ArchLinux Third Install Logs

Convention

verionning: X.X.X (major, minor, patch or fix) | BookMark -> Case[scope]: Desc
scopes:

@apps
@shell
@kernel
@boot
@misc
@graphic
@gaming

cases:

Feat : adding something
Fix : fixing somthing
ReImpl: refactoring somthing
Patch: adding to a feature
Revert: rollaback to older version

bookmarks:

Experimental
Stable
Unstable

0.0.0 | Stable - Core Arch DX

Post Installed & Configured Arch Linux, Barbone Desktop Experience

Setup – Drive Repartition

Drive	Label	Size	Mount-point	Subvol	Filesystem	Purpose
nvme0n1p1		2Gb	/boot		vfat	boot partition
nvme0n1p2		5Gb	/.recover	@recovery	btrfs	recovery system
nvme0n1p3		10Gb	swap		swap	swap partition
nvme0n1p4	Root	70Gb	/	@	btrfs	root volume
nvme0n1p4	Root		/var/log	@log	btrfs	log sub volume
nvme0n1p4	Root		/var/lib/pacman/pkg	@pkg	btrfs	pkg vol
nvme0n1p4	Root		/.snapshots	@snapshots	btrfs	root volume
nvme0n1p5	Home	100Gb	/home	@home	btrfs	user data
nvme0n1p6	AtlasOs	100Gb	/atlas	@atlas	btrfs	future WinApps

Commands:
set P "discard=async,compress=zstd,ssd,relatime"
mount -o "${P},subvol=<subvol>" /dev/<drive> /mnt/<mount-point> --mkdir
mount -o  /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/book --mkdir
NOTE: For an obscure reason, /etc/fstab didn’t transfer correctly. Had to manually write/rewrite it.

Setup - Pactrap

Base pkg installed thought Pactrap

Commands:

pactrap -K /mnt base linux-zen linux-zen-headers linux-firmware

Setup - Base Os

Commands:

Pactrap base pkg overide to avoid future, colision on update

pacman -S base linux-zen linux-zen-headers linux-firmware --overwrite="*"

Base desktop experience

pacman -S hyprland fish kitty \ # dx
          sudo bash wget curl \ # utils
          code zed nvim nano  \ # editors
          libreoffice-fresh   \ # doc manager
          iwd networkmanager  \ # network
          less thunar wofi    \ # pager,file,app managers
          grub btrfs-progs    \ # bootloader,filesys
          hyprsunset brightnessctl
systemctl enable NetworkManager

Setup - ZSWAP

Edited /etc/default/grub, Added:

zswap.enabled=1
zswap.shrinker_enabled=1
zswap.compressor=lz4
zswap.max_pool_percent=30
zswap.zpool=zsmalloc`

To GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

Setup – Utilities / Apps (Post Install)

Commands:
sudo pacman -S unzip gzip xz zip fastfetch man hyprpolkitagent network-manager-applet xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland cava qbittorrent yazi keepassxc
systemctl enable --now hyprpolkitagent
Notes:

unzip → extract .zip archives

gzip → compress/decompress .gz files

xz → compress/decompress .xz files

zip → create .zip archives

fastfetch → lightweight system info tool for the terminal

man → manual pages for command-line utilities

hyprpolkitagent → PolicyKit agent for Hyprland (authentication dialogs)

network-manager-applet → GUI for NetworkManager to manage connections

xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland → portal backend for Flatpak apps under Hyprland

cava → terminal-based audio visualizer

qbittorrent → torrent client

yazi → lightweight music player

keepassxc → password manager

Setup – Git (Post Install)

Commands:

Config: Barbone config

sudo pacman -S git
git config --global user.name "..."
git config --global user.email "..."
git config --global core.editor "..."

SSH: Auth to git using ssh

systemctl --user enable ssh-agent
systemctl --user start ssh-agent
ssh-keygen -b ... -t rsa -C ...
ssh-agent -s  #! In fish `eval (ssh-agent -c)`
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa  # And set on GitHub
ssh -T git@github.com  # log in GitHub

Setup - USB / Removable Drive (Post Install)

Commands:
sudo pacman -S udisks2 ntfs-3g udiskie
Note: Udiskie takes care of auto mount of usb, dunno why I need it now, I’ve never had to use it the previous install

Setup - Thunar (Post Install)

Commands:
sudo pacman -S gvfs thunar-volman
Note:

gvfs : trash management

thunar-volman : removable media behavior tunning (eg auto mount removable drive, exec cmd on event eg mouse detected)

