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After Arch Linux Installation #arch-linux
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1 Install Vivaldi as alternate browser

# pacman -S vivaldi

2 Mount Google Drive on Linux

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/mount-google-drive-ocamlfuse-linux

Then configure it at start up

Add the following custom command for "Startup Applications".

google-drive-ocamlfuse /home/<username>/googledrive

3 Install Nemo Plugins

Nemo is the default file manager for cinnamon but you may need to install the following plugins.

# pacman -S nemo-fileroller nemo-preview
  • nemo-fileroller - support compressed file formats (zip, tar, gz)
  • nemo-preview - press the spacebar to view a preview of the selected file.

i usually install zip and unrar separately incase i may want to purge everything nemo/remove cinnamon and install ranger as alternative file manager in future and use windows manager like i3.

For uncompressing tar.gz files, bstar comes installed by default in arch.

4 Show and Enable Cinnamon Desktop Icons

Press WinKey,then Search (System Settings)

System Settings --> Desktop

Enable the following Desktop Icons

  • Computer
  • Home
  • Trash
  • Mounted Drives

Then run below command to enable the desktop icons for easier navigation

$ sudo gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true

5 Install Lepton for Github Gists

https://snapcraft.io/install/lepton/arch

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