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in-depth Arch Linux

ou’vecarefullyfollowedthe

lengthyinstallguideontheArch

WikiandinstalledArchLinux.

Amazingly(ormaybeasaresult

ofhairpulling,shoutingorothercreative

problemsolving),everythingworks–

network,display,yourkeymapiseven

correct.You’reallreadytouseyourfresh

newinstall,butallitdoesisboottoa

terminalprompt.Thisis,ofcourse,expected

behaviour:Archiswhatyoumakeit,afterall.

Butsomeguidance,afterthisarduous

installationpilgrimage,onexactlywhatitcan

bemadeintomightbehelpful.Yougoback

totheArchWiki,butthepost-installation

sectionlinksyoutoasomewhat

overwhelminglistof‘general

recommendations’.Youshouldcertainly

studythislist,andtheArchWikiistrulyone

ofthegreatestLinuxresources(alongside

LXF?–Ed)outthere.ButifyouwanttheLXF

lowdownonhowtoquicklygetgoingaftera

successfulinstall,readon!

Wewon’tpresumeyou’reanArchexpert,

butevenifyouareyoumightfindsome

handytipstogetyoursetupcloserto

perfection.Forthistutorialwe’regoingto

assumeyou’vegotaworkingArchinstall.

We’llfurtherassumeyou’vedonesome

bread-and-buttersetuptasks:settingupa

user,localmirrors,networkingandgettingall

yourpartitionssetupin/etc/fstab.Allthis

isintheArchWikiifyouneedguidance–we

willoftenreferyoutherethroughoutthis

articlewhereappropriate,ratherthan

parrotingitscontents.

Jonni Bidwell hasspentyears perfectinghis Archinstall,

andhe’sbegrudginglygoingtoshare someinsights...

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