Setup – Sound (Post Install)

Commands:
sudo pacman -S pavucontrol pipewire wireplumber pipewire-jack pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-audio
reboot
Notes:

pavucontrol → GUI to manage audio levels and devices

pipewire → modern audio/video server (replacement for PulseAudio and JACK)

wireplumber → session manager for PipeWire, handles device routing

pipewire-jack → JACK API compatibility for pro audio apps

pipewire-pulse → PulseAudio replacement to allow legacy apps to work

pipewire-alsa → ALSA backend for PipeWire

pipewire-audio → core audio support for PipeWire

Setup – Fisher / Fish Plugin Manager (Post Install)

Installed through fisher:

tide.fish
fzf.fish
Dependencies:
```
sudo pacman -S fzf fd bat
```
autopair.fish
fish-ai.fish
Configuration file: ~/.config/fish-ai.ini
Dependencies and service setup:
```
sudo pacman -S ollama
systemctl enable --now ollama
```
fish_logo

Setup – Proto / Language Manager (Post Install)

Installed through Proto:

Package	Built-in	Plugin	Description
bun	✅		JavaScript runtime, like Node but faster
deno	✅		Secure runtime for JS and TS
node	✅		Node.js runtime
npm	✅		Node package manager
pnpm	✅		Fast Node package manager
python	✅		Python interpreter
uv	✅		Low-level libuv utilities
rust	✅		Rust programming language
zig		✅	Zig language compiler
act		✅	GitHub Actions runner
moon	✅		Build system / task runner
jq		✅	Command-line JSON processor
go	✅		Go programming language
yarn	✅		Node package manager alternative

Commands:

proto install <pkg-name>

Setup – Extra Utilities

Commands:
sudo pacman -S unrar btop htop
Notes:

unrar → extract .rar archives

btop → resource monitor with CPU, memory, disk, network visualizations

htop → interactive process viewer for the terminal

0.1.0 | Stable -> Feat[@shell]: Fonts Support

Most/All Fonts Availables on Arch

Commands:

 sudo pacman -S  nerd-fonts \
        adobe-source-code-pro-fonts \
        adobe-source-sans-fonts \
        adobe-source-serif-fonts \
        cantarell-fonts \
        terminus-font \
        ttf-bitstream-vera \
        ttf-dejavu \
        ttf-droid \
        ttf-fira-code \
        ttf-fira-mono \
        ttf-fira-sans \
        ttf-font-awesome \
        ttf-inconsolata \
        ttf-liberation \
        ttf-linux-libertine \
        ttf-roboto \
        ttf-ubuntu-font-family \
        ttf-hack \
        ttf-jetbrains-mono \
        ttf-anonymous-pro \
        ttf-carlito \
        ttf-caladea \
        ttf-freefont \
        ttf-ibm-plex \
        ttf-iosevka-nerd \
        ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols \
        gnu-free-fonts \
        opendesktop-fonts \
        terminus-font \
        xorg-fonts-type1

0.2.0 | Stable -> Feat[@shell]: Yay Setup

Yay Aur Pkg Manager Set up

Commands:

Installation Process

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git
cd yay-bin
makepkg -si

Sync with db

yay -Y --gendb
yay -Syu --devel
yay -Y --devel --save

0.3.0 | Unstable - Feat[@shell] Snapper Setup

Setup – Basic Snapshots Support

Commands:

Installation Process
sudo pacman -S snapper
Notes:

snapper → create, compare, revert between btrfs snapshots

Snapshots setup

Note: since i’ve already had a .snapshot folder had to rm it

Fix Command
sudo unmount /.snapshots
sudo rm -rf /.snapshots
Normal command
sudo snapper -c root create-config /
Rest of fix
sudo rm -rf /.snapshots
sudo mount -o subvol=@snapshots /dev/nvme0n1p4 /.snapshots --mkdir

Unstability Reason

Non configured, auto-snapshot limit. From seconde install, This was a real problem,
As snapper keep reference, suppressed files & uncompressed version of files after,
btrfs filesystem defragment and btrfs filesystem balance

0.3.1 | Stable - Fix[@shell]: Locale error with `"C"` (missing UTF-8)

Fixed minor error with system fonts

Commands:

sudo localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
 
set -U LANG en_US.UTF-8
set -U LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8

0.4.0 | Stable -> Feat[@shell] Quickshell Barbone support

Commands:

Installation Process
yay -S quickshell
sudo pacman -S qt6-tools

0.5.0 | Stable -> Feat[@apps]: Installed Android Studio

Basic Android studio setup

Commands:

