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minimal /\rch Linux installation starting right now
installation
configuration

installation

.Make bootable USB and Boot live environment

        sha256sum /directory/archlinux.iso
  • use either GUI-Utility like rufus and etcher or use dd to write your image_file to your USB-Flash-Drive
        dd if=/directory/archlinux.iso of=/dev/usb_flash_drive_file_name status=progress
  • boot your built Bootable-USB then select *Arch Linux install medium (x86_64, UEFI)

.Partition, Format, Mount and genfstab for your drive

  • create new partition for drive
    • use lsblk to know your Drive-Name first, then
    • use cfdisk TUI-Partition-Editor to open your Drive, then select GPT
    • then create Partition on your Drive as suggested as table below
Partition Mount on Size Purpose
/dev/your_drive_name1 /boot 256M minium for Kernel, Bootloader, EFI and Firmware
/dev/your_deive_name2 [SWAP] 512M minium for Swaping
/dev/your_drive_name3 / rest of drive for whole /\rch base

note: you can make [SWAP] partition as twice bigger as your Total-System-Memory-Size
use grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo to check your Total-System-Memory-Size
note: if you have Multiple-Fast-Drives, then create multiple smaller [SWAP] partitions on Multiple-Fast-Drives instead of using one giant [SWAP] partition on Single-Drive

  • format partions
        mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/your_drive_name1
        mkswap /dev/your_drive_name2
        mkfs.ext4 /dev/your_drive_name3
  • mount partitions
        mount /dev/your_drive_name3 /mnt
        mount --mkdir /dev/your_drive_name1 /mnt/boot
        swapon /dev/your_drive_name2

note: the Order to mount your Partitions or Drives must obay the Hierarchy of File-System.
mount / Root-Partition to /mnt first, then mount Sub-Partition next, and so on

  • generate fstab ( File System TABle ) file
        mkdir /mnt/etc
        genfstab -U /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab

.connect internet

--Just-Wire-In-->

.install Arch Linux

  • install essential packages
        pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware sof-firmware amd-ucode networkmanager

base is minimal Arch_Base
linux is kernel. Arch_Base + Linux_Kernel = Arch_Linux
you can omit linux-firmware if you install Arch_Linux on VirtualBox
sof-firmware for some newer laptops to get Working-Audio, it's Optional for Minimal-System to get Working-Audio
amd-ucode provides AMD microcode. instead use intel-ucode if you use intel chip
you can omit networkmanager if you only use systemd [ o < ] to configure network
by this step, you can install other packages such as dust, btop, vim, tmux, calc, gcc, cmatrix, fastfetch, wget, transmission-cli, elinks, mpv and whatever you need

.install Bootloader and enable Microcode updates

  • write your Boot-Entry-File for Boot-Loader
        mkdir -P /mnt/boot/loader/entries
        vim /mnt/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

example minimal Entry-File contents:

linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /amd-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw

linux takes path to kernel; path is NOT /boot/... because we previously created partition for /boot
initrd initial ram disk; you need to load amd-ucode.img xor intel-ucode.img to RAM first before load initial-ram-file-system image
options takes Kernel-Parameters; replace UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX to your own / Root-Partition-UUID;
which you can find it in previously generated fstab file, or you can run findmnt -n -o UUID / to show it

  • write your Systemd-Boot Config-File
        vim /mnt/boot/loader/loader.conf

example minimal Systemd-Boot Config-File contents:

default arch.conf
editor no

this set Default-Entry-File to previously wrote arch.conf, and no Boot-Entry-Editor.
you can write more Entry-Files with more Kernels than just one

