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Arch Linux
Hardware/Firmware
Kernels
sudo pacman -S grub
Manjaro settings manager controls current kernel version.
After installing a new kernel:
sudo update-grub
Hold escape while rebooting to bring up grub menu
Display
https://askubuntu.com/questions/11738/force-gdm-login-screen-to-the-primary-monitor
Set the display configuration in the user settings the way you want it.
This seems to be fixed.
sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config ✔ 1m 20s
sudo chown gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml
Swap
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Swap
Create a swapfile
swapoff --all
truncate -s 0 /swap/swapfile
chattr +C /swap/swapfile
fallocate -l 4G /swap/swapfile
chmod 600 /swap/swapfile
mkswap /swap/swapfile
swapon /swap/swapfile
Add to /etc/fstab
/swapfile swap swap defaults,noatime 0 0
Set swappiness
sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1
sudo vim /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf
vm.swappiness=1
CA File Import
https://archlinux.org/news/ca-certificates-update/
# Move the crt (CA) to the correct location
cp dnet_ca.crt /etc/ca-certificates/trust-source/anchors/dnet_ca.crt
# Update the CA store
trust extract-compat
BTRFS Snapshots
https://linuxhint.com/use-btrfs-snapshots/
cd /run/media/ducoterra/<disk>
mkdir .snapshots
# Take a snapshot
alias util-snapshot='btrfs subvolume snapshot $BACKUP_DRIVE $BACKUP_DRIVE/.snapshots/snapshot_$(date +"%H_%M_%S_%d_%m_%y")'
alias util-backup='util-snapshot && rsync -av --delete /home/ducoterra/ $BACKUP_DRIVE/home/ducoterra/'
# Restore from a snapshot
cp .snapshots/v1/file .
# Find files older than 7 days
find . -maxdepth 1 -mtime +7
Font
wget https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/releases/download/6.2/Fira_Code_v6.2.zip
unzip Fira_Code_v6.2.zip -d Fira_Code
rsync -av Fira_Code/ttf/ ~/.local/share/fonts/
Apps
Bluetooth
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth
sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
sudo systemctl start bluetooth
Snap
https://snapcraft.io/install/snap-store/manjaro
sudo pacman -S snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
sudo snap install snap-store
Chromium
sudo pacman -Sy chromium
VSCode
Install from the snap store.
Steam
Install steam-native from the software manager.
iCloud
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| IMAP server | imap.mail.me.com |
| Connection security | TLS |
| Login name | ducoterra |
| SMTP server | smtp.mail.me.com |
| Connection security | StartTLS |
| Login | Use a different login |
| Login name | ducoterra@icloud.com |
Discord
Install discord from software manager
Wireguard
sudo pacman -S wireguard-tools
Ping
sudo pacman -S iputils
Vault
https://www.vaultproject.io/downloads
unzip vault_1.9.2_linux_amd64.zip
sudo mv vault /usr/local/bin/vault
AWS CLI
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install
ZFS
Depending on your kernel (5.15 as of writing) install the following
sudo pacman -Sy linux515-zfs
zpool set cachefile=/etc/zfs/<zpool>.cache <zpool>
Docker
sudo pacman -S docker docker-compose
sudo usermod -aG docker ducoterra
sudo reboot
Kubectl
sudo pacman -S kubectl
Spotify
Install via snap store.
Minecraft
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/minecraft-launcher.git /tmp/minecraft-launcher
makepkg -si --noconfirm