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+# Arch Linux
+
+## Installation
+
+Attach ArchLinux boot key. Boot.
+
+Set the keyboard layout.
+
+```
+# loadkeys be-latin1
+```
+
+Connect to the internet.
+
+```
+# iwctl
+[iwd]# station wlan0 connect <network>
+```
+
+Escape the menu with ^D. Automatically update the time.
+
+```
+# timedatectl set-ntp true
+```
+
+Format the disk. 
+
+```
+# fdisk -l 
+# fdisk /dev/sda
+: g
+: n, 1, _, +1G
+: t, 1, 1
+: n, 2, _, +8G
+: t, 2, 19
+: n, 3, _, _
+: w
+
+# pvcreate /dev/sda3
+# vgcreate MyGroup /dev/sda3
+# lvcreate -l +100%FREE MyGroup -n MyVolume
+
+# mkfs.ext4 /dev/MyGroup/MyVolume
+# mkswap /dev/sda2
+# mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1
+
+# mount /dev/MyGroup/MyVolume /mnt
+# mkdir /mnt/boot
+# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
+```
+
+Enable swap. 
+
+```
+# swapon /dev/sda2
+```
+
+Install the kernel. Also install keyring because keys will be needed.
+
+```
+# pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring
+# pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware
+```
+
+Make the mounts persistent. 
+
+```
+# genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
+```
+
+Configure the system.
+
+```
+# arch-chroot /mnt
+# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime
+# hwclock --systohc
+# locale-gen
+# echo "LANG=en_GB.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf
+# echo "KEYMAP=be-latin1" >> /etc/vconsole.conf
+# echo "Laptop-Tibo" >> /etc/hostname
+```
+
+Enable hibernation. 
+
+```
+# lsblk
+# echo "8:2" > /sys/power/resume
+```
+
+Create initial ramdisk environment. 
+
+```
+# pacman -S vim lvm2
+# vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+```
+
+Change the file to match the following line: 
+
+`HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block lvm2 filesystems resume keyboard fsck)`
+
+```
+# mkinitcpio -P
+```
+
+Generate root password. 
+
+```
+# passwd
+```
+
+Configure boot manager. Also enable hibernation. 
+
+```
+# pacman -S grub efibootmgr
+# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB
+# vim /etc/default/grub
+```
+
+Change the file to match the following lines: 
+
+`GRUB_TIMEOUT=0`
+
+`GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3 quiet resume=/dev/sda2"`
+
+`GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos lvm"`
+
+```
+# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+```
+
+Add the default user (me). 
+
+```
+# useradd -m -G wheel,users,input,video tdpeuter
+# passwd tdpeuter
+```
+
+Make the system automatically log into that user.
+
+```
+# sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
+# sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf
+```
+Contents of the file: 
+
+```
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -o '-p -f -- \\u' --noclear --autologin tdpeuter - $TERM
+```
+
+Install sudo.
+
+```
+# pacman -S sudo
+# visudo
+```
+
+In the file that comes up, uncomment the following line: `%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL`
+
+Install a networkmanager so you have bloody internet when you reboot (otherwise rendering your device utterly useless).
+
+```
+# pacman -S networkmanager
+```
+
+Escape fakeroot with ^D.
+
+Finally, 
+
+```
+# reboot
+```
+
+##  Users
+
+Set paralell downloads. 
+
+```
+$ sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf
+```
+
+Uncomment the following line. 
+
+`ParallelDownloads = 5`
+
+Install connection applications. 
+
+```
+$ sudo pacman -S network-manager-applet blueman
+$ sudo pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-bluetooth
+```
+
+Setup a desktop environment. 
+
+```
+$ sudo pacman -S sway swayidle waybar alacritty
+```
+
+Install yay for easy package management. 
+
+```
+$ sudo pacman -S base-devel git
+$ cd /opt
+$ sudo git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+$ sudo chown -R ${username}:users ./yay
+$ cd yay
+$ makepkg -si
+```
+
+```
+$ yay swaylock-effects-git
+$ yay mako
+$ yay wlsunset
+$ yay fuzzel
+$ yay firefox
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+Put the [files from the repository](../src/branch/main/stow) in the appropriate places, or cherry pick the ones you want to use on your system.
+
+If you are using `stow` you can put them in place easily with the appropriate command.