• iwctl device list
• iwctl station wlan0 scan
• iwctl station wlan0 get-networks
• iwctl –passphrase <passphrase> station wlan0 connect SSID

• gdisk
• cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/<root>
• mkfs.ext4 /dev/<boot>
• cryptsetup open /dev/<root> <crypt-root>
• mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/<crypt-root>
• mount /dev/mapper/<crypt-root> /mnt
• mkdir /mnt/boot
• mount /dev/<boot> /mnt/boot
• mkdir /mnt/efi
• mount /dev/<efi> /mnt/efi
• pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware vim
• genfstab -U /mnt » /mnt/etc/fstab
• arch-chroot /mnt
• ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/<Region>/<City> /etc/localtime
• vim /etc/locale.gen # uncomment en_US entries
• locale-gen
• vim /etc/hostname
• vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf # add encrypt hook between block and filesystems - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Configuring_mkinitcpio
• mkinitcpio -P
• passwd

• pacman -S grub efibootmgr
• # grub-install for primary boot partition
• vim /etc/default/grub # add cryptdevice and root parameters - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Configuring_the_boot_loader
• # to boot Windows, add to /etc/grub.d/40_custom:

menuentry 'Windows' {
  insmod part_gpt
  insmod chain
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ABCD-EFGH
  chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}

• # to chain to another Linux partition:

menuentry 'Arch Secure' {
  insmod part_gpt
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root <UUID>
  configfile ($root)/grub/grub.cfg
}

• grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

• pacman -S xorg-server xorg-apps sddm sddm-kcm plasma-desktop dolphin okular xfce4-terminal firefox vlc kmix
• systemctl enable sddm.service

• # pacman -S dhcpcd
• # systemctl enable dhcpcd.service

• # pacman -S networkmanager plasma-nm
• # systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

Create /etc/systemd/network/20-wired.network :

[Match]
Name=enp8s0

[Network]
Address=192.168.16.68/24
Gateway=192.168.16.1
DNS=192.168.16.10

• pacman -S sudo
• useradd -m josh
• passwd josh
• visudo # enable wheel line
• vim /etc/group # wheel, games

• pacman -S openssh x11-ssh-askpass
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SSH_keys#Start_ssh-agent_with_systemd_user

• pacman -S which man-pages alsa-utils rsync

• pacman -S nfs-utils

server:/path /path nfs _netdev,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.mount-timeout=10,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr 0 0

• exit
• umount -R /mnt
• reboot

Install kde-gtk-config and *-gtk-theme (I used Adwaita-dark).