Pimp My Arch!

Yo dawg, I heard you liked your Arch to be all bling, so we put bling in your Arch so you can KISS while you KISS

Command line Hacking

Boot Sequence

• You're not still using that /etc/issue from 1983 are you?
• Qingy
• Uvesafb
• fbsplash
• grub-gfx
• splashy
• Plymouth

Shell and CLI utils

• Custom your Bash prompt by reading there Color Bash Prompt
• Adapt your .bashrc to your need Bash configuration
• Learn about Bash so much that you will become a real expert read there Bash Hackers and there Wooledge

Archers use GUIs?

Transparency

Wish you could make your windows all see-through?

• Xcompmgr
• Cairo Composite Manager

WM Replacement

Like your DE but think your windows have it rough? Change it up! (your window manager that is)

• Like your workspaces in that famous cube or just want your windows to wobble? Give Compiz a go!
• Want something that will run fast and slick? Openbox may be the answer...

Dock It

Where else would you put your boat?

• cairo-dock
• Avant Window Navigator

*BOX

• Check out Ghost1227's Openbox Desktop Workshop.

GNOME

• Try a new Window Manager! See above
• Plenty of themes and the like at GNOME-Look.org

Hardware hacks

Paint your case with the Arch logo

Shapeshifter tells us how he painted his case with the Arch logo