# Download the Android SDK.tar & Extract it
 
cd android-studio &&
chmod +x ./bin/studio.sh
 
set -Ux ANDROID_HOME /home/cat/Android/Sdk/ #check the path match
./bin/studio.sh

0.5.1 | Stable -> Fix[@shell]: Fix Missused Universal vars

Commands:

set -Ux PAGER less
set -Ux EDITOR nvim
set -Ux LANG en_US.UTF-8
set -Ux LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8

1.0.0 | Stable -> Fix[@graphics]: Intel Graphics

Intel GPU Driver & Wayland Environment Setup

Description:

Configures Intel GPU acceleration (Mesa, Vulkan, VA-API), Wayland display system, and desktop utilities for Hyprland environment.

Observation:

My PC fly like a rocket, Android Studio, VM, Heavy Game, It doesn’t flinch anymore, I have to stick my head to the fan ouput to be able to hear it, even at night

Setup — Drivers & Utils

Commands:

sudo pacman -S --needed \
    mesa \
    vulkan-intel \
    libva-intel-driver \
    intel-media-driver \
    vulkan-tools \
    libvdpau-va-gl \
    intel-gpu-tools \
    mesa-utils \
    libva-utils \
    linux-firmware # Required for newer Intel GPUs (e.g. Skylake)

Note:

Package	Description
mesa	Core OpenGL and Vulkan implementation for hardware-accelerated rendering.
vulkan-intel	Intel Vulkan driver for modern GPU rendering and 3D applications.
libva-intel-driver	Legacy VA-API driver for hardware-accelerated video decoding (older Intel GPUs).
intel-media-driver	Modern VA-API driver for Broadwell and newer Intel GPUs.
vulkan-tools	Utilities like `vulkaninfo` to inspect Vulkan device support and features.
libvdpau-va-gl	Compatibility layer translating VDPAU calls into VA-API for legacy applications.
intel-gpu-tools	Debugging tools for Intel GPUs (e.g. `intel_gpu_top`).
mesa-utils	OpenGL utilities like `glxinfo` and `glxgears` for testing 3D acceleration.
libva-utils	VA-API debugging tools such as `vainfo` and related utilities.
linux-firmware	Essential firmware blobs required for modern Intel GPU and hardware support.

Setup — Wayland

Commands:

sudo pacman -S --needed \
    wayland \
    wayland-protocols \
    xorg-xwayland

Note:

Package	Description
wayland	Core Wayland display protocol libraries and utilities used by compositors and clients.
wayland-protocols	Official collection of Wayland protocol extensions (e.g., screen capture, idle inhibit, layer-shell).
xorg-xwayland	Compatibility layer providing an embedded X11 server inside Wayland, allowing legacy X11 applications to run under Wayland compositors (e.g., Hyprland

Setup — Desktop Shell

Commands:
sudo pacman -S --needed \
    gtk3 gtk4 \
    qt5-wayland qt6-wayland
Note:

Package Description
gtk3 GTK 3 toolkit for building graphical applications (used by many Linux apps).
gtk4 GTK 4 toolkit, latest version with Wayland support and improved rendering.
qt5-wayland Qt 5 platform plugin for Wayland, enabling Qt5 applications to run natively on Wayland.
qt6-wayland Qt 6 platform plugin for Wayland, enabling Qt6 applications to run natively on Wayland.

Package	Description
gtk3	GTK 3 toolkit for building graphical applications (used by many Linux apps).
gtk4	GTK 4 toolkit, latest version with Wayland support and improved rendering.
qt5-wayland	Qt 5 platform plugin for Wayland, enabling Qt5 applications to run natively on Wayland.
qt6-wayland	Qt 6 platform plugin for Wayland, enabling Qt6 applications to run natively on Wayland.

Setup — Desktop Utils

Commands:
sudo pacman -S --needed \
    xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland \
    xdg-desktop-portal \
    xdg-utils \
    wl-clipboard \
    grim slurp \
    waybar \
    swaync
 
yay -S ironbar
Note:

Package Description
xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland Implementation of XDG portal interfaces for Hyprland, enabling screenshots, file pickers, and other portal features.
xdg-desktop-portal Generic XDG desktop portal service for sandboxed applications (Flatpak, Snap) to interact with the desktop.
xdg-utils Command-line utilities for desktop integration (open URLs, mime-types, default apps).
wl-clipboard Clipboard utilities for Wayland (copy/paste between apps).
grim Wayland screenshot utility.
slurp Tool to select a screen region under Wayland (often used with grim).
waybar Highly configurable status bar for Wayland compositors like Hyprland.
swaync Notification daemon for Wayland (similar to dunst on X11).
ironbar (AUR) Custom Hyprland bar available via AUR (yay) for additional status/info display.

