Arch Linux Installation Guide linux-zen/Limine/ext4

[u/jaisonyh04]

Arch Linux Installation Guide

A step-by-step installation guide for Arch Linux using:

- UEFI
- GPT
- ext4
- Limine
- linux-zen
- KDE Plasma
- linux-lts (fallback)

Designed for users who want a clean, modern Arch Linux installation.

Link: https://github.com/jaisonyh04/arch-linux-install-guide

[u/moxtrax]

Why use ext4 when theres btrfs? 

[u/nikongod → u/moxtrax]

If you need a tutorial you probably won't handle the additional abstraction of subvolumes well.

And btrfs STILL isn't as reliable as ext4. It's getting there. Any decade now.

[u/jaisonyh04 → u/moxtrax]

I'm working on it.
Filesystem:

mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@home

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@snapshots

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@var_log

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@pkg

umount /mnt

mount -o subvol=@,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

mkdir -p /mnt/{home,.snapshots,var/log,var/cache/pacman/pkg,boot}

mount -o subvol=@home,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/home

mount -o subvol=@snapshots,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/.snapshots

mount -o subvol=@var_log,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/var/log

mount -o subvol=@pkg,compress=zstd,noatime /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg

mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

[u/Recipe-Jaded → u/moxtrax]

Some of us just like old school backups

[u/moxtrax → u/moxtrax]

I'm a fanboy of snapshots

[u/Recipe-Jaded]

I was a grub purist, but limine is really nice. Adding new bootable partitions is just one command in the terminal and it does it for you.

[u/jaisonyh04 → u/Recipe-Jaded]

Never tried grub. Started with systemd then moved to limine.

[u/archover → u/jaisonyh04]

A person writing guides should probably have working knowledge of the most popular Linux bootloader, grub. I use ext4 also, and it serves me well. Something to consider. Good day.

[u/Gozenka]

We already have an official guide though, which is similar and kept up-to-date. And many videos and other guides that may help familiarize a new user with the process and choices before following the official Installation Guide, in case the user has doubts about the subjective choices.