  • install Systemd-Boot-Loader
        arch-chroot /mnt
        bootctl install

.finish the installation

  • set Root-Password
        passwd
  • reboot
        exit
        reboot

congratulation, minimal /\rch Linux is successfully installed.
you can login as root and configure your brand new /\rch Linux now

configuration

.user setup

  • set hostname
        echo 'your_new_hostname' > /etc/hostname
  • create Unpriviliged-User
        useradd -m your_user_name
        passwd user_name

remove all .bash* for this Unprivileged-User then switch to Unpriviliged-User and create .config directory

        rm -f /home/your_user_name/.bash*
        su -c "mkdir /home/your_user_name/.config" your_user_name

then add Unpriviliged-User to Secondary-Group audio,video,storage

        usermod -aG audio,video,storage your_user_name

and you can Remove entire /root directory and Make a Link-File of entire /home/your_user_name to /root

        rm -fr /root
        ln -s /home/your_user_name /root

.network

        systemctl enable NetworkManager
        systemctl restart NetworkManager
        nmtui

note: the Connection-Config-File generated by nmtui is placed at /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections

        pacman -Syu hblock
        hblock

you can manually update /etc/hosts file by run hblock again
or you can enable hblock.timer for Auto-Update

        systemctl enable hblock.timer
  • improve network Performance and Security
net.core.netdev_max_backlog=16384
net.core.somaxconn=8192
net.core.default_qdisc=cake
net.core.rmem_default=16777216
net.core.rmem_max=33554432
net.core.wmem_default=16777216
net.core.wmem_max=33554432
net.core.optmem_max=65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range=30000 65535
net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min=8192
net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min=8192
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=8192 262144 536870912
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=8192 262144 536870912
net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen=3
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog=8192
net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets=2000000
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse=1
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout=10
net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle=0
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=60
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl=10
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes=6
net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing=1
net.ipv4.tcp_sack=1
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects=0
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects=0
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects=0
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects=0
net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects=0
net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects=0
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1

add Above-Contents to your /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf file; then

        sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf

.PACkage MANager

  • basic improvement

edit /etc/pacman.conf file:
uncomment ParrallelDownloads = 5 and Change the Number as you Wish
add ILoveCandy
add below pacman() alias to your /etc/bash.bashrc file:

pacman() {
  command echo -e "\e[0;34;40m -===================================================================-
  \e[0;31;40m ,-.\e[0;36;40m   _ __   __ _  ___ _ _ __   __ _ _ _    \e[1;33;40m,--.
  \e[0;31;40m| OO|\e[0;36;40m | '_ \\ / _\` |/ __| ' \`  \`:/ _\` | ' \`: \e[1;33;40m/ _,-\` ,-. ,-. ,-. ,''.
  \e[0;31;40m|   |\e[0;36;40m | |_) | (_| | (__| || || | (_| | || | \e[1;33;40m\\  \`-, '-' '-' '-' '..'
  \e[0;31;40m'^^^'\e[0;36;40m | .__/ \\__,_|\\___|_||_||_|\\__,_|_||_|  \e[1;33;40m\`--'
       \e[0;36;40m |_|\e[0;34;40m
 -===================================================================-\e[m"
  case $1 in
    upgrade|update)
      shift 1; command pacman --color=always -Syyu $@ ;;
    install)
      shift 1
      if [[ $@ == *.pkg.tar.zst* ]]
        then command pacman --color=always -U $@
        else command pacman --color=always -S $@
      fi ;;
    remove|purge|uninstall)
      shift 1; command pacman --color=always -Runs $@ ;;
    autoremove)
      local orph="$(command pacman -Qdtq)"
      if [[ -n $2 ]] || [[ -n $orph ]]
        then shift 1; command pacman --color=always -Runs $@ $orph
        else echo ' 0 package removed'
      fi ;;
    clean)
      shift 1; command pacman --color=always -Scc $@ ;;
    search)
      case $2 in
        group|--group)
          shift 2; command pacman --color=always -Sgg $@
        *)
          shift 1; command pacman --color=always -Ss $@
      esac ;;
    info|show)
      shift 1; command pacman --color=always -Sii $@ ;;
    list)
      case $2 in
        explicit|--explicit|user-installed|--user-installed|manual-installed|--manual-installed)
          shift 2
          if [[ -z $@ ]]
            then command pacman --color=always -Qe
            else command pacman --color=always -Qlkk $@
          fi ;;
        all|--all|installed|--installed)
          shift 2
          if [[ -z $@ ]]
            then command pacman --color=always -Qs
            else command pacman --color=always -Qlkk $@
          fi ;;
        orphan)
          shift 2; command pacman --color=always -Qdt $@ ;;
        group)
          shift 2; command pacman --color=always -Qg $@ ;;
        *)
          shift 1
          if [[ -z $@ ]]
            then command pacman --color=always -Qs
            else command pacman --color=always -Qlkk $@
          fi ;;
      esac ;;
    version|--version|-V)
      command pacman -V\
        | GREP_COLORS='ms=01;33' command grep --color=always "\.\|-\|/\|_\|'\|" \
        | GREP_COLORS='ms=01;33' command grep --color=always '\\\|' ;;
    help|--help|-h)
      shift 1; [[ -z $@ ]] && command echo -e "\e[0;32;40mnew pacman alias:\e[0;34;40m_______________________|________________\e[m
    pacman upgrade [package(s)]\e[0;34;40m.........|..\e[mupgrade System and install New Package
    pacman install <package(s)>\e[0;34;40m.........|..\e[minstall New Package
    pacman remove <package(s)>\e[0;34;40m..........|..\e[mpurge Package and Dependency
    pacman autoremove [package(s)]\e[0;34;40m......|..\e[mremove Package and Orphan
    pacman clean\e[0;34;40m........................|..\e[mclean all cach
    pacman search [keyword(s)]\e[0;34;40m..........|..\e[msearch by keyword
    pacman info [package(s)]\e[0;34;40m............|..\e[mshow detail info of package
    pacman list [package(s)]\e[0;34;40m............|..\e[mlist all installed package
    pacman list explicit [package(s)]\e[0;34;40m...|..\e[mlist all explicit installed package
    pacman list orphan [package(s)]\e[0;34;40m.....|..\e[mlist orphan package
    pacman list group [group(s)]\e[0;34;40m........|..\e[mlist package group
    pacman version\e[0;34;40m......................|..\e[mshow pacman version
    pacman help [option(s)]\e[0;34;40m.............|..\e[mshow help sheat of option
\e[0;34;40m----------------------------------------|----------------\e[m"
      command pacman -h $@ | command grep --color=always '\-\|' ;;
    '')
      ;;
    *)
      command pacman --color=always $@ ;;
  esac
}

