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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...
Sound
For audio handling on Linux, PipeWire is the currently recommended framework. PipeWire is a serve...
LVM + dm-cache (unencrypted)
LVM dm-cache is a feature of the Linux device mapper, which uses a fast storage device to boost d...
LVM on LUKS (encrypted, Laptop)
LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. By providing a sta...
LUKS on LVM (encrypted, cached, Desktop)
LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. By providing a sta...
Extra: Installing via SSH
WARNING: Only do this in a trustworthy network environment, e.g. at home, to prevent the possibil...
Preparations
INFO: This is a shortened version of the Arch Wiki installation guide. Download an ISO from the A...
DOSBox
Install DOSBox Staging for a more enhanced DOS gaming experience: yay -S dosbox-staging General ...
sudo
sudo is the standard tool for gaining temporary system administrator privileges on Linux to perfo...
Reset sudo password
By default, the Steam Deck's deck user has no password set. In order to do some customization tas...
Additional Packages
Additional packages one might find useful to have installed on their system File System Utilities...
Python Applications Stop Working
After a new minor release of Python (e.g. 3.9 -> 3.10) some Python packages from the AUR might st...
Discover does not offer system package updates
Sometimes Discover fails to delete the lockfile for PackageKit. In this case, delete the lockfile...
WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module during initrd generation
During initrd generation mkinitcpio might output the following messages: ==> Starting build: '6.2...