Archman XFCE Edition 2024-12, the final stable release of the year, is ready. Archman Linux is an independent, globally-oriented Linux distribution derived from Arch Linux and developed in Turkey. Archman Linux offers a fast, visual, stable, and easy-to-use installation and user experience.

New Features and Updates:

• XFCE Desktop: The latest XFCE desktop environment provides a faster and more stable experience.
• Theme and Icon Sets: Modernized theme and icon sets offer a more visually appealing user interface.
• Updated Software: The latest versions of popular software packages are included in this release.
• Security Updates: The system's security has been enhanced with the latest security patches.

Performance Improvements:

• Faster Boot Time: The system startup time has been optimized for faster booting.
• Performance Enhancements: Memory and CPU usage have been improved, resulting in better overall system performance.
• Battery Life: Battery life has been extended for laptops.

New Features:

• Improved Hardware Support: New hardware drivers have been added, offering broader hardware compatibility.
• Increased Language Support: Language support has been expanded to provide a better user experience in various languages.
• New Tools: New user-friendly tools and utilities have been added to enhance the user experience.

Known Issues and Fixes:

• Known Issues: The list of known issues reported by users has been updated.
• Bug Fixes: Bugs identified in previous releases have been fixed, providing a more stable system.

Additional Information:

• Cultural Integration: Within the Archman example files, we have highlighted and introduced some concepts from our ancient Turkish culture. Additionally, the generic sounds for system startup, shutdown, session logout, and restart options have been set to Turkish Jaw Harp. We are honored to promote our culture within our globally-oriented distribution without any interpretation.
• ISO Compression: The Archman XFCE 2024.12 ISO file is compressed in Zstandard (.zstd) format. While this compression method slightly increases the size of the installation media, it ensures fast operation and quick startup of the live system.

ARCHMAN XFCE EDITION

Sha1sum:

66cb4929e2a0035e46bd87f6e0064af2310c0ec1

Archman XFCE download

Do not forget to check the hash value of the installation media you downloaded and transfer it to the USB disk using the methods we recommend below.

Packages and Work:

• archiso 82-1
• linux 6.12.3.arch1-1 (Linux kernel)
• pamac-aur 11.7.2-3 (package manager)
• surfn-icons 20241204-01 (icon set)
• archman-settings-manager 0.5.7-1 (Archman settings manager)
• archman-example-files 20210823-1 (Archman example file types)
• archman-wallpapers 20230704-1 (Archman wallpapers)
• archman-xfce-settings 20240430-1 (Archman XFCE default settings)
• Nordic-dark 20241204-1 (theme)
• calamares 3.3.12-1 (installer)
• firefox 133.0-1 (web browser)
• libreoffice-still 7.6.4-1 (office suite)
• gimp 2.10.38-5 (image editor)
• inkscape 1.4-2 (vector editor)
• yay 12.4.2-1 (AUR package build script)

click for package list

Simplified Terminal Commands:

• sudo pacman -S ==> pac
  sudo pacman -Ss ==> pacs
  sudo pacman -Syy ==> pacu
  sudo pacman -Syu ==> update
  sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck ==> unlock
  sudo pacman -Scc ==> clean
  sudo pacman -R ==> remove
  sudo reflector --verbose --latest 15 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist ==> mirrors
  sudo reflector --verbose --latest 15 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist && sudo pacman -Syyu ==> upgrade
  sudo pacman -Qi ==> info
  yay -S package ==> aur package
  yay -S package --noconfirm ==> aurno package

INSTALLATION MEDIA USB TRANSFER:

We recommend transferring the installation media to USB with Suse ImageWriter, Etcher or Rufus applications in dd mode.

Imagewriter is available in our Archman repository and is installed by default in Archman versions.

or

To write the installation media to a USB disk with dd commands:

You can also write the image to a USB disk via the terminal on a Linux system.

To do this, first format your USB disk with a command like this:

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

then write the image with the command like this:

sudo dd bs=4M if=/file-path/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

The file-path in this command is the directory where the image is located.

You should write the directory where the installation image is. Instead of archman.iso, you should write the full name of the image you downloaded.

Instead of the ? sign, you should write the letter label of your USB disk.

Archman Linux Xfce 2024-12 stable version can be installed and used as your permanent and stable operating system on virtual or real machines, or you can test and experience it. Do not hesitate to send us your suggestions and feedback. Thus, each version will return to you more perfect than the previous one.

Best regards...

@tulliana

DONATION: Your heartfelt support for Archman Linux studies, your use of Archman Linux, your tests and feedback are invaluable to us. We are always open to all kinds of contributions and need all kinds of support. There are financial expenses in Archman Linux studies, such as server services, domain name services, hardware services. If you would like to make a financial contribution for these expenses, you can contribute to us by using the link https://archman.org/archman-bagis We would like to express our gratitude to our community members whose donations have reached us. Our valuable community, thank you for all your support.

