How to install Budgie Desktop on Antergos 17.3

The good thing when using Linux is that we can easily install another desktop environment alongside the existing one. On this tutorial, I am going to show you how to install Budgie Desktop on Antergos Linux 17.3. I was using Antergos 17.3 with GNOME desktop and I want to install Budgie Desktop. The latest Budgie Desktop 10.2.9 is currently available on Pacman repository.

Steps to install Budgie Desktop on Antergos 17.3

The following are the steps to get Budgie Desktop on Antergos

1. Open Pacman (Add/Remove Software)
2. Type budgie on the search box
3. Mark Budgie Desktop for installation
4. Apply and wait until the download process is completed
5. Log out and log in to the new Budgie Desktop

Select Budgie Desktop from the list

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Install Spotify on Antergos 17.3

Now I am upgrading my Antergos to version 17.3. And here I want to guide you to install the Spotify on Antergos 17.3. Spotify is my favorite music player on any computers and devices I use.

Spotify is available through AUR repository so first thing first is to enable AUR on Antergos. You can read my tutorial to enable AUR on Antergos from this link. The following animated image shows how to easily install Spotify on Antergos 17.3.

I think that's pretty straight forward and clear. But if you still have any question, please leave us comments. Share this post if you think it useful. Cheers.

How to configure static IP Address on Antergos Linux

Even most Linux distribution supports automatic (DHCP) IP configuration, I think it is important for all Linux users to understand how to configure the IP address manually. On this tutorial, I am going to show you how to configure static IP address on Antergos Linux. There are two ways to configure static IP address on Antergos. The GUI mode (easy way) or via command line (needs more patient). But here, I will explain both of them.

Configure Static IP address using GUI mode

Open Network Manager via Settings. The following illustration will explain much better than my words. In this scenario, I am using 10.34.0.76 as my new static IP address, 10.34.0.5 as gateway and DNS server on the network. This configuration could be different based on your network configuration.

Configure Static IP address via command line

Ok, first thing first we need to open Terminal console and type the following command to see the detailed information about our network device.

ip addr

Output:

[dhani@antergos ~]$ ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 08:00:27:d1:bf:5f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.34.0.76/24 brd 10.34.0.255 scope global enp0s3
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::4c7:5669:326a:12d5/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

As you can see, there are two network shown by the command. lo and enp0s3. This network interface can be different on your system. I will only need to care about the enp0s3 device. Leave the lo as is.

Copy the sample static ethernet profile to profile directory with this command

sudo cp /etc/netctl/examples/ethernet-static /etc/netctl/enp0s3

Now edit the new profile

sudo nano /etc/netctl/enp0s3

Now change it to something like this below:

Description='A basic static ethernet connection'
Interface=enp0s3
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=('10.34.0.55/24')
Gateway=('10.34.0.5')
DNS=('10.34.0.5' '8.8.8.8' '8.8.4.4')

Change the interface, address, gateway and DNS to match your current local network configuration. Once completed, save and exit.

Now start the profile manually

sudo netctl start enp0s3

Now enable it upon boot

sudo netctl enable enp0s3

Done.

Beautiful Antergos 17.3 Gnome

The new Antergos 17.3 has been released a while ago and I love it. Antergos 17.3 brings a lot of new packages, bug fixes and performance improvements. I just installed Antergos 17.3 on my VirtualBox on Windows 10 host and it works pretty well. Antergos 17.3 is powered with Kernel 4.10.2 and Gnome Shell version 3.22.3.

The Desktop

Application Menu

Gnome works well on Antergos 17.3 even I run my OS from a virtual machine and there is only a little performance downside in term of transition effects.

The Software Manager

Pamac Software Manager has been updated to version 4.3.1.

Workspace and Application Switcher

When running on Virtualbox, the workspace switcher seems to be a bit laggy. But this problem won't happen when running on real hardware.

How to enable SSH server on Antergos Linux

This short tutorial will show you how to install or enable SSH on Antergos Linux. By enabling the SSH on Antergos, we can remotely control Antergos from other computer in the same network or even from the internet. All we need is to install openssh package and some little tweak. OK let's get started.

Install openssh on Antergos

sudo pacman -S openssh

Once installed, we need to start the service

sudo systemctl start sshd

Also, we can set the ssh server on boot

sudo systemctl enable sshd

Now you can remotely login to Antergos via ssh with your normal user. For example:

ssh dhani@10.34.0.10

Change dhani with your actual user and change 10.34.0.10 with the Antergos IP address.