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true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:28 PM

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Hello I installed the system and now Iam left with nothing beside my desktop, what should I install now? Pls help

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:30 PM

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What do you want to install?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:30 PM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/General_recommendations has a lot of things you may want to set up after installing

General recommendations

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:30 PM

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Google chrome, windows defender, firewall

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Steam, discord

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:30 PM

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You don't need to do all of it, but it's good to glance through it and look into anything you want

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:30 PM

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true depot Google chrome, windows defender, firewall

you can't get windows defender on linux

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:30 PM

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true depot Google chrome, windows defender, firewall

You dont need defender

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:30 PM

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as the name implies, it is for windows

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:31 PM

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Oh ok haha

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:31 PM

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edgy crystal You dont need defender

Why

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:31 PM

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Its linux

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We dont do that here

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:31 PM

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Am I immune to viruses or smth with linux?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:31 PM

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Antivirus's aren't as necessary because you primarily get programs through your package manager

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:31 PM

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true depot Am I immune to viruses or smth with linux?

Almost

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:31 PM

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so the source of the packages tend to be more trustable

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:32 PM

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Linux essentially free of viruses

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:32 PM

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Oh so I can't install anything throw chrome?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:32 PM

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No need to

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you have pacman

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And AUR

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:33 PM

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Whats AUR?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:33 PM

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Arch user repository

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:33 PM

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Arch User Repository

heavy troutBOT Jul 30, 2023, 3:33 PM

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Arch Wiki: Arch User Repository

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:33 PM

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You may wanna learn the basics of linux tho

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:33 PM

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Yes I need to

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:34 PM

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it's essentially a large repo of user made PKGBUILDs which build packages that aren't in the offical repos for you

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:34 PM

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And what does that mean in simple words?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:34 PM

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You have almost all software on linux one command away (with an aur helper)

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:35 PM

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Oh ok good so do I just type sudo pacman discord?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:35 PM

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nah discord is on aur

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Youll have to install a helper first

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:35 PM

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I have the terminal don't I ?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:36 PM

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yes

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first

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sudo pacman -S git```

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:36 PM

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Ok got it

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:37 PM

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edgy crystal nah discord is on aur

no it isn't?

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discord is in the offical repos

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you can just install it through pacman

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:37 PM

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Yea I did

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:37 PM

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💀

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:38 PM

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But first how can I change my keyboard layout to german one. ( I have the ducky one 2 mini)

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?

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:39 PM

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you can do this multiple ways
easiest is with your DE's settings app

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i.e

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:41 PM

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For steam youll have to enable multilib btw

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:41 PM

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DE stands for desktop environment btw

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:43 PM

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Multilib?

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:43 PM

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fathom stream DE stands for desktop environment btw

Ok ty

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:43 PM

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true depot Multilib?

It's a pacman repo with 32-bit programs

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 3:43 PM

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true depot Multilib?

32bit software repository

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:43 PM

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fathom stream i.e

Where do I find this tho?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:43 PM

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like Steam and Wine

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:44 PM

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Oh yea muta did that

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So I have it enabled

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:44 PM

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true depot Where do I find this tho?

What desktop environment are you using?

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:44 PM

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This one

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Plasma

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 3:45 PM

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Open the settings app and search for keyboard layout

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:46 PM

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And whats with this warning?

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fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:47 PM

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generate your locale

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go to /etc/locale.gen
find your locale, uncomment it and then
sudo locale-gen

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:49 PM

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Permission denied

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:49 PM

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and region and language doesn't affect keyboard layout, that's a seperate setting

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:49 PM

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true depot Permission denied

well yeah
do it with sudo
sudo nano /etc/locale.gen

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:50 PM

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I already did that

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The uncommenting thing

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:51 PM

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okay cool

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save your changes and then sudo locale-gen

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:51 PM

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But its still 2 hours earlier than where Iam from ... :(

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Ok I did that but Iam assaigned to a city thats 2 hours away from where I live

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:53 PM

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timezone and locales are separate things

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edit timezones and time in time/clock settings

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:54 PM

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How do I set my time right then?

