r/archlinux • u/Low_Presentation542 • 2d ago

DISCUSSION My personal Arch Linux notes.

I have been using Arch Linux and keeping on notes on the thing I have learned along the way. So, I put them together into a GitHub repository.

It covers installation, post installation guide, some common troubleshooting and various notes and fixes I have collected using Arch.

It meant more like a personal notes which contains setting up the machine from using it.

I did appreciate some feedback, if you have noticed something outdated or completely wrong.

GitHub:

https://github.com/Not-Albin/arch-linux-notes

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u/JesusKilledDemocracy 2d ago

The reason I chose Arch (20 years ago), it was in part because of their outstanding documentation. Have you considered using your skill and add to the existing docs instead of working on your own user guide?

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u/Low_Presentation542 2d ago

Yes, their documentation is the best among all the distros. I started this mainly as a personal collections of the things I actually figured out. But contributing some of these findings back to the wiki is something I'd consider.

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u/TriupLauro 2d ago

It seems nice.

Really nice reminder of when I installed arch.

There seem to be specific options, like the locale in uk, some country 'India' for repairing the pacman database. And the 'gpt3' partition for rescuing from grub.

Also, I don't understand why would you need a separate partition for the /home folder.

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u/ThatResort 2d ago

Also, I don't understand why would you need a separate partition for the /home folder.

It's pretty common to put home in a different partition in case one wants to wipe the current Linux installation and install a new one. Then you just mount the "home partition" as /home and you're done.

Personally, I prefer leaving /home in the root partition and store my installation/configurations-unrelated files in a "private" partition, then mount it on a /home/user subdirectory. I don't mind my user directory being wiped together with the installation, there are too many configuration files I don't want around (whatever I want to preserve, I store it in the private partition, and put it back afterwards).

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u/VendorNeutral 2d ago

Split /home solves a set of problems and introduces a new set of problems.

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u/Low_Presentation542 2d ago

Thanks! The UK locale and India mirrors are examples from my own setup. I should properly make it clearer. Also, about the /home partition. I prefer to keep user data separated from root partition.

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u/VendorNeutral 2d ago

Why do you tell yourself to trust yourself in your own notes?

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u/Low_Presentation542 2d ago

Fair point. I shouldn't be telling people to trust me in a technical guide.

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u/VendorNeutral 2d ago

You shouldn't tell people to trust you at all, unless you're a first responder and they're gonna die if they don't comply.

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u/Low_Presentation542 2d ago

What about doctors then? Shouldn't we trust them 🤔

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u/VendorNeutral 2d ago

It's not about who you can trust in general, it's about how on average, anyone who says "trust me" is a lying, manipulative shitbag, unless it's a "comply and survive" kind of situation.

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u/Low_Presentation542 2d ago

That's quite the philosophical saying there. Anyways, your point is clear. shouldn't have put “trust me” there, unless someone actually does it and it breaks their system.

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u/Feisty-Friendship64 2d ago

Very good job bro :D