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<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>
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<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>
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<a href="#installing">Installing arch</a>
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<a href="#post">After installing</a>
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<a href="#nvidia">Nvidia drivers</a>
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<a href="#tricks">Tricks</a>
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<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>
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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>
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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 <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>
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<h2 id="post">After installing</h2>
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<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.
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<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.
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<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:</p>
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<a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA" target=
"_blank">Offical nvidia arch wiki</a>
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<li>
<a href=
"https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide"
target="_blank">Some strangely helpful github guide</a>
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<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>
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</ul>Guide for my system mostly and maybe yours:
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<li>Install some packages:<br>
<code>sudo pacman -Syu<br>
sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings</code></li>
<li>Rebuild the initramfs:<br>
<code>sudo mkinitcpio -P</code></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.
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<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.</li>
<li>After reboot you can check the drivers with:
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<li>My prefered way:<br>
<code>sudo pacman -S mesa-utils<br>
glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL vendor|OpenGL renderer"</code></li>
<li>Another way: <code>nvidia-smi</code></li>
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<li>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></code><br>
Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off
"Allow Flipping".</li>
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<h2 id="tricks">Tricks</h2>
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<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>
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