Some useful information about Arch Linux

Arch Linux installation:

• Download ISO image and create a bootable USB flash drive by using balenaEtcher. When your device is starting, press and hold Escape button to open the bootloader selection menu - select your bootable USB flash drive. By default, select topmost option. ArchLInstallMenu

1. Firstly, connect to Ethernet (if you use cable connection, then pass this item):
   • iwctl;
   • station wlan0 scan - scanning available Wi-Fi networks;
   • station wlan0 get-networks - get list of networks;
   • station wlan0 connect <your network name> - connect to the selected Wi-Fi. Then enter the network password;
   • quit.
2. archinstall - start installation. The system settings menu will appear - configure it as you wish. At the end of the settings, click on the "Install" item (control is done using arrows and Enter). I recommend choosing btrfs in "disk layout", "audio" - pipewire, "network" - NetworkManager and choosing linux-zen kernel for better performance. In "profile" you can choose visual environment for your system (minimal is TTY). After choosing visual environment you can choose drivers for your videocard.

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• Additional: To add support for all symbols and emojis, install packages sudo pacman -S noto-fonts noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-cjk.

Installing programs on Arch Linux:

Graphical package manager "Bauh":

• sudo pacman -S base-devel git - install base-devel and git;
• git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git - clone files;
• cd yay - go to folder;
• makepkg -si - compile program;
• yay -S bauh - install Bauh. It supports AppImage, AUR, Flatpak, Snap and web (all).

Adding third-party repositories:

1. Flatpak:

• sudo pacman -S flatpak - install flatpak (flathub);
• flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo - add repository.

2. Web:

• Simply install beautifulsoup4 via Bauh, then restart Bauh.

Clipboard:

• Go to Bauh and type copyq (or type sudo pacman -S copyq in your terminal) - install the most reliable package, then add shortcut in keyboard settings (if you use XFCE environment) using command copyq toggle.

Archiver:

• sudo pacman -S xarchiver unzip unrar p7zip - adding an archiver with support for all archives.

Screenshots:

• Go to Bauh and type flameshot (or type sudo pacman -S flameshot in your terminal) - install the most reliable package from "extra", then add shortcut in keyboard settings (if you use XFCE environment) using command flameshot gui and button Print.

Screen recorder:

• Go to Bauh and type GPU Screen Recorder - install the package from "flathub".

Smartphone support for file transfer (for USB):

• Install the following packages using the Bauh package manager: gvfs-mtp, gvfs-gphoto2, mtpfs, jmtpfs. After connecting the mobile device via USB, do not forget to switch from charging mode to file transfer mode on it.