# 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...
- Are you awesome? Use Awesome

### Dock It

Where else would you put your boat?

- cairo-dock
- Avant Window Navigator

### DM Tweaks

### *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

### KDE

## Hardware hacks

### Paint your case with the Arch logo

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

Category:

- Eye candy