Arch Linux Reviews

Bginfo Reviews

Arch Linux mentions (256)

• Penguin, Chicken or Duck? (Eros, OC, Microsoft Bing AI Generated)

  Arch is a popular Linux distribution(basically an os). Him saying that he uses arch is basically a joke that arch Linux users will always mention that they use the distro. (Also a penguin is also the Linux mascot). Source: 6 months ago

• Arch Linux bugtracker migration to Gitlab completed

  Arch sends distribution news every week or so, usually in one or two paragraphs. https://archlinux.org/ I've followed the gitlab migration and every package and distribution change that warranted community notification for more than a decade. It's such an empowering feeling to have tracked all the changes to the distribution over a decade. The Arch maintainer culture has managed to provide consistent high quality... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Moving from Mint to Arch

  When searching for something just add Arch Linux to the and follow official archlinux.org and use duckduckgo.com for better results. You will get amazed how good arch wiki explained everything and how aur has very large apps. Source: 6 months ago

• Can't "sudo pacman -Syu" (jdk-openjdk and jre-openjdk are in conflict)

  I wonder how many people got frustrated with the solution posted on the front page of https://archlinux.org/, as it seems to not have been fixed for 5 days already. Source: 8 months ago

• why is archlinux not releasing the october's monthly update ?

  When I visit the archlinux.org website I can't find the archlinux 2023.10.x update,. Source: 9 months ago

Bginfo mentions (10)

• Sticky notes app that will actually stick notes

  BGinfo is one very simple approach to your basic premise. Source: about 1 year ago

• Is there anyway to always show the PC name on a desktop?

  Check out BGInfo. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/bginfo. Source: over 1 year ago

• Show us your BI set up! Here's mine

  BGinfo runs on boot to overlay useful information on the wallpaper. Source: over 1 year ago

• New IT dude needs help/guidance from some more experienced wizards here.

  Microsoft has BGinfo @ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/bginfo that is free and can be pushed to machines to display relevant data like machine name and IP right on the desktop and its highly visible to end users. Source: over 1 year ago

• Create a toolbar with powershell?

  But, I recommend taking a look at bginfo. A lot of places just use this to constantly display the system's info on the Desktop. It seems like a campy solution, but it's a popular campy solution that no one questions. Source: over 1 year ago