note: by above pacman() alias, you can do Additional-Commands as below

INSTALL_PACKAGE:
        pacman upgrade
        pacman install package_name
REMOVE_PACKAGE:
        pacman remove package_name
        pacman autoremove
        pacman clean
QUERY_PACKAGE:
        pacman search keywords
        pacman search group group_name
        pacman info package_name
        pacman list all
        pacman list explicit
        pacman list group
        pacman list orphan
PACMAN_INFORMATION:
        pacman version
        pacman help

optionally install pacman-contrib to extend pacman functionality

        pacman -Syu pacman-contrib
  • reflector

install reflector

        pacman -Syu reflector

change /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf file contents as suggestion as below

--save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
--protocol https
--ipv4
--latest 8
--sort rate

auto update Pacman-Mirrorlist

        systemctl enable reflector.service reflector.timer
  • Chaotic-AUR

you can get Good-Packages from Chaotic-AUR repository
first, Retrieve and Sign Primary-Key for Chaotic-AUR

        pacman-key --recv-key 3056513887B78AEB --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
        pacman-key --lsign-key 3056513887B78AEB

then, install Chaotic-AUR Keyring and Mirrorlist

        pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst'
        pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst'

and Enable Chaotic-AUR repository by append Below-Contents to /etc/pacman.conf file

[chaotic-aur]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist

the Packages from Chaotic-AUR might require Packages from multilib
you might need to enable multilib too

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

uncomment Above-Contents in /etc/pacman.conf file

improve Booting performance

open /boot/loader/loader.conf file
add Kernel-Parameters quiet and loglevel=0 to options

options root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw quiet loglevel=0

you can manually update systemd-boot by run command bootctl update
or you can enable systemd-boot-update service for Auto-Update

        systemctl enable systemd-boot-update

.improve Storage performance

  • trim for SSD
        systemctl enable fstrim.timer
  • abandon Core-Dump
kernel.core_pattern=/dev/null

add Above-Contents to your /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf file; then

        sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf

.improve Memory performance

  • preload

currently, you can Build and Install (preload)[] from AUR
or you can install it from Chaotic-AUR
then you enable preload service

        systemctl enable preload
  • improve Virtual-Memory performance
vm.dirty_background_ratio=16
vm.dirty_ratio=32
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=32

add Above-Contents to your /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf file; then

        sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
  • turn on Swap-Memory-Compression

open /boot/loader/loader.conf file
add zswap.enabled=1 to options

options root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw quiet loglevel=0 zswap.enabled=1

