Arch Setup (EndevourOS)

archsetup.md

Install Arch with EndevourOS, Gnome Environment, btrfs filesystem

Do most of the things in the eos-welcome app

Common Pacman Commands

• pacman -Syu (<pkg>) - update && upgrade /pkg optional
• pacman -S <pkg> - install
• pacman -Rsc <pkg> - uninstall
• pacman -Ss <keywords> - search
• pacman -Qe - list installed pkgs by you
• pacman -Qs <query> - search installed packages for keywords
• pacman -Qdt - list unneeded packages
• pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qdtq) - uninstall unneeded packages
• pactree (-r) <pkg> - what does pkg depend on /r what depends on pkg

GNOME Tweaks

• Adwaita-Dark
• Disable Hot Corner
• Enable Minimize Titlebar
• Flat Mouse Acceleration

Settings App

• Nightlight
• Privacy Settings
• Input and Output Devices
• Background (archlinux-wallpaper)

Better Fonts (https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Improve_Font_Rendering)

• fonts: ttf-ms-fonts, ttf-tahoma, ttf-vista-fonts (Arch yay -S)

GNOME Extensions

• Dash to Panel (https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel/releases)
  • Settings->Behavior->Disable show overview on startup
  • Taskbar: Monitor Center
  • Override panel theme background opacity
    • Dynamic background opacity
  • Override panel theme gradient
  • Tray Item Padding - 4
  • Status Icon Padding - 4
  • Show Application button - Invisible
  • Right click and Lock the Taskbar
• ArcMenu (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3628/arcmenu/)
  • sudo pacman -S gnome-menus
  • Modern Menu Eleven
  • Button Appearance - 34px
• Desktop Icons NG (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2087/desktop-icons-ng-ding/)
  • Show Personal Folder - OFF
  • Show Trash Icon - OFF
• Tray Icons (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2890/tray-icons-reloaded/)
• Tiling Assistant (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3733/tiling-assistant/)

How to install these extensions manually (btw you can do it easily with browser extensions)

• Go to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions, if you don't have the folder create it (to navigate here you have to show hidden folders Ctrl+H)
• Extract the extensions installed above in this folder
• Make sure that the name of each extension’s folder is same as the value of uuid in the metadata.json file. If not, rename the directory to the value of this uuid.
• Restart
• OR gnome-extensions install file

Install Ungoogled-Chromium (Flatpak version)

• Settings
  • Turn off Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chromium
  • Turn on Send a "Do Not Track" request with your browsing traffic
  • Default Search engine - DuckDuckGo
    • You can add Google as a search engine via this URL in Manage search engines - "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
  • Turn off Ask where to save each file before downloading
• Download chromium-web-store
  • Change the flag chrome://flags/#extension-mime-request-handling to Always prompt for install.
  • Get uBlock Origin
  • Get AutoScroll
  • Get LocalCDN
• Flatpak Optional
  • Install Widevine CDM
  • Fix the Spell Checker
  • How to Force Enable Dark Theme

Install Gaming Drivers

• GamemodeRun (sudo pacman -S gamemode lib32-gamemode)

Disable Wayland, Enable Xorg (Optional)

• Open /etc/gdm/custom.conf and uncomment the line: WaylandEnable=false
• Add the following line to the [daemon] section: DefaultSession=gnome-xorg.desktop
• Save and Restart

Some Apps

• Pamac (yay -S pamac-aur) + flatpak plugin
• Flatpak (sudo pacman -S flatpak)
• Timeshift (yay -S timeshift)

Spotify Adblock

For Laptops (Fedora)

sudo dnf install power-profiles-daemon

System76 Power Management (Intel + nVidia GPU) by u/Mr_Linux_Lover

Here are the complete steps to get system 76 power management working in Fedora. Make sure you log in Xorg Server :

Enable copr
sudo dnf copr enable szydell/system76

1. Install typescripts and its dependencies for compiling gnome extensions

sudo dnf install nodejs and then sudo npm install typescript -g

2. Install system76 power management:

• sudo dnf install system76-dkms system76-power system76-driver system76-firmware firmware-manager system76-io-dkms system76-acpi-dkms
• sudo systemctl enable system76-power system76-power-wake system76-firmware-daemon
• sudo systemctl start system76-power system76-firmware-daemon
• systemctl enable --user com.system76.FirmwareManager.Notify.timer
• system76-power graphics integrated
• then reboot.

3. Install Nvidia Driver and its dependencies:

If you already installed nvidia drivers,please uninstall first
sudo dnf remove *nvidia* and reboot

• add repo sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-nvidia.repo
• sudo dnf -y install nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-cuda nvidia-settings

4. Install steam 32 bits library (optional):

sudo dnf install nvidia-driver-libs.i686

5. System76 Gnome Extension:

• Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/pop-os/gnome-shell-extension-system76-power

The shell version is 3.36, you need to go to the cloned folder in the home tab. edit metadata.json file and change the shell version to "40" and save it.

open terminal in the cloned folder by right click open terminal here

Run make compile then make install then make restart-shell and finally make enable

Create .desktop applications

• sudo pacman -S alacarte
• To add application on startup, drag the .desktop file to ~/.config/autostart and make it executable

Disable bluetooth autosuspend btusb.enable_autosuspend=n in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
usbcore.autosuspend=-1

Set UserspaceHID=true in /etc/bluetooth/input.conf and restart the bluetooth service (or reboot). After that, mouse stayed connected finally

Fedora snapshots nice guide:
https://davejansen.com/fedora-root-snapshot-support/

Fedora things to do after install:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrRpXs2pkzg