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Post Install Guide

These are my instructions/steps to customize your setup.

Install openvpn add-on for gnome network settings

    $ sudo pacman -S networkmanager-openvpn

Aesthetic pacman output

Edit /etc/pacman.conf and append/uncomment the following lines under #Misc options

    ...
    ILoveCandy
    Color
    CheckSpace
    ParallelDownloads = 5
    ...

Note: ParallelDownloads should be uncommented only if your internet speed is good enough to handle it. It can be incremented/decremented based on your system.

Changing system shell

To set Xsh as default shell where X can be fi/z/da etc shell prefixes for fish/zsh/dash, do:

    $ chsh -s /usr/bin/Xsh

TIP: For a barely modified fish shell copy needed contents from config.fish file in this repository and add them to the end of ~/.config/fish/config.fish. If you want garuda like fish shell prompt, copy file starship.toml from config folder of this repository and paste it in ~/.config on your PC (requires starship package to be installed).

For installing zsh or any other shell (bash is preinstalled), do (replace zsh with shell name):

    $ paru -S zsh

For the changes to take effect, Logout and login once. For zsh go through the setup and select defaults to start with.

Customizing zsh shell using prezto

Get necessary packages for customizing shell

    $ paru -S prezto-git

Make sure the current working directory is the home directory using:

    $ cd ~

Edit and add the following lines to the .zpreztorc file:

    zstyle ':prezto:load' pmodule 'node' 'history' 'syntax-highlighting' 'history-substring-search' 'autosuggestions' 'utility' 'git' 'node' 'completion' 'prompt'
    zstyle ':prezto:module:prompt' theme 'pure'
    zstyle ':prezto:module:terminal' auto-title 'yes'

It is recommended to restart your PC for the changes to take effect. Please refer to prezto repository for instruction on how to change themes and customise other aspects of the shell.

Customizing bash prompt using starship

Get necessary packages for customizing prompt

    $ paru -S starship ttf-iosevka-nerd

To setup starship prompt on bash do:

    $ cd ~/
    $ nano .bashrc

Append the lines at the end of the file

    eval "$(starship init bash)"

Save and exit (Ctrl+X followed by Shift+Y and RETURN). This takes effect on subsequent terminal launches (Reboot preferred)

TIP: See more presets here.

Configure reflector

Reflector is a utility that when enabled to run periodicallty, automatically sorts the fastest mirrors by region and adds them to the pacman mirrorlist. This helps keep pacman downloads fast.

Open terminal and run

    $ sudo nano /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf

Append the following lines to the file

    --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    --country India,Pakistan,China,Hong\ Kong,Bangladesh,Singapore,
    --protocol http,https
    --latest 5
    --age 12

Save and close the file.

Enable reflector service

    $ sudo systemctl enable reflector.timer

To run reflector, do:

    $ sudo systemctl start reflector.timer

Setup specific for Dell G5 SE

There are two ways to control fans on this device, DellG5SE-Fan-Linux or nbfc-linux. Please read through the sources to check what is best for you.

To use DellG5SE-Fan-Linux

    $ paru -S dell-g5se-fanctl

And enable the sleep service:

    $ sudo systemctl enable dell-g5se-fanctl-sleep.service

To use NBFC Linux

Enable the dell-smm-hwmon module in kernel by creating the following file:

    $ sudo touch /etc/modules-load.d/dell-smm-hwmon.conf

Open the file for editing

    $ sudo nano /etc/modules-load.d/dell-smm-hwmon.conf

Append the following line in the file

    dell-smm-hwmon

Save and exit the file.

Create and edit a .conf file as follows

    $ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/dell-smm-hwmon.conf

Add the following lines in the file before saving and exiting

    # This file must be at /etc/modprobe.d/
    options dell-smm-hwmon restricted=0 ignore_dmi=1

Install nbfc-linux for fan control

    $ paru -S dmidecode nbfc-linux

Enter configs directory for nbfc-linux:

    $ cd /usr/share/nbfc/configs/

Find the config file

    $ ls | grep "Dell\ G5\ SE\ 5505.json"

If the output is like Dell G5 SE 5505.json then skip this step otherwise do:

    $ sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EncryptedCicada/arch-install-guide-Dell-G5-SE/main/config/nbfc-linux/Dell%20G5%20SE%205505.json
    $ cd ~/

