• 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/America/Detroit /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 –efi-directory=/efi –bootloader-id=GRUB
• vim /etc/default/grub
  • Add cryptdevice=UUID=<UUID>:<crypt_root>
  • Reference 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 kscreen
• systemctl enable sddm.service

• pacman -S alsa-utils pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa kmix

• pacman -S dhcpcd
• systemctl enable dhcpcd.service

• pacman -S iwd 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

• pacman -S cups print-manager system-config-printer
• systemctl enable cups.service

• pacman -S which man-pages rsync kwalletmanager base-devel less

• pacman -S kde-gtk-config awd-gtk-theme

• 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

• systemctl –user enable ssh-agent.service
• Put in profile:
  • export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=“$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent.socket”
• Reference https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SSH_keys#Start_ssh-agent_with_systemd_user