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<p>Arch Linux is my favorite Linux distro, for the following reasons:</p>

<li>It does not contain anything</li>

<li>It contains everything</li>

<li>It does not decide anything</li>

<li>It helps you decide everything</li>

<p>After having used <a href="http://bosslinux.in/">bosslinux</a> and <a href="http://linuxmint.com/">Linux Mint</a> for a few months, I was using Ubuntu for a few years.</p>

<p>But then, I was tired of the package management system, not knowing exactly how the configurations worked, etc. and so I started <a href="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">lfs</a>. This was a fail since I never proceeded after building the build tools.</p>

<p>That is when I discovered arch, its excellent wiki, and everything good.</p>

<p>Arch is special because when it is first installed, it is just kernel, build tools, and a log in shell. After that, following the wiki, you can install whichever <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_Applications">applications</a> you want. And that is a blessing because I do not want bloatware on my computers.</p>

<p>Also, configuration of every application is documented on the Arch Wiki.</p>

<p>Then, the most beautiful concept called Arch User Repository. Anyone can build arch packages and submit it to the AUR. This can easily be installed by anyone else.</p>

<h2 id="my-installation">My Installation</h2>

<p>I followed the Arch Installation Guide and got most things working. I had to figure out a few quirks, though.</p>

<h3 id="disable-auto-suspend-on-lid-close">Disable auto-suspend on lid close</h3>

<p>Read wiki: <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management">Power Management</a></p>

<p>Set <code>HandleLidSwitch</code> to <code>lock</code> in <code>/etc/systemd/logind.conf</code></p>

<p><code>systemctl restart systemd-logind.service</code> to take effect.</p>

<h3 id="dm">DM</h3>

<p>After going through all DEs I settled on Gnome Shell.</p>

<p>I was using lightdm as the DM but then Gnome Shell&#39;s screen lock won&#39;t work with lightdm, so I had to switch to gdm. And it works super awesome after that.</p>

<p><a href="../gnome/">Read more about GNOME setup</a></p>

<h3 id="other-applications">Other applications</h3>

<p><a href="../applications/">List of my preferred applications</a></p>

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