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1. Arch linux +
- 1.1. Installing arch
- 1.2. After installing
- 1.3. Nvidia drivers
- 1.4. Tricks
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1. Arch linux

+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.
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+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. +

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Installing arch
After installing
Nvidia drivers
Tricks

1.1. Installing arch

+A lot of arch users will get pissed as fuck at me but its ok to use +arch install. I personally prefer manually installing arch and wouldnt +want to do it any other way so I dont use it, btw (:
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+The offical arch +installation guide and other resources on the arch wiki is a great way +to install arch though I also like to use +distro tubes arch +installation guide 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.
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+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 +--help 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 +GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false in /etc/default/grub and mount the MS +Windows(R) directory in the efi directory for OS proper to work +sometimes. +

1.2. After installing

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.
If your sound fucking aint working right install sof-firmware.
I use yay because it makes life in +arch easier even though its stupid ass bloat.

1.3. Nvidia drivers

+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: +

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+Guide for my system mostly and maybe yours: +

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Install some packages:
+sudo pacman -Syu sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings
Rebuild the initramfs:
+sudo mkinitcpio -P
Follow a +guide found here to setup lightdm for nvidia.
Open up the xfce startup app thingy and add +nvidia-settings --load-config-only as a startup app so your nvidia +settings load on login.
After reboot you can check the drivers with: +
- My prefered way:
  +sudo pacman -S mesa-utils glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL vendor|OpenGL renderer"
- Another way: nvidia-smi
For multi monitor refresh rate issues add these to your +/etc/environment
+CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<refresh rate of your sync monitor> __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to sync to>
+Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off +"Allow Flipping".

1.4. Tricks

To clean out shit that builds up in pacman run sudo pacman -Sc and +sudo pacman -Qdtq | sudo pacman -Rs -
+-Sc also works in yay.

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Table of Contents

1. Arch linux

1.1. Installing arch

1.2. After installing

1.3. Nvidia drivers

1.4. Tricks