Archman - Xfce 2020-04 Code name: Manyas stable release ready to use

 

Manyas / Balıkesir / Turkiye

Lake Kuş or Lake Manyas (Turkish: Kuş Gölü meaning Bird Lake, or, Manyas Gölü) is a lake in western Turkey, located in the Bandırma region. This is a shallow nutrient-rich freshwater lake (average depth 3 m) fed by groundwater and four streams. Small deltas have formed where the latter enter the lake, comprising extensive marshes and tree-lined riverbanks. Narrow belts of reed Phragmites fringe much of the lake. Water is abstracted for factory use and for irrigation. Cattle- and sheep-grazing is common along the lake shores.

 

Overview

Manyas Lake is an important site for breeding and wintering waterbirds. In 1938 the Kuş Cenneti (Turkish for "Bird Paradise") nature reserve was set up by the German zoologist and hydrologist Curt Kosswig who worked in Turkey from 1937–1955. This 64 hectare sanctuary occupies a largely unspoiled area of the lakeside near Sığırcık in the northeast corner of the lake. It has a small ornithological museum of stuffed birds in poor condition, remote-controlled viewing cameras, and an observation tower erected by the Hydrology Department of the University of Istanbul in 1952.

More than 270 species of birds have been recorded at the lake. Important bird species include white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), plus breeding populations of the vulnerable Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus). Migrating great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) often roost at the lake. The Manyas spirlin is a species of cyprinid fish which is endemic to this lake's drainage basin.

Conservation issues
High threats include agricultural use and intensification, drainage and dam construction. Artificially high water-levels have resulted in the loss of feeding marshes. Nesting trees in the National Park have also begun to die as a result of prolonged inundation. Agricultural, industrial and household pollution enters the lake in large quantities. Due to over-fishing, disease, pollution and possibly the effects of the changing water regime, fish catches have declined drastically. Fish migration into the lake is now impossible following the construction of a regulator.

 

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ku%C5%9F

As of this release, Archman Linux repositories use packages with the extension tar.zst. Click here to see the official announcement on this subject

SCREENSHOTS:

In this release you will see a 70% centered panel at the bottom of the screen. With this panel's smart hiding feature, the entire screen will be in your use. We also grouped window tasks as icons only in the panel. In this release we have made many cosmetic changes. We set the Papirus icon set aside and decided to use the Surfn Arc icon set. In Archman Sample Files, we put information and visual files about Balıkesir- Manyas which we introduced in this release. We've fixed many bugs you've detected in earlier release. We have also considered your recommendations. We tried to include your suggestions in this release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz-MR0P0fVo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO0vkTVT6OE

Release Notes and packages:

linux 5.6.4.arch1-1
pamac-aur 9.4.2-1
surfn-icons-git 19.12-1
archman-settings-manager  0.5.5-5
archman-example-files 20200412-21
archman-wallpapers 20200415-1
archman-xfce-settings 20200415-1
Qogir-light-theme 20190103-1
calamares 3.2.18-3
firefox 7250-1
Xfce4 4.14
libreoffice-still 6.3.5-4
gimp 2.10.18-5
inkscape 0.92.4.-15
inkscape 0.92.4.-9
Last updated drivers
Unsupported drivers - Updated
AUR repos enabled
Multilib Arch repos enabled
Archman background and wallpapers - (Photographer: Murat DEMİRTAŞ) (Images can not be used without permission, all rights reserved)
Liberation Sans font
Drop-Down terminal= F12
Screenshots= PrtSc
Start Menu= Super+L (win start button)
Calamares slides (Tulliana - Archman core developer)
click here for package list

Facilitated Terminal commands

sudo pacman -S ==> pac
sudo pacman -Ss ==> pacs
sudo pacman -Syy ==> pacu
sudo pacman -Syu ==> update
sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck ==> unlock
sudo pacman -Scc ==> clean
sudo pacman -R ==> remove
sudo reflector --verbose --latest 15 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist ==> mirrors
sudo reflector --verbose --latest 15 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist && sudo pacman -Syyu ==> upgrade
sudo pacman -Qi ==> info
trizen -S package ==> aur package
trizen -S package --noconfirm ==> aurno package

HOW TO USB TRANSFER:
GUI:
Suse ImageWriter recommended to transfer usb disk on Linux and on Windows
(Suse ImageWriter on Archman repos)

Format USB disk:

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

dd command:

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

(as root or with sudo)

Update instructions:
Update your system as usual with pamac. On terminal with pacman:

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

DOWNLOAD HERE

SHA1SUM

2b594443e50b98eb11458dac57365f464610ee6e

MD5SUM

43c0d31aeec3b07b6c396b19ee5e0dfb

Please test and tell us your findings and findings about this release.

