Setup

• Create and boot from Arch Linux Live USB
• Select Canada mirrors
• Single root user
• Add multilib repo
• minimal type
• btrfs, best effort
• snapper snapshots
• limine bootloader

Chroot

gpg --import secret-key.asc

Install Yay

pacman -S --needed git base-devel git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git cd yay makepkg -si

ZSH Setup

yay -S zsh chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh create /etc/zsh/zshenv with

ZDOTDIR=/home/josh/.config/zsh

Install Ly

sudo systemctl disable getty@tty2.service sudo systemctl enable ly@tty2.service

Extra

• Add /usr/sbin to PATH
  • Hyprland and Mise need this

Install Packages

KDE Wallet

• Create wallet named "kdewallet" with same pass as user

Enable Services

systemctl --now enable bluetooth.service systemctl --now enable power-profiles-daemon.service

systemctl --user --now enable pipewire.service systemctl --user --now enable pipewire-pulse.service systemctl --user --now enable wireplumber.service systemctl --user --now enable waybar.service systemctl --user --now enable hyprpolkitagent.service systemctl --user --now enable mako.service

Set default audio device

Set GPG key

gpg --recv-keys "new key"

Increase vm.max_map_count