archcraft
// Source : ISO (by archcraft-os)
gamer-os
A Steam Big Picture based couch gaming OS (by gamer-os)
| archcraft | gamer-os | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | 43 | |
| 3,284 | 1,845 | |
| 0.5% | 0.9% | |
| 6.2 | 8.7 | |
| 3 days ago | 24 days ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
archcraft
Posts with mentions or reviews of archcraft.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-29.
- Convert Linux to Windows
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Looking for a Distro suitable for Programming (Mostly Java) and Web Creation (HTML and CSS)
try a few different ones that comes preinstalled with a window manager - window managers are all slightly different so it comes down to which one you prefer to use If you want to try Bspwm you can check out Archcraft - it comes preinstalled with bspwm and openbox and several themes
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April Release of Archcraft is now available.
Website : https://archcraft.io
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Using i3 on a laptop is such a great experience
If you don't want to configure it yourself, use an already configured setup like Archcraft.
- Timed out waiting for device ??-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0
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Permission Denied error when running pipemenu
I'm using Openbox for the first time, it has been working wonderfully. I've decided to take some configuration from Archcraft, (mostly to make my base Arch install look a bit better) however the pipemenu seems to not work.
- Postgres en Arch Linux
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thinking about switching from gnome to just a wm
This might not be popular here, but archcraft could be a good starting point to get into WMs, as it's basically arch but with openbox and all the stuff you might want pre-installed. I don't have too much experience with it though, so I can't say how it compares to a custom setup in terms of performance.
- GTK applications have extremely small font. How do I fix this?
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Trying to install arch craft
Anyway, I want to install archcraft and I've been getting a black screen during live boot. Fortunately, the fix is well known and its documented in the official wiki... Unfortunately I don't understand the instructions:
gamer-os
Posts with mentions or reviews of gamer-os.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-08.
- No internet connection via LAN cable .
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Issues w/ Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows
This GitHub issue also appears to document something similar.
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ChimeraOS: Instantly turn any PC into a gaming console
"Includes out-of-the-box support for Epic Games Store and GOG"
Vanilla Ubuntu isn't going to offer you that level of integration.
https://github.com/ChimeraOS/chimeraos/wiki/OS-Comparison
- ChimeraOS fixes for ROG Ally now live: Functional Wifi, audio, and experimental TDP control
- ChimeraOS 43 Released
- ChimeraOS 43 released with scaling slider globally available and Ally support!
- ChimeraOS 43 released with ROG Ally support!
- ChimeraOS 43 - This release brings some much anticipated support for the ROG Ally.
- steamOS on nvidia
What are some alternatives?
When comparing archcraft and gamer-os you can also consider the following projects:
labwc - A Wayland window-stacking compositor
holoiso - SteamOS 3 (Holo) archiso configuration
archuseriso - A set of bash script programs to create bootable Arch Linux images and to create bootable USB flash drives with a desktop environment.
odysseyn1x - Linux-based distro that lets you install checkra1n, odysseyra1n and Project Sandcastle.
archcraft-i3wm - // Configuration : I3wm
steam-buddy - A web interface for managing Steam remotely