Install arch linux

ping dikatrio.xyz

pacman -Sy terminus-font
pacman -Ql terminux-font
setfont ter-v22n

check time

timedatectl set-ntp true && timedatectl status

fdisk /dev/sda
n, two partitions
first: start +18G
second: for swap
after creating partitions:
a -> bootable first partition
t -> type 82 swap partition
w to write

format the partitions

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

mkswap /dev/sda2
swapon /dev/sda2

mount the file systems

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

genfstab will later detect mounted file systems and swap space.

update mirrorlist

vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

install

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

generate fstab

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
blkid to list UUIDs

Change root into the new system

arch-chroot /mnt

set timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Athens /etc/localtime

set hardware clock

hwclock - -systohc

(install vim)
Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales in /etc/locale.gen, and generate them with:
locale-gen

set LANG variable
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf

echo "theComputer" >> /etc/hostname

in /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1	localhost  
::1		localhost  
127.0.1.1	theComputer.localdomain	theComputer

install grub

pacman -S grub  
grub-install /dev/sda  
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

set root password & reboot

passwd
exit (root enviroment)
reboot

login as root

create user

useradd -m kon
passwd kon

still as root
visudo
add USER_NAME ALL=(ALL) ALL
exit and save vi with ZZ

setup network

ip link
start dhcpcd to bring up the wired interface
systemctl start dhcpcd

with systemd-networkd
vim /etc/systemd/network/20-wired.network

[Match]  
name=en-wildcard  

[Network]  
DHCP=ipv4

systemctl restart systemd-networkd  
systemctl enable systemd-networkd

todo:
/etc/resolv.conf for DNS and systemd-resolved
wireless with iwd

with NetworkManager

pacman -S networkmanager  
systemctl start NetworkManager
systemctl enable NetworkManager

enable to create the symlinks so as to be enabled on reboot

todo:
change DNS

install desktop

pacman -S xorg xorg-server

pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies
or
pacman -S gnome gnome-extra

with gnome gdm is installed, so

systemctl enable gdm.service

for xfce

install lts kernel

check uname -r

sudo pacman -S linux-lts
sudo pacman -S linux-lts-headers
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

reboot, check again