
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Shiny New Arch Linux Install
17Jul09Well, I’ve got Arch Linux installed. Got it conifgured and installed XWindow server. Now it’s time to install the software that I need. This could take some time as there is almost nothing installed with the base Arch install. All you get is the basic GNU Tool chain required to run a system.
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