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Base System
Setting up mirrors The Arch installation environment comes with reflector, a tool that generates ...
Trusted Platform Module
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, which is...
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 ...
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
Widescreen hack SimCity 3000 does only support a set amount of resolutions, widescreen resolution...
AUR Helper
An AUR helper is a tool that automates the process of installing packages from the Arch User Repo...
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 ...
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...
ZFS: the file system to end all file systems
ZFS (Zettabyte File System) is a high-performance, advanced file system originally developed by S...
Ext4: the reliable all-rounder
Ext4 (Fourth Extended File System) is a high-performance, journaling file system widely used in L...
XFS: the workhorse
XFS is a high-performance journaling file system created by Silicon Graphics, Inc. for their IRIX...
Btrfs: modern and feature-packed
Btrfs (B-tree File System) is a modern, copy-on-write (COW) file system for Linux designed to add...
Media Management
Rename photos based on EXIF metadata exiftool -d '%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S.%%e' '-filename<EXIF:DateTime...
UT2004 (Atari DVD Release Version)
Install from the DVD. Navigate to the location the DVD was mounted at and run: sudo sh ./linux-in...
Fonts in GNOME Flatpak apps are not anti-aliased on non-GTK desktops
Under Wayland GNOME apps get their anti-aliasing settings from XDG Portals. To make fonts look ni...