haki / Arch

This guide provides a comprehensive setup process for Arch Linux on the Ideapad Gaming 3 (15IMH05), focusing on Intel and Nvidia graphics with Gnome desktop. It includes essential drivers, development tools, and multimedia applications.

System Preparation

Uncomment color and parallel downloads, and enable x86 repo in pacman.conf

sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf

# Misc options
Color
ParallelDownloads = 5

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Update system

sudo pacman -Syu

Reviewing ZRAM Settings

sudo nano /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf

[zram0]
zram-size = ram / 2
compression-algorithm = lz4

Setting the Swappiness Value

sudo nano /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf

vm.swappiness=10

sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf

Install Base Development Tools and Git

sudo pacman -S git base-devel

Install Gnome Terminal

sudo pacman -S gnome-terminal

Install Intel Microcode

sudo pacman -S intel-ucode

Install default video driver

sudo pacman -S mesa
sudo pacman -S --needed lib32-mesa vulkan-intel lib32-vulkan-intel vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader

Install Nvidia driver

sudo pacman -S --needed nvidia-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-settings vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader

Install Xorg packages

sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit

Install UFW

sudo pacman -S ufw

sudo systemctl enable ufw

sudo systemctl start ufw

Enable daily TRIM for SSD

sudo systemctl enable fstrim.timer

Install yay aur helper

cd /tmp

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git

cd /tmp/yay

makepkg -si

cd ~/

Incase file:// uris dont open in gnome nautilus

xdg-mime default org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop inode/directory

Install snapd

cd /tmp

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git

cd /tmp/snapd

makepkg -si

sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

cd ~/

Install Flatpak

sudo pacman -S flatpak

Install VLC

sudo pacman -S vlc

Install Steam

sudo pacman -S steam

Install papirus icon theme

sudo pacman -S papirus-icon-theme

Install tlp

sudo pacman -S tlp tlp-rdw

sudo systemctl enable tlp.service

sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager-dispatcher.service

sudo systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service systemd-rfkill.socket

Install unzip

sudo pacman -S unzip

Install .Net SDK

sudo pacman -S dotnet-sdk

Install mono

sudo pacman -S mono

Install touchegg

sudo pacman -S touchegg

sudo systemctl enable touchegg.service

sudo systemctl start touchegg

Install Unity Hub

yay -S unityhub

Install Visual Studio Code

yay -S visual-studio-code-bin

Install JDK 17

sudo pacman -S jre17-openjdk jdk17-openjdk

Install Android Studio

yay -S android-studio

Install Rider

yay -S rider

Install Pycharm

yay -S pycharm-professional

Install Timeshift

yay -S timeshift 

Install Basic Fonts

sudo pacman -S ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation noto-fonts

yay -S ttf-ms-win11-auto ttf-adobe-source-fonts

Install GStreamer

sudo pacman -S gstreamer

Install Touche

flatpak install -y flathub com.github.joseexposito.touche

Install Thunderbird

flatpak install -y flathub org.mozilla.Thunderbird

Install Obisidian

flatpak install -y flathub md.obsidian.Obsidian

Install Telegram

flatpak install -y flathub org.telegram.desktop

Install Libreoffice

flatpak install -y flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice 

Install Remmina

flatpak install -y flathub org.remmina.Remmina

Install Easyeffects

flatpak install -y flathub com.github.wwmm.easyeffects

Install Gimp

flatpak install -y flathub org.gimp.GIMP

Install Discord

flatpak install -y flathub com.discordapp.Discord

Install Kdenlive

flatpak install -y flathub org.kde.kdenlive

Install Upscayl

flatpak install -y flathub org.upscayl.Upscayl

Install Spotify

flatpak install -y flathub com.spotify.Client

Install Proton GE

flatpak install -y flathub net.davidotek.pupgui2
flatpak install -y com.valvesoftware.Steam.CompatibilityTool.Proton-GE

Heroic Games Launcher

flatpak install -y flathub com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl

Lutris

flatpak install -y flathub net.lutris.Lutris

Install Postman

sudo snap install postman

Install Flutter

sudo snap install flutter --classic

Install Blender

sudo snap install blender --classic

Install KVM

sudo pacman -S qemu-full virt-manager virt-viewer dnsmasq bridge-utils libguestfs ebtables vde2 openbsd-netcat

sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service

sudo systemctl start libvirtd.service

usermod -aG libvirt $USER

sudo systemctl restart libvirtd.service

Install Docker desktop

yay -S docker-desktop

sudo systemctl --user disable docker-desktop

Install Anydesk

yay -S anydesk-bin

Install Github Desktop

yay -S github-desktop-bin

Install Google Chrome

yay -S google-chrome

Install Printer

sudo pacman -Syu cups cups-browsed cups-filters cups-pdf system-config-printer --needed

sudo pacman -Syu ghostscript gsfonts foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db foomatic-db-ppds foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-db-nonfree-ppds gutenprint foomatic-db-gutenprint-ppds --needed

sudo pacman -Syu print-manager --needed

sudo systemctl enable --now cups.socket

sudo systemctl enable --now cups.service

Network Printer

sudo pacman -S nss-mdns

sudo pacman -Syu avahi --needed

sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon

sed -i 's/hosts: mymachines /hosts: mymachines mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] /' /etc/nsswitch.conf

sudo systemctl restart avahi-daemon NetworkManager

sudo systemctl enable --now cups-browsed.service

Bash Completion

sudo pacman -S bash-completion

Gnome Browser Connector

sudo pacman -S gnome-browser-connector

Bluetooth module

sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth.service

Python pip

sudo pacman -S python-pip

Python pipx

sudo pacman -S python-pipx

Easy Effect Presets

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JackHack96/PulseEffects-Presets/master/install.sh)"

Gogh

bash -c "$(wget -qO- https://git.io/vQgMr)"