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:55 PM

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go to the time/clock settings

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true depot Jul 30, 2023, 3:57 PM

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I did that its telling me "unable to set current time"

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Oh nvm it worked ty

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Ok now how do I change my keyboard layout

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Idk which one is the right one for my keyboard can you help me pls?

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 3:59 PM

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it's in keyboard settings

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not in region and language

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:00 PM

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Wait Iam in emergency shell for some reason rn after I restarted

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@inland kelp pls help

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 4:01 PM

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well, from your emergency shell try to mount your root

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and see your grub config and fstab

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:01 PM

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Yea holy roman empire told me sum kind of code and the exit

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Smth like " .... /new_root "

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:02 PM

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true depot Yea holy roman empire told me sum kind of code and the exit

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /new_root
exit

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:03 PM

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Do I have to type this every time I turn on my pc?

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 4:03 PM

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once booted make sure to fix your fstab and grub config
else this will happen every boot

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also try to fix initrd

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:03 PM

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fathom stream once booted make sure to fix your fstab and grub config else this will happen ev...

They use systemd-boot

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 4:04 PM

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fix their systemd-boot config then
i use systemd-boot :v

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:04 PM

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I forgot the "_"

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inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:04 PM

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true depot I forgot the "_"

It has been suggested to you 4 times by different people, I think you should really consider it.

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To fix your boot loader entries

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:04 PM

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I wanted to but idk how pls help me

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My pc just froze what do I do?

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 4:05 PM

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what you usually do when that happens, wait and pray it unfroze or force shutdown

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:05 PM

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nekoLost

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 4:06 PM

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true depot I wanted to but idk how pls help me

bootctl -l and post output

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:07 PM

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Ok I forced shutdown and did the mount and exited now its loading for 1.30 min

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Pls tell me what to type in the Terminal to fix the problem

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:07 PM

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fathom stream `bootctl -l` and post output

Ok gimme a second pls

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fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 4:09 PM

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mb
it's bootctl list

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anyways, beback to you soon, i gtg

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:09 PM

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inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:09 PM

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true depot Ok gimme a second pls

Your default boot entry is /boot/loader/entries/entry.conf.

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:10 PM

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Ok so what do I do now pls?

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To fix the problem

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:11 PM

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I would delete /boot/loader/entries/entry.conf, and add initrd /intel-ucode.img after the other initrd in /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:11 PM

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Ok so step by step pls tell me what to do

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I mean what to write

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In the terminal

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:15 PM

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true depot In the terminal

echo "options root=UUID=e68611b3-7e9e-449c-8d71-070257ffd224 rw nvidia-drm.modeset=1" | /bin/sudo tee -a /boot/loader/entries/entry.conf

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:16 PM

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how do i copy paste? into the terminal?

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:16 PM

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true depot how do i copy paste? into the terminal?

In the terminal press ctrl +shift+v

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 4:16 PM

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Copy from discord and press ctrl shift v in terminal

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:17 PM

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dosent work

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 4:17 PM

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Use konsole

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:17 PM

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how?

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:17 PM

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true depot dosent work

http://ix.io/4BRR

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:18 PM

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with what should i open this link?

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:18 PM

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true depot with what should i open this link?

curl -s ix.io/4BRR

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:19 PM

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ok I typed it, is my problem fixed now?

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:19 PM

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true depot ok I typed it, is my problem fixed now?

Can you post the output from

bootctl

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:20 PM

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inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:21 PM

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true depot

look fine

sudo bootctl list

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:22 PM

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I need to reset my password first pls

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I just changed the keyboard layout and cant find the password I typed on the previous layout

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how do i reset my passowrd for root ?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 4:24 PM

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🗿

inland kelp Jul 30, 2023, 4:26 PM

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true depot I need to reset my password first pls

You can reset the root password from chroot if you have a live archiso. AFK, good luck.

