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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/><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>
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<ul>
<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>
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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/><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.
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<h2 id="post">After installing</h2>
<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>
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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:
<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://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>
</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>
</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.
</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.
</li>
<li>
After reboot you can check the drivers with:
<ul>
<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>
</ul>
</li>
<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".
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<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>
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