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| author | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-05-05 05:00:33 -0600 |
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| committer | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-05-05 05:00:33 -0600 |
| commit | 446d0406fa1c541e81b124b2dfe363736a75bf82 (patch) | |
| tree | 61b7de92ddb553b7e2fc199b8f756a5d0b446ff8 /distro_guides/arch.html | |
| parent | 26a51eec1f566d560ec73b8afbf1467a5e6228b6 (diff) | |
More arch shit
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diff --git a/distro_guides/arch.html b/distro_guides/arch.html index 91f48da..2cd0e9f 100644 --- a/distro_guides/arch.html +++ b/distro_guides/arch.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <html> <head> - <title></title> + <title>Arch guide</title> <style> @@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ table { </head> <body> - <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/back_home.png" alt="Back to home page"/></a> - <br/> - <a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides"><img src="images/back.png" alt="Back to linux room"/></a> + <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/back_home.png" alt="Back to + home page"/></a> <br/> + <a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides"><img src="images/back.png" + alt="Back to linux room"/></a> <center> <table border="1" width="60%"> @@ -35,12 +36,13 @@ table { <td> <h1>Arch linux</h1> <p> - Arch is just a better distro, but using arch doesnt instantly make - you a better linux user. Saying "I am a arch user btw" is still fun and annoys - people so I keep saying it reguardless. - <br/><br/> - <b>Warning: This is a ever changing page due to the fact I havent been daily driving arch for - long as of writing this and is uncompletish.</b> + Arch is just a better distro, but using arch doesnt + instantly make you a better linux user. Saying "I am a + arch user btw" is still fun and annoys people so I keep + saying it reguardless. <br/><br/> + <b>Warning: This is a ever changing page due to the + fact I havent been daily driving arch for long as + of writing this and is uncompletish.</b> </p> </td> </tr> @@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ table { <li><a href="#installing">Installing arch</a></li> <li><a href="#post">After installing</a></li> <li><a href="#nvidia">Nvidia drivers</a></li> + <li><a href="#tricks">Tricks</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> @@ -61,26 +64,35 @@ table { <td> <h2 id="installing">Installing arch</h2> <p> - A lot of arch users will get pissed as fuck at me but <b>its ok to use arch install</b>. - I personally prefer manually installing arch and wouldnt want to do it any other way so - I dont use it, btw (: - <br/><br/> - The <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide" target="_blank">offical - arch installation guide</a> and other resources on the arch wiki is a great way to - install arch though I also like to use <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgyW10xD8s" - target="_blank">distro tubes arch installation - guide</a> alongside the resources. Some arch users may be pissed I dare tell people - to go watch a youtube video. I am sure most arch installation guides on youtube suck but - DT's video is killer. Plus its not a replacement for the wiki, its just to help follow it - a bit easier and act as a good jumping off point. - <br/><br/> - Some things I gotta add is for me DT's video I linked doesnt work 100 percent. - When setting up grub it cant find the efi directory. You gotta use a switch to show that - command that fails the efi directory. I forgor the switch and I am too lazy to look it up - but you can find it if the <code>--help</code> flag. Also to dual boot with nasty nasty MS Windows(R) - you gotta install ntfs-3g for it to be able to read MS Windows(R) ntfs(R) Microsoft(R) partitions. - You also gotta set <code>GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false</code> in <code>/etc/default/grub</code> - and mount the MS Windows(R) directory in the efi directory for OS proper to work sometimes. + A lot of arch users will get pissed as fuck at me + but <b>its ok to use arch install</b>. I personally + prefer manually installing arch and wouldnt want to do + it any other way so I dont use it, btw (: <br/><br/> + The <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide" + target="_blank">offical arch installation guide</a> and + other resources on the arch wiki is a great way to + install arch though I also like to + use <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgyW10xD8s" + target="_blank">distro tubes arch installation + guide</a> alongside the resources. Some arch users may + be pissed I dare tell people to go watch a youtube + video. I am sure most arch installation guides on + youtube suck but DT's video is killer. Plus its not a + replacement for the wiki, its just to help follow it a + bit easier and act as a good jumping off point. + <br/><br/> Some things I gotta add is for me DT's video + I linked doesnt work 100 percent. When setting up grub + it cant find the efi directory. You gotta use a switch + to show that command that fails the efi directory. I + forgor the switch and I am too lazy to look it up but + you can find it if the <code>--help</code> flag. Also + to dual boot with nasty nasty MS Windows(R) you gotta + install ntfs-3g for it to be able to read MS Windows(R) + ntfs(R) Microsoft(R) partitions. You also gotta + set <code>GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false</code> + in <code>/etc/default/grub</code> and mount the MS + Windows(R) directory in the efi directory for OS proper + to work sometimes. </p> </td> </tr> @@ -88,13 +100,24 @@ table { <tr> <td> <h2 id="post">After installing</h2> - <p> - Make sure you install a good ass DE or WM. No better DE than good old trusty xfce. Your also going to want lightdm - with that. Thunar is a quite useable file manager though you can betterize it with gvfs or another opinional packages - for cool fancy shit. Or for even more cool fancy things get something like spaceFM. Just fuck around tbh. - <br/><br/> - If your sound fucking aint working right install sof-firmware. - </p> + <ul> + <li>Make sure you install a good ass DE or WM. No + better DE + than good old trusty xfce. Your also going to want + lightdm with that. Thunar is a quite useable file + manager though you can betterize it with gvfs or + another opinional packages for cool fancy shit. Or for + even more cool fancy things get something like + <a href="../linux_room.html#spacefm" target="_blank"> + spaceFM</a>. Just fuck around tbh.</li> + <li>If your + sound fucking aint working right install + sof-firmware.</li> + <li>I use <a href="https://github.com/Jguer/yay" + target="_blank">yay</a> because + it makes life in arch easier even though its + stupid ass bloat.</li> + </ul> </td> </tr> @@ -102,20 +125,25 @@ table { <td> <h2 id="nvidia">Nvidia drivers</h2> <p> - A lot can change depending on many things and everything I say has only been tested on my machine so read - some fucking resources here: + A lot can change depending on many things and + everything I say has only been tested on my machine so + read some fucking resources here: <ul> - <li><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA" target="_blank">Offical nvidia arch wiki</a></li> - <li><a href="https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide" target="_blank"> - Some strangely helpful github guide</a></li> + <li><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA" + target="_blank">Offical nvidia arch wiki</a></li> + <li><a href="https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide" + target="_blank"> Some strangely helpful + github guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@sakalakis/how-to-easily-install-the-nvidia-drivers-in-arch-linux-5f1b3f1a5f66" - target="_blank">Ewwwww, medium site (it strangely works without javascript)</a></li> + target="_blank">Ewwwww, medium site (it + strangely works without javascript)</a></li> </ul> Guide for my system mostly and maybe yours: <ul> <li> Install some packages:<br/> - <code>sudo pacman -Syu<br/>sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings</code> + <code>sudo pacman -Syu<br/>sudo pacman -S + nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings</code> </li> <li> @@ -124,13 +152,16 @@ table { </li> <li> - Follow <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus#LightDM" target="_blank">a guide found - here</a> to setup lightdm for nvidia. + Follow <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus#LightDM" + target="_blank">a guide found here</a> to + setup lightdm for nvidia. </li> <li> - Open up the xfce startup app thingy and add <code>nvidia-settings --load-config-only</code> as a - startup app so your nvidia settings load on login. + Open up the xfce startup app thingy and + add <code>nvidia-settings + --load-config-only</code> as a startup app so + your nvidia settings load on login. </li> <li> @@ -140,27 +171,45 @@ table { My prefered way:<br/> <code> sudo pacman -S mesa-utils<br/> - glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL vendor|OpenGL renderer" + glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL + vendor|OpenGL renderer" </code> </li> - <li>Another way: <code>nvidia-smi</code></li> + <li>Another + way: <code>nvidia-smi</code></li> </ul> </li> <li> - For multi monitor refresh rate issues add these to your /etc/environment<br/> + For multi monitor refresh rate issues add these + to your /etc/environment<br/> <code> - CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<refresh rate of your sync monitor><br/> - __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to sync to> + CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<refresh rate of + your sync monitor><br/> + __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to + sync to> </code> - <br/> - Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off "Allow Flipping". + <br/> Then open your nvidia settings, go to + OpenGL Settings and turn off "Allow Flipping". </li> </ul> </p> </td> </tr> + + <tr> + <td> + <h2 id="tricks">Tricks</h2> + <ul> + <li>To clean out shit that builds up in pacman + run <code>sudo pacman -Sc</code> and <code>sudo pacman + -Qdtq | sudo pacman -Rs -</code> + <br/> + <code>-Sc</code> also works in yay.</li> + </ul> + </td> + </tr> </table> </center> </body> |