#Getting Started with Arch for Development

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mighty pollen
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Hey folks,
I just finished my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and now I want to use Arch Linux as my main system on my T480, which I mainly use for private development. I already have some Linux experience, having installed and worked with different systems in VMs. I’ve also installed Arch multiple times before, but I’ve never really worked with window managers, and I haven’t done any serious development on Arch yet.

I came across Omarchy, which sets up Hyprland directly – would that be a good choice for getting started? It seems like a quick way to get a working setup that also looks nice.

Do you have any tips on how to best set up a development environment on Arch? Like which tools/setups have proven useful, or things you personally find helpful that beginners might not immediately think of.

Looking forward to your recommendations!

burnt widget
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If you want to learn, avoid automagic tools like omarchy

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The Arch installation process has a number of decisions to make on the system you are setting up. Partition layout, encryption, filesystem, initramfs generator, bootloader - even before getting to the fun stuff like graphics and desktop environment

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"quick ways" skip important steps that you would benefit from understanding, and fundamentally when using other's tools you will end up with a system that is not your own

mighty pollen
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.aw installation guide

astral boltBOT
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Step by step. Doesn't take long, and it's simpler than it looks