Kind regards..

tulliana...

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

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Lake Van - VAN/TURKIYE

Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü, Armenian: Վանա լիճ, Vana lič̣, Kurdish: Gola Wanê‎), the largest lake in Anatolia, lies in the far east of Turkey in the provinces of Van and Bitlis. It is a saline soda lake, receiving water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains. Lake Van is one of the world's largest endorheic lakes (having no outlet)—a volcanic eruption blocked the original outlet from the basin in prehistoric times. Although Lake Van has an altitude of 1,640 m (5,380 ft) in a region with harsh winters, its high salinity prevents most of it from freezing, and even the shallow northern section freezes only rarely.

Hydrology and chemistry
Lake Van is 119 kilometres (74 mi) across at its widest point, averaging a depth of 171 metres (561 ft) with a maximum recorded depth of 451 metres (1,480 ft). The lake surface lies 1,640 metres (5,380 ft) above sea level and the shore length is 430 kilometres (270 mi). Lake Van has an area of 3,755 km2 (1,450 sq mi) and a volume of 607 cubic kilometres (146 cu mi).

The western portion of the lake is deepest, with a large basin deeper than 400 m (1,300 ft) lying northeast of Tatvan and south of Ahlat. The eastern arms of the lake are shallower. The Van-Ahtamar portion shelves gradually, with a maximum depth of about 250 m (820 ft) on its northwest side where it joins the rest of the lake. The Erciş arm is much shallower, mostly less than 50 m (160 ft), with a maximum depth of about 150 m (490 ft).

The lake water is strongly alkaline (pH 9.7–9.8) and rich in sodium carbonate and other salts, which are extracted by evaporation and used as detergents.
Geology

Lake Van is primarily a tectonic lake, formed more than 600,000 years ago by the gradual subsidence of a large block of the earth's crust due to movement on several major faults that run through this portion of Eastern Anatolia. The lake's southern margin marks the boundary between metamorphic rocks of the Bitlis Massif and volcanic strata from the Neogene and Quaternary periods. The deep, western portion of the lake is a dome-shaped basin lying in a tectonic depression formed by a combination of normal and strike-slip faulting and thrusting.

The lake's proximity to the Karlıova Triple Junction has resulted in fluids from the Earth's mantle accumulating in the strata beneath Lake Van, driving some of its geological evolution. Dominating the lake's northern shore is the stratovolcano Mount Süphan. The broad crater of a second, dormant volcano, Mount Nemrut, lies close to the western tip of the lake. There is hydrothermal activity throughout the region.

For much of its history, until the Pleistocene, Lake Van has had an outlet towards the southwest. However, the level of this threshold has varied over time, as the lake has been blocked by successive lava flows from Nemrut volcano westward towards the Muş Plain. This threshold has then been lowered at times by erosion.
Bathymetry

The first acoustic survey of Lake Van was performed in 1974. Building on this, Kempe and Degens identified three distinct physiographic provinces within the lake: a lacustrine shelf (27% of the lake area) that extends from the shore to a clear gradient change; a steeper lacustrine slope (63% of the area); and a deep, relatively flat basin province (10% of the area) in the western center of the lake. The deepest part of the lake is the Tatvan basin, which is almost completely bounded by faults.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

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a3721afa5c07ebb9118690bbedcad473

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

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bb31cc612cb5426ace7fc5190dda9d6e

Şanlıurfa - Lake With Fish

Şanlıurfa Lake with Fish (Balıklıgöl) (Aynzeliha and Halil-Ür Rahman Lakes), located in the southwest of Şanlıurfa city center and known as the place where the Prophet Abraham fell when he was thrown into the fire, these two lakes are among the most popular places in Şanlıurfa with their sacred fish and historical monuments around them.

When the Prophet Abraham began to fight against the cruel ruler of the time, Nemrut and the idols worshiped by his people, and defended the idea of ​​a single god, he was thrown into the fire from the hill where today's Urfa Castle is located. In the meantime, the fire by Allah "O fire, cool and salvation against Abraham" is ordered. Upon this order, the fire turns into water and the wood turns into fish. Abraham falls right into a rose garden. The place where Abraham fell is the lake of Halil-ur Rahman. Rumor has it that Zeliha, the daughter of Nemrut, believes in Abraham and throws herself into the fire. Lake Aynzeliha was formed where Zeliha fell.

