Post_Install_Notes.md

Arch Linux Post Install Notes

Set Links

• Vi to Vim Link (optional and may need to be removed before installing gvim)
  • ln -sf /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi
  • Or set the EDITOR variable as below

Add New User to VISUDOERS

• Run visudo or EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim visudo
• Uncomment the following line:
  • # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
• Or this line to skip using a password (know the risks!)
  • # %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Set SSD TRIM (Optional)

• [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_state_drive]

Dot Files (Use your own)

[https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles]

Bin Files (Use your own)

[https://gitlab.com/ssharpjr/binfiles-backup]

Python Virtualenv Wrapper

sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper

Gnome Keyring

• Copy/Import or delete/recreate a new default keyring (~/.local/share/keyrings) using seahorse [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Keyring#PAM_method]

• Add auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so to the end of the auth section in /etc/pam.d/login

• Add session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start to the end of /etc/pam.d/login

Pacman/Makepkg Improvements

• Uncomment/Set MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" in /etc/makepkg.conf [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Parallel_compilation]
• Update Compression settings in /etc/makepkg.conf [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Utilizing_multiple_cores_on_compression]

Setup/Enable Firewall

• ufw or gufw

Hardware

Logitech G810 Keyboard

• Update/Replace /etc/g810-led/profile

Misc

• Restore Backups
• Restore Private Keys
• Restore /etc/hosts file (Dropbox)
• Install Printers (derp)