PC Installation and Setup

Create Windows Installation Media

Via Windows, use Media Creator.

Install Windows

1. Create EFI partition
   1. Shift + F10
   2. diskpart
   3. list disk
   4. select disk <X>
   5. clean
   6. convert gpt
   7. create partition eft size=500
   8. exit
2. Create ~400GB partition.

Configure Windows

1. Setup multi monitors.
2. Set timezone.
3. Install:
   1. Steam (login, download any games)
   2. Dropbox (login)
   3. Procrastitracker
   4. SHapr3D (login)
   5. VSCode (settings sync)
   6. Discord (login)
   7. Cura (login)

Create Arch Linux Installation Media

Via Windows:

1. Download Arch Linux ISO
2. Download & Install Rufus
   1. Write ISO in GPT/DD Mode.

Install Arch Linux

1. ping dfar.io (confirm internet)
2. timedatectl set-ntp true
3. timedatectl status
4. Create partitions
   1. parted -l
   2. cfdisk <DISK>
      1. 8Gb Linux Swap
      2. Remaining Linux Root (x86-64)
5. Format & mount partitions
   1. mkfs.ext4 <PRIMARY>
   2. mkswap <SWAP>
   3. swapon <SWAP>
   4. mount <PRIMARY> /mnt
   5. mkdir /mnt/boot
   6. mount <EFI> /mnt/boot
6. Install base linux
   1. pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firemware nano grun efibootmgr networkmanager git firefox sudo wget cron xorg xterm xorg-xinit xorg-xclock xorg-twm base-devel awesome lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter nvidia nvidia-settings pkg-config mesa arandr nautilus flameshot evince gnome-calculator numlockx vlc pulseaudio pasystray pavucontrol openvpn network-manager-applet networkmanager-openvpn remmina freerdp sane imagescan gnome-keyring gimp avidemux-qt
7. Configure base linux
   1. genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
   2. arch-chroot /mnt
   3. ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Detroit /etc/localtime
   4. hwclock --systohc
   5. nano /etc/locale.gen (uncomment locale)
   6. locale-gen
   7. nano /etc/locale.conf (LANG=en_US.UTF-8)
   8. nano /etc/hostname
   9. nano /etc/hosts (add 1st code block)
   10. passwd
   11. grub-install <EFI> --efi-directory=/boot
   12. Add Windows to Boot
       1. blkid (find UUID of EFI)
       2. nano /etc/grub.d/40_custom (add 2nd code block below)
       3. grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

127.0.0.1   localhost
::1         localhost
127.0.1.1   dfar-desktop.localdomain dfar-desktop

menuentry "Windows 11" {
   search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root <EFI_UUID>
   chainloader (${root})/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}

1. Setup user
   1. useradd -m dfar
   2. passwd dfar
   3. usermod -aG wheel,audio,video,optical,storage dfar
   4. nano /etc/sudoers (allow wheel group sudo access)
   5. Remove thumbdrive, exit, reboot

Configure Arch Linux

1. Login with dfar
2. sudo systemctl start NetworkManager
3. sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager
4. sudo systemctl start lightdm.service
5. sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service
6. Setup Monitors
   1. arandr (save result to primary.sh)
   2. nano ~/.xprofile (./.screenlayout/primary.sh)
   3. reboot
7. Install yay
   1. git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
   2. cd yay
   3. makrpkg -si
   4. cd..
   5. rm -rf yay
8. Install Dropbox
   1. git clone https://aur.archlinux.com/dropbox.git
   2. cd dropbox
   3. makepkg -si
   4. cd..
   5. rm -rf dropbox
9. Configure Dropbox
   1. Sign-in
   2. mkdir ~/.config/awesome
   3. ln -s ~/Dropbox/config/rc.lua ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua
   4. ln -s ~/Dropbox/config/Xresources-desktop ~/.Xresources
   5. reboot
10. Install yay packages
    1. yay -S visual-studio-code-bin insomnia azuredatastudio-bin
11. Final touches
    1. Firefox
    2. Git (config)
    3. Set up VPN/Remmina
    4. VSCode (settings sync)