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    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)