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--- livedistro:jn170424 [2017/04/24 15:45] – [Try again with Arch Anywhere] jcnash
+++ livedistro:jn170424 [2017/05/04 16:33] – [Configuring Arch for a graphical interface] jcnash
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   * conky:  system monitor software for the X Window System. It allows a quite nice display of keyboard shortcuts
   * nitrogen: lightweight desktop background browser and setter.
+The above was the approximate configuration of Crunch-Bang linux and its successor Bunsenlabs-Hydrogen,
+which are Debian based. Archanywhere and Revenge seem to make it easier to install and use XFCE, so
+those have been tried first.
+===== 170429=====
 ===== 170319 (trying with Revenge and Arch Anywhere) =====
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 Created and installed (chose openbox, but that's maybe a poor idea -- XFCE may be easier).
-Then tried to run alsaplayer to play music.
+Then tried to run alsaplayer to play music. (alsaplayer is rather dated, but it has nice keyboard shortcuts that are familiar to my dancing colleagues. Moreover, it can slow down or speed up tunes via a keyboard shortcut.)
 Note need to create vmshare dir and mount it so I had some mp3 files.