archlinux

Gustavo’s Arch Linux

Installation

1. Acquire
2. Verify
3. Prepare
4. Boot
5. Console
6. Mode
7. Partition
8. Erase
9. Format
10. Mount
11. Connect
12. Clock
13. Install
14. Fstab
15. Chroot
16. Timezone
17. Localization
18. Hostname
19. Hosts
20. Bootloader
21. Swap
22. Initramfs
23. Root
24. User
25. Sudo
26. Reboot
27. Network
28. Graphical
29. Browser
30. Congratulations

Applications

Installed above

• base (packages for a minimal Arch Linux installation)
• linux (the Linux kernel and modules)
• linux-firmare (firmware files for Linux)
• nano (basic text editor)
• bash-completion (completions for the bash shell)
• man-db (man page reader)
• man-pages (linux man pages)
• texinfo (info pages)
• iwd (internet wireless daemon)
• wpa_supplicant (for WPA wireless connection)
• dhcpcd (DHCP client)
• networkmanager (network manager)
• limine (bootloader)
• efibootmgr (boot manager editor)
• zram-generator (systemd generator for zram)
• intel-ucode or amd-ucode (microcode)
• sudo (privilege elevator)
• plasma-desktop (KDE Plasma Desktop)
  • discover (resources store)
  • plasma-nm (applet for network manager)
  • plasma-pa (applet for audio volume)
  • kscreen (screen manager)
  • spectacle (screenshot utility)
  • konsole (terminal emulator)
  • dolphin (file manager)
  • kate and kwrite (text editors)
  • okular (document viewer)
  • gwenview (image viewer)
  • plasma-login-manager (login manager)
  • firefox (web browser)

Essential applications

Install fonts

• fonts

Encrypted communication

• ssh
• ssh-agent
• gnupg

Password managers

• pass
• keepassxc

File synchronization

• syncthing
• rsync

Version control

• git

Service discovery

• avahi

Printer support

• cups

Web server

• lighttpd

Firewall manager

• firewalld

Input sharing

• deskflow

System maintenance

Package management

• pacman
• reflector

More applications

KDE Plasma

• kde
• discover
• plasma-nm
• plasma-pa
• kscreen
• spectacle
• konsole
• dolphin
• kate
• okular
• gwenview
• plasmalogin
• kdeconnect
• ark
• kompare

Terminals

• konsole
• ghostty
• alacritty

Terminal session

• tmux

File manager

• dolphin

Text editors

• kate
• vim

PDF viewer

• okular

Image viewer

• gwenview

Internet browser

• firefox

Note taking

• obsidian

Office suite

• libreoffice
• java
• hunspell

Email clients

• kmail
• thunderbird

Bibliographic manager

• zotero

Typesetting system

• LaTeX

LaTeX editor

• kile

Scientific computing

• sagemath

Python

• uv

Arch build system

• aur

Download manager

• wget

Application launcher

• bemenu

Disk image writer

• caligula

Archiving tool

• ark

File differences tools

• kompare

Containers

• docker
• lazydocker