Package	Description
xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland	Implementation of XDG portal interfaces for Hyprland, enabling screenshots, file pickers, and other portal features.
xdg-desktop-portal	Generic XDG desktop portal service for sandboxed applications (Flatpak, Snap) to interact with the desktop.
xdg-utils	Command-line utilities for desktop integration (open URLs, mime-types, default apps).
wl-clipboard	Clipboard utilities for Wayland (copy/paste between apps).
grim	Wayland screenshot utility.
slurp	Tool to select a screen region under Wayland (often used with `grim`).
waybar	Highly configurable status bar for Wayland compositors like Hyprland.
swaync	Notification daemon for Wayland (similar to `dunst` on X11).
ironbar (AUR)	Custom Hyprland bar available via AUR (`yay`) for additional status/info display.

Implementation Reference

Graphics on Linux operate across several layers: kernel, drivers, libraries, and display/compositor.

Kernel level: i915 (Intel GPU kernel module; alternatives include xe, etc.)
Handles direct communication with the GPU, mode setting (KMS), and low-level hardware management.
Driver / microcode layer: e.g., intel-ucode
Provides CPU/microcode updates necessary for stable GPU operation, enabling the kernel module to talk to the hardware safely.
Libraries / APIs: e.g., OpenGL (Mesa), Vulkan (vulkan-intel)
Provide user-space interfaces for complex GPU operations, including 3D rendering and general GPU computation.
Display server / compositor: e.g., xorg-server, xorg-xwayland
Provides windowing, input/output, and graphical context, connecting applications to the underlying GPU APIs.

Hardware acceleration: Offloading work from the CPU to specialized hardware.
This includes:

GPU rendering (aka GPU acceleration)

Video decode/encode engines (Intel QuickSync, AMD VCE/VCN, NVIDIA NVDEC/NVENC)

Audio DSPs (less common)

Cryptographic accelerators (AES-NI, etc.)

Example in your context:

mesa + vulkan-intel → GPU acceleration (3D/OpenGL/Vulkan rendering)
libva-intel-driver / intel-media-driver → Hardware acceleration for video decoding (may use GPU video engine without touching shaders)

In practice, “Intel GPU hardware acceleration” usually refers to both graphics (3D) and video decoding offloaded to the GPU.

Checkup — Validation

Commands:

# Monitor Intel GPU activity
sudo intel_gpu_top
# (Video engine usage > 0% when playing video)
 
# Confirm GPU driver
lspci -k | grep -A3 -E "VGA|3D"
 
# Check VA-API / video acceleration
vainfo
 
# Renderer info (OpenGL)
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
 
# Renderer info (Vulkan)
vulkaninfo | grep "deviceName"
 
# Confirm Wayland session
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

1.1.0 | Stable → Feat[@apps]: Semi Windows Apps Support (Wine)

Description:

Adds support for running semi-native Windows applications using Wine and related utilities.

Setup — Wine Environment

Commands:
sudo pacman -Syu wine wine-gecko wine-mono winetricks zenity
Note: Ensure the multilib repository is enabled in /etc/pacman.conf
by uncommenting the [multilib] section and its Include line.

1.2.0 | Stable → Feat[@apps]: XAMPP PHP Dev Server

Description:

Adds support for local PHP and Apache development through XAMPP,
along with native PHP and Composer for flexibility.

Setup — PHP Stack

Commands:

yay -S xampp
sudo pacman -S php composer

1.3.0 | Stable → Feat[@shell]: Speech Synthesis via Piper

Description:

Implements speech synthesis using Piper TTS integrated with
the Speech Dispatcher system.

Setup — Speech Dispatcher

Commands:

sudo pacman -S speech-dispatcher
spd-conf

Setup — Piper & Voices

Commands:
yay -S piper-tts-bin piper-voices-en-us
Then configure Speech Dispatcher to use Piper:

Add the following line to
~/.config/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf:
AddModule "piper-tts-generic" "sd_generic" "piper-tts-generic.conf"
And set:
DefaultModule "piper-tts-generic"

1.3.1 | Stable → Patch[@apps]: Wine Optimizations & Dependencies

Description:

Improves Wine app compatibility by installing essential
runtime components and DirectX libraries via Winetricks.

