#linux installation

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ember crater
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sudo pacman -Syu

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you may want to install a aur helper to make installing aur packages easier

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yes

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installed Syu

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installed syu?

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pacman -Syu

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sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel

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says its up to date

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cd paru or cd yay

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makepkg -si

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cd paru or cd yay <---- this as one line?

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first pick ether yay or paru

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do I git clone both?

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I did paru

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alr did cd paru

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now makepkg -si?

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yes

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1 or 2?

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default

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What will happen once its finished

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you can now easily install aur packages now

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287/288

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compiling the last thing

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finished

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now you can remove that folder

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folder?

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can you name some pkgs you used on other os's

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the paru folder

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will it remove just by closing it

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or is there a faster way

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cd

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rm -rf paru

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without the cd?

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nvm

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did it

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hostname then change it to whatever you want, then reboot

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I just input hostname?

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yes

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in the terminal?

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command not found

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sudo hostname new-server-name-here

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not found

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sudo nano /etc/hostname

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then change archlinux to a diff hostname

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yes

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saved it

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and did ctrl x

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then reboot

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alr

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rebooted

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open the terminal now

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yup

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can you name some pkgs you used on other os's

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wait what are pkgs?

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packages

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ie apps

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oh apps

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my b learning new terms to be expected

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Figma

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Photoshop

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figma balls

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lmao

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Wait I didn't think about that

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Works perfectly

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paru -S figma-linux-bin

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killer

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tsu

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are you good at ricing

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yes

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this is in gnome but idk is this possible in kde

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I will have to do this today in a few hours

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as of now I need sleep

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2am

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il add you

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ok

ember crater
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at the start

ember crater
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@ember crater what wm?

ember crater
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I wanted to setup something like this

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Basically a shortcut to type in quick applications

ember crater
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Is it hard to setup?

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I might do it later but I def want to setup a nice theme

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no, it's just recommended for wm users

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To install ProtonVPN is it paru -S ProtonVPN-linux-bin ?

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paru -S protonvpn

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For Fgima why was it linux-bin

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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killer

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I forgot are you on KDE as well?

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no

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@ember crater

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I am so clueless on how ricing works

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is it easy to do on KDE Plasma?

ember crater
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yes

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@ember crater

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Whenever you want to change to a diff theme is there a one way command to restore everything or just manually

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I def want to change the bar to be in the middle

ember crater
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but I did git clone the first one you sent

ember crater
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@ember crater mv gtk .themes

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Alr

ember crater
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cd .themes

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mv gtk ~/.local/share/themes/

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moves it to themes

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@ember crater now set the theme

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I inputed mv gkt .themes in terminal

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now I write cd .themes

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and mv gtk ~/.local/share/themes/

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Now, copy the extracted “Global Theme” folder to ~/.local/share/plasma/look-and-feel.

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then copy the extracted “Plasma Theme” folder to ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme.

ember crater
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Now, just go to Settings > Appearance > Application Style > Get New GNOME/GTK Application Styles

ember crater
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@ember crater the one in downloads or .themes

ember crater
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Wait so this is what I opened let me take a screenshot

ember crater
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clicked configure

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then get new

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THere is a windows 95 theme damn

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these themes that I am looking at if I click install. Everything together will be set right

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in just one click

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oh wait nvm

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I clicked on install Dracula

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@ember crater Nothing changed

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ember crater
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@ember crater you need to reboot after that

ember crater
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@ember crater How should I correctly update my arch linux so no breakage happens and how often should I do it. is it pacman -Syu or just paru?

lofty fable
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How often you update is up to you. The system I'm on now, I haven't updated in some time. Some people update weekly, some daily, some monthly. Often, if I find a configuration that I like with no issues, I'll hold off on updating.

ember crater
ember crater
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I need to set up the latte dock on here

ember crater
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I thought it was naturally already added on kde

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Ah wait nevermind did sudo pacman -S latte-dock

ember crater
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Update: learned how to rice made a very minimal clean theme

ember crater
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@lofty fable wait so what happens if my usb is unplugged while linux is running. It will corrupt everything?

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Or do I shutdown and plug it back in

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To fix it

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So, generally avoid it.

ember crater
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Is it also good to shut it down daily?

