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Kandelborg
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Hey Arch people! Wanna help a newbie get started? I'm very comfortable with sysadmin and are currently using Ubuntu with XMonad for DE.

I'd like to 'build' my own, super minimal system. It should preferably have gtk theming with XMonad as de. I've been looking at suckless and are currently wonder what I actually need to prepare/know in order for networking, VSCode(or learn vim), QT and docker to run on the system. It has a Nvidia graphics card and I'd like to use it for ML too.

Dont worry, I'm also going through the Arch page and are looking for answers to my questions & thoughts.. I just know I haven't thought of everything yet, probably not even all the basics.

Oh and please roast me for my ignorance, as long as you tell me something useful 😝

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  • 1
    6y
    1. Partitioning & Mount
    2. Install Packages
    3. Fstab & Bootloader
    4. Services & Users
    5. Reboot

    Don't forget to add networking packages in step 2. After that you should have a working system to stabilise in your spare time. To stabilise just look at the systemd journal and fix any errors you see. If you fix those errors once in awhile your arch install should be more stable than most 'stable' distros
  • 0
    6y
    @PerfectAsshole Thanks! A bunch of stuff to read on.

    I forgot to mention I'm on a UEFI laptop, does that matter?
  • 1
    6y
    @Kandelborg not particularly. Just gives you extra options. In my case it let me use systemd-boot which is really fast with a ssd(less than 10s and most of that is acer's power on screen)

    If you need more help i have an old install script in my dotfiles that you can use as an install reference. I wouldn't recommend running it though hasn't been tested in awhile https://gitlab.com/jckimble/...
  • 0
    6y
    @PerfectAsshole Awesome! Really, thanks - this is probably going to save me so many hours!
  • 0
    6y
    @Kandelborg no problem. Same as i tell everyone make sure you understand what everything is doing or it's not going to help you in the long run
  • 1
    6y
    @PerfectAsshole I think that's my mantra haha. I promise I'll only use it as reference - it's just great to have actual files to look through :)
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