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Base System
Setting up mirrors The Arch installation environment comes with reflector, a tool that generates ...
Time Zone & Locale
Time zone Use datetimectl to check which time zone your system is currently set to: ...
Trusted Platform Module
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, which is...
initramfs
The initramfs contains all the necessary programs and config files needed to bring up the machine...
Boot Loader
systemd-boot systemd comes with systemd-boot already, so no additional packages need to be instal...
Graphics Cards
Most graphical user interfaces these days are hardware accelerated, so the appropriate graphics d...
GNOME
Base GNOME packages for the full GNOME experience. Bundle with other packages to prevent package ...
Secure Boot
Secure Boot is a security feature found in the UEFI standard, designed to add a layer of protecti...
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
Widescreen hack SimCity 3000 does only support a set amount of resolutions, widescreen resolution...
Network
Set up the default host name of the machine as well as localhost: NOTE: sebin-desktop is used as ...
AUR Helper
An AUR helper is a tool that automates the process of installing packages from the Arch User Repo...
Wine
Install Wine to play (almost) any Windows game on Linux. For a compatibility list refer to Proton...
Universial 2nd Factor (U2F)
Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) is an open standard that strengthens and simplifies two-factor authent...
Timeshift
IMPORTANT: Timeshift is not a backup tool! It only creates local snapshots of the system to roll ...
Discord
Discord is a proprietary, cross-platform, all-in-one voice and text chat application. Install Dis...
GNOME Flatpaks
Core apps Name ID Description Calculator org.gnome.Calculator Perform arithmetic, scientif...
Fonts
For most desktop environments, a sufficient number of fonts is installed as dependencies. However...
Singular file system (LUKS, encrypted)
LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. By providing a sta...
Singular file system
The simplest, most basic partitioning scheme in any Linux operating system consists of 3 partitio...
Booting the installation medium
ATTENTION: The Arch Linux installation medium does not support Secure Boot. You will have to disa...