Anthonys Arch Setup
1. Boot Into Arch and Run the Installer
- Create an Arch USB using Etcher or Ventoy.
- Boot the laptop from USB.
- When the terminal loads, run:
archinstall
Install Settings
Here is what I did for these settings. Some are abvious and I’m not trying to be condisending. Think of this section as a checklist
Archinstall language Select_language = “English”
Locales Keyboard_layout = “us” Locale_language = ’en_US.UTF-8" Locale encoding = UTF-8
Mirrors and repositories Do nothing
Disk configuration Select “Partitioning” Then select “Use a best-effort default partition layout” Lelect the main hard drive
Swap Do nothing
Bootloader Bootloader = “Grub”
Hostname Hostname = “anthopc” // name this whatevery you want your pc name to be
Authentication Select “Root password” type a root password Select “add new user” Type a user name type password for that user
Profile Select “Type” Select “Desktop” Select “KDE Plasma”
Applications Select “Bluetooth” Select “Yes”
Kernels
Network Configuration
Additional packages
Timezone Select “America/Los_Angeles”
Automatic time sync (NTP) Select “Yes”
Save the configuration Then press Install
Misc
If it asks you to if you want to create a seperate partitoin for /home say no unless you know what your doing
Use X11 if it recomends it to you and your using a cheap toster computer
Wifi
Go to System Settings Select Connections Press the Pluss Button. You can use this menu to add Wifi Manualy if you don’t see your network in this menu. It may be needed to do so manualy. Your on linux after all.
