Picking off from the last installment, I just got signed into my totally fresh arch linux environment. The first thing to do is get the internet working so I can start installing things:

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systemctl enable iwd
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systemctl start iwd
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# Enable DHCP
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cat <<EOF >/etc/iwd/main.conf
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[General]
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EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
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EOF
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# Actually connect to a wifi network
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iwctl
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> station wlan0 connect <my SSID>
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# start systemd-resolve
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systemctl enable systemd-resolved
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systemctl start systemd-resolved

Now that I’ve got internet access, I can start installing things & getting set up:

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pacman -S python yadm git tmux less base-devel the_silver_searcher

Next I’ll create/configure the users a bit

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useradd -mU skyler
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# Details of security configs omitted...
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su skyler
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# pull down my dotfiles (!!)
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yadm clone https://github.com/B1tWhys/dotfiles.git

Nvidia drivers

I’m going with the nvidia proprietary drivers, but the open source kernel modules (i.e. the “open” linux drivers). So pacman -Sy nvidia-open nvidia-utils and also (based on the note here) I removed the kms hook from the intramfs config and regenerated the intramfs. I also followed https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#pacman_hook to set up a pacman hook to regenerate intramfs on updates to the nvidia drivers.

And that’s pretty much it! I think ~ everything from there should end up in my dotfiles repo so there’s not much point in documenting it here. Huzzah!

Wayland/hyprland

PS: some additional packages I ended up installing, mostly just for my own future reference later when I inevitably have to re-read the arch docs to figure out how I like this set up…

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pm -S hyprland wayland kitty noto-fonts uwsm libnewt

• wayland
• hyprland (compositor)
• kitty
• uwsm (layer to manage the interactions between systemd and hyprland)
• libnewt