• Installation
• General Setup
• System Time
• Display
• Keyboard
• Touchpad
• Sound
• Keybindings
• Networking
• Power
• Random
• Appearance
• Apps

cgdisk /dev/sda

# Setup Partitions
# 1 100MiB EFI partition # Hex code ef00
# 2 250MiB Boot partition # Hex code 8300
# 3 4GiB Swap partition # Hex code 8200
# 3 100% size partiton # Hex code 8300

# format paritions
mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4

# setup swap
mkswap /dev/sda3
swapon /dev/sda3

# mount paritions
mount /dev/sda4 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi

# install arch linux
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel grub-efi-x86_64 zsh zsh-completions vim git efibootmgr dialog wpa_supplicant

# fstab
genfstab -pU /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

# enter the new system
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

# set hostname
echo MYHOSTNAME > /etc/hostname

# set locale
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf
echo LANGUAGE=en_US >> /etc/locale.conf
echo LC_ALL=C >> /etc/locale.conf

# set root password
passwd

# create user
useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/zsh MYUSERNAME
passwd MYUSERNAME

# Regenerate initrd image
mkinitcpio -p linux

# setup grub
grub-install
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

# unmount paritions and restart (remove usb)
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

XOrg

pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils mesa
pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm # basic components

Awesome WM

sudo pacman -S awesome vicious

XFCE 4 (Backup + Utilities)

sudo pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies

Start WM with X

echo "exec awesome" >> ~/.xinitrc # OR
echo "exec startxfce4" >> ~/.xinitrc

Create Awesome Config

mkdir -p ~/.config/awesome/
cp /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua ~/.config/awesome/ # basic config

Community Packages

sudo pacman -S yaourt

Enable 64-bit wrapped 32-bit packages + community repo (uncomment / add)

vim /etc/pacman.conf

# [multilib]
# Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlists

# [archlinuxfr]
# SigLevel = Never
# Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

Suspend

systemctl suspend

Set Time

tzselect  $ US -> Eastern
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc

Brightness

xbacklight -set 50  # sets brightness to 50%

XScreensaver

sudo pacman -S xscreensaver
xscreensaver-demo

Lock Screen (On suspend/hibernate)

yaourt -S xss-lock
xss-lock -- /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -lock &

Lock

xscreensaver-command --lock

Disable LID Wakeup (Prevents proper suspend when lid open)

sudo vim /home/gilbertw1/Dropbox/env/files/arch/etc/tmpfiles.d/disable-lid0-wake.conf

# w /proc/acpi/wakeup - - - - LID0

Backlight (startup)

kbdlight max

Basic Support

pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics

Natural Scrolling

xinput set-button-map 12 1 2 3 5 4 7 6

Control

sudo pacman -S alsa-utils
alsamixer

Volume Applet

sudo pacman -S volumeicon

Window Mgmt (awesome)

• Client == Window
• Tag == Screen
• Switch Tag (Screen): <cmd> + <arrow>
• Switch Previous Client (Window): <cmd> + j
• Switch Next Client (Window): <cmd> + k
  • Move Client: add modifier
• Toggle Client Floating: <cmd> + <ctrl> + <space>
• Maximize Client: <cmd> + m
• Minimize Client: <cmd> + n
• Fullscreen Client: <cmd> + f
• Restore All Minimized Clients: <cmd> + <ctrl> + n
• Switch Layout: <cmd> + <space>
• Move Client to Tag: <cmd> + <shift> + <num>

Editing

• Home: <fn> + <left arrow>
• End: <fn> + <right arrow>
• Next Tab: <fn> + <ctrl> + <down arrow>
• Prev Tab: <fn> + <ctrl> + <up arrow>

Broadcom Drivers

yaourt -S broadcom-wl

Wifi Menu (Terminal)

sudo wifi-menu

Network Manager

sudo pacman -S networkmanager
sudo pacman -S network-manager-applet
sudo pacman -S networkmanager-openvpn
sudo pacman -S gnome-keyring

Start Network Manager Applet (startup)

nm-applet

SSH

sudo pacman -S openssh
sudo systemctl enable sshd
sudo systemctl start sshd

Enable Automated Power Regulation

sudo pacman -S tlp
sudo systemctl enable tlp

Enable thermald (overheat shutoff)

yaourt -S thermald
sudo systemctl enable thermald
sudo systemctl start thermald

Install Powertop

sudo pacman -S powertop
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/powertop.service

#[Unit]
#Description=Powertop tunings

#[Service]
#Type=oneshot
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/powertop --auto-tune

#[Install]
#WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl enable powertop

Increase FS Watchers and Instances (Dropbox)

sudo echo 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576' >> /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf
sudo echo 'fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 256' >> /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf

Awesome Themes

git clone https://github.com/mikar/awesome-themes.git
git clone https://github.com/copycat-killer/awesome-copycats.git

XFCE4 Windows Settings (background)

xfsettingsd

Compositor

yaourt -S compton

Start Compositor (background startup)

compton -b

• Sublime Text 3: yaourt -S sublim-text-dev

• Google Chrome: yaourt -S google-chrome

• Dropbox: yaourt -S dropbox

• Telegram: yaourt -S telegram-bin

• Slack: yaourt -S slack-desktop

• Termite (Set default awesome terminal): sudo pacman -S termite

• Spotify: yaourt -S spotify

• Datagrip: yaourt -S datagrip

• Parcellite (Clipboart Manager): sudo pacman -S parcellite

• VLC: sudo pacman -S vlc

• Feh (lightweight image viewer): sudo pacman -S feh

• XArchiver: sudo pacman -S xarchiver