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If I close it and then open it back up it boots quick

lofty fable
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If it does happen on accident, shut down immediately, and then reinsert and reboot.

lofty fable
ember crater
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And if I wanted to use Linux on a diff computer I need to f2 to disable the security thing?

lofty fable
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Correct. Well, mostly. On different computers (different motherboards) it'll be a different key.

ember crater
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So idk if I should keep doing that

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Or continue

lofty fable
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If that's what you feel, I'd say continue if you like.

ember crater
lofty fable
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The thing I'd mostly recommend against is leaving the machine off for a long time, especially with temp changes. It's best to boot sometimes, get parts moving.

ember crater
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The smaller usb what is it useful for now?

lofty fable
lofty fable
ember crater
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Currently I am running kde plasma

ember crater
lofty fable
lofty fable
ember crater
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Do you update arch daily?

lofty fable
# ember crater Do you update arch daily?

Not at all. I did update daily years ago, but I ended up getting a bad update for my system that wound up leading to a reinstall (I didn't have any backups either). Since then, I update when I feel. Sometimes I hardly update at all. If I wait a long, long time to update, I make sure to make a complete copy of my system in case something goes wrong.

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I think a weekly or bi-weekly update schedule is probably good.

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You can also update specific software rather than the whole system, if there's some specific thing you need updated.

ember crater
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How do you make a backup

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On arch

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I def need to do one

ember crater
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I did one today for the first time

lofty fable
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For instance, to keep things smaller, you can compress your backup.

ember crater
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Interesting

lofty fable
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Oh, @ember crater, another thing you can do with the smaller pendrive is troubleshoot if your system stops working. This applies to any (Linux) system. Like, if you can't boot into your system for whatever reason, you can still access the files on that system using the smaller pendrive.

ember crater
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Have both plugged in at the same time?

lofty fable
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Correct. This is if you can't access your system after some updates or alterations.

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You can even gain a backup this way if you can't figure out how to actually fix the system, at least you can still get your files and reinstall.

ember crater
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@lofty fable

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???

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THis popped up

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how do I have only 196 left lol

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Because my big usb has up to 16gb

ember crater
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@ember crater are you installing arch to the usb?

ember crater
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the one 16gb

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why?

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@ember crater

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Idk how to do it the other way

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instead of installing it to your ssd?

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ssd?

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pc

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I wouldnt know how to install it from there

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With the usb I thought it was the easiest?

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no

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you installed it without the usb

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just through ur pc?

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flashed arch to a usb, then installed to my pc

ember crater
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flashed the iso with the usb

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then rebooted my pc plugged it in

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went through the installer

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I can see my internal drive with 237gb

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and then my removable usb at 13.8

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did you install it to the 237 one?

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the usb that is connected is 16gb

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so most likely no

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I clicked on the name that was listed SanDisk 3.0

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which was for the 16gb

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Do I need to reinstall and choose the internal drive?

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yes

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Alright how do I make sure I dont mess anything up

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Once you had arch installed you unplugged the ubs?

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usb*

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yes

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and you justh ad it on ur intenal drive

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had*

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yes

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Alright I need to do the same

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because I picked it

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old screenshot from 2 days ago

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thats the one I picked sobMeltdown

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sda

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the first one is what I needed?

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yes

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How do I reinstall this

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reboot and take out the usb

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then log into windows

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use the same iso file but it will act as renewed

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flash it?

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yes, then reformat it

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with the smaller usb?

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no, the same usb

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I used 2 usbs

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I can deal with one right?

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before I used 2 the smaller one for the isntaller and the main one that I am using now as the one that runs linux right now

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use anyone that you want, that has enough space

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Alright so I reboot and unplug it

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log into windows

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just reflash it right

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use a new iso with the 16gb usb

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flash it

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yes

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then reboot and plug it in

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etcher or ventoy?

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f2?

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etcher

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once flashed again do I f2? on the reboot again?

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how are you flashing it?

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through etcher

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I select the iso

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then pick the sdd

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Alr wait il take a screenshot when there aigh

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Il see you on the flip side

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Back on windows

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So

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first step is the iso right?

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yes

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I will use the same downloaded one

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and then for select target?

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what's the date on the iso?

ember crater
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if the latest = this month, then no

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alr

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that is the one I downloaded

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2 days ago

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ok

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For the select target

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this should be selected?

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wait nvm

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I need to use the same usb with the 16gb space right?

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then flash it

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reboot

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f2

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select the option

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should put me in the instalelr menu

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once I am there I instead select the first one that has 256gn

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gb*

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sda

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sda?

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that one

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so the system internal drive

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yes

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Is it going to work because its also used for windows

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I might be wrong about how it works but alright

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I will fash it with my usb

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for this first part

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wait

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do you want to duel boot with windows?

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ok

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what does that mean?

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have windows and arch on the same sdd

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Meaning I can switch between both?

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yes

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yes

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you need to reboot to pick one tho

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With the usb plugged in?