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

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Abant

Lake Abant (Turkish: Abant Gölü) is a freshwater lake in Turkey's Bolu Province in northwest Anatolia, formed as a result of a great landslide. The lake lies at an altitude of 1,328 m (4,357 ft) at a distance of 32 km (20 mi) from the provincial seat of Bolu city. It is a vacation and excursion spot for both Turkish and foreign travellers due to the natural environment, forests, and accessibility by car. (It is served by a 21 km (13 mi) road leaving from the İstanbul-Ankara motorway or the highway D-100 at the level of Mount Bolu, three hours' drive from these two largest cities of Turkey). Lake Abant is a natural park.
Abant Bolu Province.jpg

The lake covers an area of 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) and its deepest spot is 18 m (59 ft). The lake area has two large hotels in the immediate vicinity of the shores, as well as other amenities and services for visitors, who sometimes alternatively opt for the family guesthouses available in the nearby town of Mudurnu 18 km to the south. To the north of the lake, at a distance of 8 km (5.0 mi) from Bolu city, is the main campus of Abant Izzet Baysal University.

European black pine, Scots pine, oaks, ashes, hornbeams, willows, junipers, tamarisks, hazels, common medlar, and strawberry trees are among the tree species that make up the lake's woodlands, and there are wild boars, fallow deer, roe deer, red deer, brown bears, wolves, red foxes, jackals and rabbits in the surrounding forests, which makes the lake a prized location for hunters during the season. The lake is inhabited by the Abant trout Salmo abanticus, a (sub)species of trout which is strictly endemic to this lake only.

Source url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Abant_Nature_Park

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

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Abant

Lake Abant (Turkish: Abant Gölü) is a freshwater lake in Turkey's Bolu Province in northwest Anatolia, formed as a result of a great landslide. The lake lies at an altitude of 1,328 m (4,357 ft) at a distance of 32 km (20 mi) from the provincial seat of Bolu city. It is a vacation and excursion spot for both Turkish and foreign travellers due to the natural environment, forests, and accessibility by car. (It is served by a 21 km (13 mi) road leaving from the İstanbul-Ankara motorway or the highway D-100 at the level of Mount Bolu, three hours' drive from these two largest cities of Turkey). Lake Abant is a natural park.
Abant Bolu Province.jpg

The lake covers an area of 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) and its deepest spot is 18 m (59 ft). The lake area has two large hotels in the immediate vicinity of the shores, as well as other amenities and services for visitors, who sometimes alternatively opt for the family guesthouses available in the nearby town of Mudurnu 18 km to the south. To the north of the lake, at a distance of 8 km (5.0 mi) from Bolu city, is the main campus of Abant Izzet Baysal University.

European black pine, Scots pine, oaks, ashes, hornbeams, willows, junipers, tamarisks, hazels, common medlar, and strawberry trees are among the tree species that make up the lake's woodlands, and there are wild boars, fallow deer, roe deer, red deer, brown bears, wolves, red foxes, jackals and rabbits in the surrounding forests, which makes the lake a prized location for hunters during the season. The lake is inhabited by the Abant trout Salmo abanticus, a (sub)species of trout which is strictly endemic to this lake only.

Source url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Abant_Nature_Park

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

b29f7dc57255122462f314477f1d43aa534bf04f

30ac0c08b65ac687ec9fe4cba1975d47

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

35987fc5d237065a7c18f745131d6159d4dda28c

59c0bdb4c047e0f26011540d480443a5

Abant

Lake Abant (Turkish: Abant Gölü) is a freshwater lake in Turkey's Bolu Province in northwest Anatolia, formed as a result of a great landslide. The lake lies at an altitude of 1,328 m (4,357 ft) at a distance of 32 km (20 mi) from the provincial seat of Bolu city. It is a vacation and excursion spot for both Turkish and foreign travellers due to the natural environment, forests, and accessibility by car. (It is served by a 21 km (13 mi) road leaving from the İstanbul-Ankara motorway or the highway D-100 at the level of Mount Bolu, three hours' drive from these two largest cities of Turkey). Lake Abant is a natural park.
Abant Bolu Province.jpg

The lake covers an area of 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) and its deepest spot is 18 m (59 ft). The lake area has two large hotels in the immediate vicinity of the shores, as well as other amenities and services for visitors, who sometimes alternatively opt for the family guesthouses available in the nearby town of Mudurnu 18 km to the south. To the north of the lake, at a distance of 8 km (5.0 mi) from Bolu city, is the main campus of Abant Izzet Baysal University.

European black pine, Scots pine, oaks, ashes, hornbeams, willows, junipers, tamarisks, hazels, common medlar, and strawberry trees are among the tree species that make up the lake's woodlands, and there are wild boars, fallow deer, roe deer, red deer, brown bears, wolves, red foxes, jackals and rabbits in the surrounding forests, which makes the lake a prized location for hunters during the season. The lake is inhabited by the Abant trout Salmo abanticus, a (sub)species of trout which is strictly endemic to this lake only.

Source url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Abant_Nature_Park

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sd? -I

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archman.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress && sync

update
pac release-archman
lsb_release -a

f9bce39445c0878e5ae66073db4355133d6ff3a0

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