A custom Arch LiveCD featuring the Plasma 5 desktop, a slick looking dark theme, and a pre-configured Go environment with LiteIDE. Source contains the scripts and files needed to build the Dark Arch ISO image in Arch Linux with all the latest packages (requires Arch & Archiso).
WARNING: The Dark Arch live environment is designed for Arch installations, system administration, and system rescue. It does not ask for a password to perform root tasks and is intended for experienced Linux users.
- Full Arch-based system. Not a fork or spinoff, just a custom LiveCD with all the raw power of Arch Linux.
- Dual architecture ISO for running 32-bit OR 64-bit systems.
- SDDM with a Plasma 5 environment for a customizable & modern desktop experience.
- Slick looking dark Arch theming including a wallpaper from Desktop Nexus (http://technology.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/1128145/)
- Go and LightIDE pre-configured & ready to use so you can build & integrate your Go based programs into your Arch installation.
- Desktop applications include Google Chrome, Transmission, Filezilla, Hexchat, Kopete, Gparted, and VLC.
- Guake drop-down style terminal for quick and easy access to command line from the desktop.
- Discover - A graphical pacman frontend for easy package management and system updates.
- Cower helper tool pre-installed for easy commandline access to Arch User Repository.
- Pulseaudio based sound system with Pavucontrol.
- NetworkManager & wireless tools installed for easy internet connection management from the desktop.
- Pre-configured for use as a Virtualbox guest.
- Google Chrome is pre-configured to load the Arch Beginners Guide for quick reference during Arch installations.
Requires sudo access. You also need to be on an Arch based system and have Archiso installed.
Start the build by running patch.sh
sudo ./patch.sh
Add additional packages on-the-fly by passing them to patch.sh as arguments:
sudo ./patch.sh pkgname1 pkgname2 pkgname3 ...
Packages saved in packages.both, packages.i686, or packages.x86_64 are added to build automatically.
To add additional wallpapers to the build simply add them to the 'usr/share/wallpapers' folder. For files intended for /etc/skel, you can add them to the 'skel' folder and they will be automatically added to the build. Run patch.sh after any changes.
Note: The resulting ISO and source archive file names include a version number based the current date for easier build tracking.