Well I finally got around to installing and configuring Archlinux like I’ve wanted for so long. Took me a little while (lucky for me I printed off the installation manual) to finish the complete installation, learn how to install things (via pacman) and customize the interface to my liking. Click for full view over at DeviantArt.

Running the latest Arch and Gnome/comiz-fusion. Firefox (Gran Paradiso), conky and a nautilus window are viewable in this screenshot. Using ElegantBrit for gtk and emerald themes. First time I actually installed conky and had it to a point where I really liked it. It’s a mashup of various other configs I found on the ArchLinux forum. Script is as follows (email for .sh files:

double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type override
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

border_margin 0
draw_shades no
gap_x 1
gap_y 1
alignment bottom_left
update_interval 1

default_color 272727
own_window_colour 202020

use_xft yes
xftfont Sans:pixelsize=10

use_spacer no
minimum_size 1278 10

# ${offset -22}
TEXT
${voffset -1}${color}LINUX: ${color FF4040} ${kernel} ${color}(${color FF4040}${machine}${color}) | CPU: ${color FF4040}${font}${cpu}% ${color 292929}<${color} PROCESSES: ${color FF4040}${font}${processes}${color} ${color 292929} |${color} RAM: ${color FF4040}${font}${mem}${color} SWAP: ${color FF4040}${font} ${swap} ${color 292929} | ${color} UPTIME: ${color 8D41CC}${font}${uptime_short}${color 292929}  |${color} UPLOAD: ${color FF4040}${font}${downspeed eth0} Kb/s  ${color}(${color FF4040}${totalup eth0}${color}) ${color 292929} |${color} DOWNLOAD: ${color FF4040}${upspeed eth0} Kb/s ${color}(${color FF4040}${totaldown eth0}${color}) ${color 292929} |  ${color}/ ${color FF4040}${font}${fs_free /} ${color} /home ${color FF4040}${font}${fs_free /home} ${color}(${color FF4040}${fs_free_perc /home}%${color})${color 292929} | LAST PLAYED: ${color FF4040}${rss http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/SevenForever/recenttracks.rss 5 item_title 0}${color 292929}
WAN: ${color FF4040}${execi 600 ~/scripts/news.sh}${color 292929} | LAN: ${color FF4040}${addr eth0}${color 292929} | LAST COMMAND: ${color FF4040}${execi 5 ~/scripts/arch.sh 1}${color 292929} | LAST Su: ${color FF4040}${execi 5 ~/scripts/lasty.sh 1}${color 292929} | LAST Sy: ${color FF4040}${execi 5 ~/scripts/lastu.sh 1}${color 292929} | ARCH NEWS: ${color FF4040}${rss http://archlinux.org/feeds/news/ 5 item_title 0}${color 292929} | LATEST PKG: ${color FF4040}${rss http://www.archlinux.org/feeds/packages/ 5 item_title 0}${color 292929} | LATEST DISTRO: ${color FF4040}${rss http://distrowatch.com/news/dwd.xml 5 item_title 0} ${color 292929}