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alphazo

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 163

Slim down install guide

Dear archlinux users,

With some friends we went over a number of archlinux installations on different hardware platforms. We started by following the wiki and then collected tips from other wiki pages and forums. The number of wiki pages you need to go through everytime you re-install is quite important so we started maintaining our own slimdown version of it. We wanted to share the result with you as it could help newcomers. The information is split into three single pages targeting desktop and laptop users:

- Installation, from zero to a working xfce or Gnome desktop with graphical login and network manager
https://natzo.com/doku.php?id=categorie … tall-guide

- Post-installation, final tweakings for better user experience
https://natzo.com/doku.php?id=categorie … st-install

- Application installation tips: most applications install smoothly but some require few additional steps in order to get them working
https://natzo.com/doku.php?id=categorie … :apps-tips

- Finally I work on an application list I use (draft)
https://natzo.com/doku.php?id=categorie … :apps-list

Again this doesn't aim to compete against the great official wiki.
I hope you'll enjoy it and let me know if any part of it needs to be added to the official wiki.

Alphazo

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Slim down install guide

And why would you reinstall? :-)
I just made notes as I went so I have it all in one little text file.

https://natzo.com/doku.php?id=categorie … _resoluton
To change screen resolution (you have a typo there btw) you don't need lxrandr, xrandr is included in xorg-server-utils.

kcirick

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Registered: 2010-06-21

Posts: 364

Re: Slim down install guide

Hello,

I think you've done a really good job here. Obviously I can't comment on behalf of the Arch linux community, but I can give you my personal opinion on this

I think the steps are really specific, and doesn't serve everyone's purpose. Not everyone wants to use yaourt as default package manager, and not everyone wants to install GUI right away. Also, having all of the options clutters the page IMO.

Obviously there are a lot of information on there, so I'll need to read it a bit more carefully. Maybe I'll see it in a different way

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loafer

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: Slim down install guide

The problem with keeping documentation in more than one place is how to co-ordinate the updates.  It's very difficult and you end up with one set of docs out-of-date very quickly.  Concentrate your efforts on improving the Arch Wiki itself.

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karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Slim down install guide

The problem with keeping documentation in more than one place is how to co-ordinate the updates.  It's very difficult and you end up with one set of docs out-of-date very quickly.  Concentrate your efforts on improving the Arch Wiki itself.

Their documentation is incomplete atm (what about KMS? what does '@' in the DAEMONS array mean etc.), so they should take care of it first. Keeping up to date docs of such scope is hard work, much maybe they're masochists ;P

alphazo

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 163

Re: Slim down install guide

I know it's bad to duplicate efforts but on the other hands when in a rush installing a new machine you don't really have time to verify and polish a contribution to the wiki. These are the notes we have been sharing amongst a group of friends familiar with Linux. It is now time to check my notes and apply them back to the wiki if applicable...

alphazo

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 163

Re: Slim down install guide

And why would you reinstall? :-)
I just made notes as I went so I have it all in one little text file.

https://natzo.com/doku.php?id=categorie … _resoluton
To change screen resolution (you have a typo there btw) you don't need lxrandr, xrandr is included in xorg-server-utils.

I meant lxrandr for its nice GUI. I have had some bad results with Gnome display manager when switching from laptop LCD to external monitor.