Wim's Prog Xperience

Install Arch Linux on Raid0 with GPT and Grub 2 First start by downloading the iso. dd it onto usb stick  boot iso then start by setting up internet connection test it : ping www.google.com Load the appropriate RAID (e.g. raid0 , raid1 , raid5 , raid6 , raid10 ) modules.  We will use raid0, and raid1 modprobe raid0 modprobe raid1 Prepare Hard Drives Each drive will have 100Mb for /boot these will be in raid1 for safety The / partition takes the remainder of the drive install gdisk for formatting in GPT pacman-db-upgrade pacman -Syy pacman -S gptfdisk gdisk /dev/sda Add a new partition: n Select the default partition number: Enter Use the default for the first sector: Enter For sda1 type the appropriate size in MB (i.e. +100MB and +2048M ).  Select BIOS BOOT PARTITION as the partition type: ef02  !!!very important Write the table to disk and exit: w Repeat for the second partition on /dev/sda but for step 4 just press ENTER to use the remaind

How to create this keyboard layout for Xfce : Works also on Mate!!!!   It is a lightly modified version of the dvorak programmers layout. I changed the lower left row. So you can easily undo, cut, copy & paste         with your left hand and keep the other hand on your mouse. Step 1. Edit file: /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us Insert this snippit: // programmer Dvorak wim's style, by Wim Stockman <wim.stockman at gmail dot com> // Main features: Numbers are in shift position (like French), symbols have been // switch position of z x c v to the bottom left for easy shortcut handling partial alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "dvp-wim" { include "us(dvorak)" name[Group1] = "English (programmer Dvorak Wims style ZXCV)"; // Unmodified Shift AltGr Shift+AltGr // symbols row, left side key <TLDE> { [ dollar, asciitilde, dead_tilde ] }; key <AE01> { [ ampersand, percent ] }; key <AE02> { [ bracketleft, 7, currency ],