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thath as arch instaleld

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wait, answer the question please

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Sorry I might of misunderstood

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So when you were asking about the dual boot

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Where I will be able to switch from windows and arch time to time yes that would be nice

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But you can only pick one right?

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go back to windows and make a partition

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only one at a time, yes

ember crater
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at windows currently

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open partition manager

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make it enough space, I would suggest half

ember crater
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am I in the right place?

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yes

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So half

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50gb

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c:/ not the other one

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the first one

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cus I was looking at free space and as of rn 108gb

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@ember crater 50 is too little

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or becuase I am thinking about arch being my main but still wanting to have windows on the side

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is 100gb ok?

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I will have 8 left on the first one

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For the most part I will have Figma, Photoshop, VSC, discord, minecraft as apps

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those all work on linux

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also, figma balls

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I knew it

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But yeah 5 apps on arch

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the rest will fill up with images but that just barely takes up

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visual studio or vs code?

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visual studio code

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1 or 2?

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2

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then that will work

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so 5 apps in total

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and if I do 100gb for arch and windows will have 8bg free

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that's good?

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As arch will be my main pretty much but windows will be on the side

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windows for what?

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As of now on the internal drive I have 108gb free

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I will use 100gb for arch

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if all of your apps work on linux, why need windows?

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Does glorious core work?

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its for my mouse

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name of mouse please

ember crater
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Note: Software for our products is optional and only necessary for some of their more advanced features.

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Sometimes used whenever I have the need to change certain things in settings

ember crater
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because of the apps I listed they work on linux so if thats the case then yeah

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No need for windows

ember crater
ember crater
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no more windows

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ok

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But I def need to be guided that I dont screw anything

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if I plug in my usb that I just used to run linux will something happen?

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Because I need to re-flash

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no

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Alr I will plug in my usb and flash it with the iso

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then reboot

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and f2?

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Formatted the usb again

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Alr I will reboot

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All set?

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My secure boot control is off

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Also for this leave it to uefi os?

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yes?

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Ok

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@ember crater for disk configuration

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Best effort?

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@ember crater yes

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First one

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Which option

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if you want

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Did you have it as yes?

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I hope I don't have the issue I had with the usb

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Where it said my home folder was out of space

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you won't

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Alr I'll click yes

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I will add all the additional packages

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You sent from 2 days ago

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ok

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Alr added all of them

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Need to make sure multi is set

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yes

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Hope the time sync wont be an issue then I will need to re do it

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Omg it did it

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Now will need to put it to false

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Works now

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Now need to wait for it to fully install

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Also a the end for the chroot

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Yes or no?

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no

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Still installing

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Should be done soon

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Killer will you be able to help setup the wifi ui so I can easily connect like last time

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yes

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Alr finished installing

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Do I write shutdown now?

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Then plug out my usb?

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Or keep it in

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reboot, then take it out

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Once its off I take it out

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Then boot it up

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And it will automatically run linux

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reboot then take it out when you see a black screen

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Will it corrupt if I take it out when it's on again?

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no?

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I'll take it out now and then turn on my computer

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Ayy I'm in

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Sorry was worriee

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Wait this time it already has the wifi button

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Wait can you tell me about the AUR packaging that I might need to install again

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first install a aur helper

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Alr connected to the internet

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What is the command for aur helper

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yay or paru?

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Yay

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I'll need to download the mc launcher

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I would recommended prismlauncher-qt5-bin

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Cracked version?

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Or does it work with premium

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it's not a cracked version

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no crack support will be given here

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ok

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Does it work with Microsoft

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bedrock?

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Java

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then yes

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Was it sudo pacam -S discord

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@ember crater pacman

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Just pacman?

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Alr

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Wait it says no permission

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Unless im root

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@ember crater also sudo

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Is it safe to shutdown everytime before bed?

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Now that I'm using internal

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if you want

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Alr on discord from arch

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for the screenshot tool was it sudo pacman -S flameshot?

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yes

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you can also scroll up

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@ember crater

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yes

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installed a latte dock

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changed icons

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and moved the panel on top

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for yay I need to git clone it with the link?

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to install yay?

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@ember crater

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yes

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then yes

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is it possible to get this in linux?

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1.7.3 launcher for a multiplayer server

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I first need to get prismlauncher to connect my microsoft acc

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yes

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yay should be almost done downloading

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alr finished

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What is pressed after?

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just press enter three times

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for remove make dependecies after install

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y or n?

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y

ember crater
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@ember crater prsimlauncher is almost downloader 94% left once it is finished I will head to bed but do you know how to get the johny launcher I listed. Is it only found from github

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johny launcher?

ember crater
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Beta evolutions johny launcher