Set the config and start nbfc

    $ sudo nbfc config --set "Dell G5 SE 5505"
    $ sudo nbfc start

Enable nbfc startup at boot

    $ sudo systemctl enable nbfc_service

NOTE: S3 sleep (Suspend-to-RAM) can be enabled via bios injection, see readme for more information

Enable wayland

For chromium based browsers (might be redundant in the future)

  • Open browser and enter chrome://flags in the URL
  • Change flag Preferred Ozone platform to Auto
  • If using pipewire (we are, in this guide) also change WebRTC PipeWire support to Enabled

For Firefox

    $ cd ~/.config

If the folder doesn't exist make it with

    $ cd ~/ && mkdir .config && cd .config

Check if environment.d folder exists with $ ls | grep "environment.d"

If it doesn't exists then make the directory with $ mkdir environment.d

Enter the directory

    $ cd environment.d

Check if envvars.conf exists with $ ls | grep "envvars.conf"

If it doesn't exist then make file with $ touch envvars.conf

Edit the envvars.conf file

    $ nano envvars.conf

Add the following line

    MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1

NOTE: No other display managers except GDM (for Gnome) and SDDM (for KDE Plasma) supporting Wayland sessions provide support for sourcing systemd user environment variables yet. Hence, this method can only work with Gnome or KDE Plasma.

Install ccache

    $ sudo pacman -S ccache

For extra setup read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ccache

Install adwaita style theme for qt applications

    $ sudo pacman -S adwaita-qt5 adwaita-qt6

Edit systemd user environment variables config

    $ nano ~/.config/environment.d/envvars.conf

Append the following lines to the file

    QT_SELECT=6
    QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
    QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/qt/plugins
    QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct

TIP: Reference envvars.conf file is located here

Setup plymouth

Install necessary packages

    $ paru -S plymouth

Append plymouth to the HOOKS in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf after base and systemd for it to function

    $ sudo nano /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

The resulting line should look like

    HOOKS=(base systemd plymouth ...)

The Kernel Command line must have the following parameters (already set during installing the bootloader in Install Guide):

    quiet splash vt.global_cursor_default=0

Install extra plymouth themes from AUR, for example

    $ paru -S plymouth-theme-sweet-arch-git

See all installed themes with

    $ plymouth-set-default-theme -l

Change the default theme(spinner) with something else by editing the plymouthd.conf located in /etc/plymouth/ to your theme listed by the previous command

    $ sudo nano /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf

Example setup can be like:

    [Daemon]
    Theme=sweet-arch
    ShowDelay=0
    DeviceTimeout=8

Initrd must be regenerated after changing the theme for it to take affect with the following command (change sweet-arch to the theme you're setting)

    $ sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R sweet-arch

NOTE: On systems that boot quickly, you may only see a flicker of your splash theme before your DM or login prompt is ready. You can set ShowDelay to an interval (in seconds) longer than your boot time to prevent this.

Customize grub

Download catpuccin theme for grub (you can search for other themes on google and follow those steps)

    $ cd ~/Downloads && git clone https://github.com/catppuccin/grub.git && cd grub
    $ sudo cp -r src/* /usr/share/grub/themes/

Uncomment and edit GRUB_THEMEoption in /etc/default/grub like

    $ sudo nano /etc/default/grub

And change the line to:

    GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/catppuccin-mocha-grub-theme/theme.txt"

Update grub

    $ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Keychron keyboards setup

For Fn row fix

Create and edit hid_apple.conf in /etc/modprobe.d

    $ sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf
    $ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf

Add the following lines to the file

    options hid_apple fnmode=2

Regenerate initramfs

    $ sudo mkinitcpio -P

For enabling bluetooth fast connect

Uncomment and set line FastConnectable in /etc/bluetooth/main.conf to true

    $ sudo nano /etc/bluetooth/main.conf

The line should look like:

    FastConnectable = true

Reboot for the changes to take effect

Adding entensions to Gnome

  • Install the extension-manager app to manage extensions:

      $ paru -S extension-manager

  • Alternatively you can install the following package:

      $ paru -S chrome-gnome-shell

    Subsequently add the extension to chrome/chromium based browsers from here, then go to extentions.gnome.org to add extentions to gnome

My curated extensions:

  1. Blur My Shell
  2. Just Perfection
  3. Caffeine
  4. Vitals
  5. GSConnect
  6. Gamemode

TIP: Visit github pages of respective extensions to know more

Install flatpaks for some applications

Search for each package in the gnome software app and install from there.

Some useful application:

  • Clapper
  • Fragments
  • Login Manager Settings