Setup — Winetricks Essentials

Commands:

winetricks -q corefonts vcrun2019 dxvk d3dcompiler_47 d3dx9 d3dx10 d3dx11_43 dotnet48

Breakdown:

Package	Purpose
corefonts	Adds Microsoft core fonts for UI and text rendering
vcrun2019	Installs Visual C++ runtime dependencies (modern apps)
dxvk	Enables Vulkan-based DirectX translation for faster rendering
d3dcompiler_47, d3dx9/10/11_43	Provides Direct3D shader & API compatibility
dotnet48	Required for modern .NET-based Windows applications

Setup — Wine Registry Optimization

Purpose:
Improve rendering and performance for Vulkan-based setups.

Create a file named perf.reg with:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"renderer"="vulkan"
"VideoMemorySize"="4096"
"csmt"="enabled"
"OffscreenRenderingMode"="fbo"
"UseGLSL"="enabled"


2. Apply configuration:

   ```fish
   wine regedit perf.reg
   ```

**Explanation:**

| Key                          | Description                                                |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `renderer=vulkan`            | Forces Vulkan backend for better GPU performance           |
| `VideoMemorySize=4096`       | Allocates 4 GB VRAM to Wine’s Direct3D layer               |
| `csmt=enabled`               | Enables multithreaded command stream for faster draw calls |
| `OffscreenRenderingMode=fbo` | Uses Framebuffer Objects for smoother offscreen rendering  |
| `UseGLSL=enabled`            | Enables OpenGL shader support for modern effects           |

---

## 1.3.2 | Stable → Patch[@shell]: SpaceTimeDB Setup

> **Description:**
>
> Adds SpaceTimeDB client for distributed application state or time-based data management.
>
> **Commands:**
>
> ```fish
> curl -sSf https://install.spacetimedb.com | sh
> fish_add_path /home/cat/.local/bin/
> ```

---

## 1.3.3 | Stable → Patch[@shell]: Ollama Vulkan Backend Extension

> **Description:**
>
> Adds Vulkan backend support for Ollama’s local LLM inference,
> improving inference speed and efficiency.

> **Observation:**
>
> Thanks to the existing Intel Vulkan configuration,
> an average **+20% inference speed** was observed:
>
> - **1–2B models:** from instant → *fast output*
> - **2–8B models:** from fast → *mid output*
>
> **Commands:**
>
> ```fish
> sudo pacman -S ollama-vulkan fortunecraft llm-manager
> ```

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ArchLinux Third Install Logs

Convention

0.0.0 | Stable - Core Arch DX

Setup – Drive Repartition

Setup - Pactrap

Setup - Base Os

Setup - ZSWAP

Setup – Utilities / Apps (Post Install)

Setup – Git (Post Install)

Setup - USB / Removable Drive (Post Install)

Setup - Thunar (Post Install)

Setup – Sound (Post Install)

Setup – Fisher / Fish Plugin Manager (Post Install)

Setup – Proto / Language Manager (Post Install)

Setup – Extra Utilities

0.1.0 | Stable -> Feat[@shell]: Fonts Support

0.2.0 | Stable -> Feat[@shell]: Yay Setup

0.3.0 | Unstable - Feat[@shell] Snapper Setup

Setup – Basic Snapshots Support

Unstability Reason

0.3.1 | Stable - Fix[@shell]: Locale error with "C" (missing UTF-8)

0.4.0 | Stable -> Feat[@shell] Quickshell Barbone support

0.5.0 | Stable -> Feat[@apps]: Installed Android Studio

0.5.1 | Stable -> Fix[@shell]: Fix Missused Universal vars

1.0.0 | Stable -> Fix[@graphics]: Intel Graphics

Setup — Drivers & Utils

Setup — Wayland

Setup — Desktop Shell

Setup — Desktop Utils

Implementation Reference

Checkup — Validation

1.1.0 | Stable → Feat[@apps]: Semi Windows Apps Support (Wine)

Setup — Wine Environment

1.2.0 | Stable → Feat[@apps]: XAMPP PHP Dev Server

Setup — PHP Stack

1.3.0 | Stable → Feat[@shell]: Speech Synthesis via Piper

Setup — Speech Dispatcher

Setup — Piper & Voices

1.3.1 | Stable → Patch[@apps]: Wine Optimizations & Dependencies

Setup — Winetricks Essentials

Breakdown:

Setup — Wine Registry Optimization

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0.3.1 | Stable - Fix[@shell]: Locale error with `"C"` (missing UTF-8)