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 4:26 PM

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true depot how do i reset my passowrd for root ?

Have you retried you password in case you mistyped it

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:27 PM

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oh nvm I was using the wrong slash

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Ive got the password

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 4:27 PM

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You should use konsole instead of xterm

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:27 PM

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inland kelp You can reset the root password from chroot if you have a live archiso. AFK, goo...

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true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:28 PM

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edgy crystal You should use konsole instead of xterm

I dont have it tho

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:30 PM

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You can install it with pacman

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:31 PM

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Ok

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I cant find google chrome

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how do I install it?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:35 PM

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It's only in the AUR

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:36 PM

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ok nvm downloading firefox

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btw should I download things from firefox?

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or only thru konsole?

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Which file manager should I download from these: Thunar
Nautilus
PCManFM
Ranger
Dolphin
Nemo
SpaceFM
Caja
Midnight Commander (mc)
Krusader?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:47 PM

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Dolphin is the KDE file manager

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 4:51 PM

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true depot btw should I download things from firefox?

You have a package manager to install apps

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:53 PM

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what is the package manager called?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:53 PM

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pacman lol

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:53 PM

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oh xD and can i see what all apps,... I can install?

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and how do I delete apps from my pc now?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:53 PM

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https://archlinux.org/packages/

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pacman -Rns [package] is a good way to uninstall packages

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:55 PM

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ok ty

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How do I move this thing down?

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candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:57 PM

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You can try putting it in fullscreen with F11

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:58 PM

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cant do

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 4:58 PM

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Does closing it with Ctrl + Q and reopening it work?

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 4:59 PM

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no, it opens it the same spot

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 5:07 PM

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true depot How do I move this thing down?

Try holding windows key and hold click anywhere on window and move it around

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 5:08 PM

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oh ty it solved it

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how do i enable proton btw?

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to play steam games that are only available for windows?

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 5:09 PM

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In steam, click on the button in the top left corner, go to settings, go to steam play, and enable steam play for all games

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 5:09 PM

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Settings > steam play

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 5:09 PM

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ok ty

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hmmmm do I need a firewall btw?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 5:10 PM

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Nah

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 5:10 PM

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why tho?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 5:10 PM

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You can use one

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i think its called ufw

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 5:12 PM

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is it nessary?

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or iam I protected enough by linux?

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 5:12 PM

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/chvk4n/does_linux_need_a_firewall/

edgy crystal Jul 30, 2023, 5:12 PM

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true depot is it nessary?

Its entirely your choice

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I dont know a lot about firewalls

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 5:13 PM

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ok ty

candid sapphire Jul 30, 2023, 5:24 PM

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firewalld is also a popular firewall

true depot Jul 30, 2023, 5:32 PM

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I will finish setting up everything tmrw. Iam kinda tired after 8 hours of installing this system haha

fathom stream Jul 30, 2023, 10:30 PM

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okay I'm sorry, i had to sleep, so did you guyys fix thebootlaoder issue?

true depot Jul 31, 2023, 1:46 AM

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fathom stream okay I'm sorry, i had to sleep, so did you guyys fix thebootlaoder issue?

Not really

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Holy did tell me to write sum lines and checked sum bootctl things but I keep getting knocked off in the emergency shell

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fathom stream Jul 31, 2023, 3:24 AM

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okay, sorry had to leave for an event
, go check your entry and check your fstab

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go run these commands and give me the output

cat /boot/loader/entries/entry.conf
cat /etc/fstab
findmnt /

true depot Jul 31, 2023, 3:36 AM

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nah its fine, thanks tho for the help, its solved now

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:)

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fathom stream Jul 31, 2023, 3:37 AM

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true depot nah its fine, thanks tho for the help, its solved now

well, one issue is solved, but definitely not your bootloader config issue

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let me help

true depot Jul 31, 2023, 3:39 AM

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holy roman empire accuallty helped me and now I dont get the emergency shell, ty tho for the help :)

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