.improve CPU performance

  • ananicy cpp

currently, you can Build and Install ananicy-cpp from AUR
or Install it from Chaotic-AUR
then you enable ananicy-cpp service

        systemctl enable ananicy-cpp
  • irq balance
        pacman -Syu irqbalance
        systemctl enable irqbalance

open /boot/loader/loader.conf file
add mitigations=off to options

options root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw quiet loglevel=0 zswap.enabled=1 mitigations=off

language and timezone

these are optional configurations

  • set language

generate and use your appropriate locale

        echo 'C.UTF-8 UTF-8' > /etc/locale.gen
        locale-gen
        echo 'LANG=C.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf

replace C.UTF-8 UTF8 and C.UTF-8 to your appreciation

  • set Console-Font
        ls /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts               # print available bitmap font files
        setfont font_name                            # test font temporary
        echo 'FONT=font_name' >> /etc/vconsole.conf  # set font persistenct

Optionally install terminus-font for more Font choices

        pacman -Syu terminus-font
  • set Input-Keyboard-Layout
        echo 'KEYMAP=us' >> /etc/vconsole.conf

replace us to your appreciate Keyboard-Layout

  • timezone

first to list the Timezone-File you'd like to pickup

        ls -alh /usr/share/zoneinfo | more

then pick one and Symbolically link it to /etc/localtime

        ln -sf /usr/share/your_picked_race_zone_file /etc/localtime

.sound system

to get Working-Audio for alsa supported application, you need install pipewire-alsa

        pacman -Syu pipewire-alsa

to get Working-Audio for pulse supported application, you need install pipewire-pulse

        pacman -Syu pipewire-pulse

you can Optionally install alsa-utils for using alsamixer

        pacman -Syu alsa-utils

note: installing Sound-System is Optional if you don't need Working-Audio

.make linux console more awesome and cooler

  • Login-Shell Top-Bar and Background

change your /etc/issue file contents to

\e[0;0H\e[0;30;45m <\l> [\e[1;36;45m/\\ \e[1;37;45march\e[1;36;45mlinux\e[0;36;45m \r\e[0;30;45m]\e[K\e[m

then you can Append below User-Login-Text-Art into /etc/issue file

\e[1;36m                                  __,.-------..._
\e[0;36m                            ,.-+'"" _,..+++++++._`" +._
\e[0;32m                          ,/" ,.-+'"            '""+-._`'+.
\e[1;32m                        ./" ,/        __,.--+""+--..__ `+. `'+
\e[1;33m                      ,/' ,/      _,-_;:--+''""''+-.._`-. `+. `'
\e[0;33m                     ,/ ,/      /',+'                 '+.`.  `+.`'
\e[0;31m                    ,/ ,/     /'./     ,_.-.++'""'++._   `.`+. `+.`'
\e[1;31m                  ,/' ,/.    /'.'   ./' _,.-++""+--.._`+.  `. +  `.`'
\e[1;35m             ___,/',----.`. /./    /','"     _....._  `+.`.  `.`. `.`'+
\e[0;35m          ,/'"___ /      `.' |.   /,/      ,'       `'.  +.`. `.`   `.`'
\e[0;34m        ,|' ./,__`__ ,_ __ l. ^--' _`.____/.           `.___`. `.`.  `.`+
\e[1;34m       ./  ,l | ,', || v / / ,-.  (_)  _-_   _-_  ,-.  ,---. `. `;`.  `.`+  @
\e[1;36m       '|  'l |_"_"_/^7 / /' | |  | | (_ _) (_ _) | |  ( ^__; `.__;`_   _ `+---.
\e[0;36m        `+. `.       (Y/ /'  |__) |_|  |__)  |__) |__) `.__,' ,-==-. "+"  ,-==-."+.
\e[0;32m           `> `+.     ` /',-+^^^^+-.      ,-====-.     ,-=-.  `.   `. '   /    |;`|;
\e[1;32m      _,.-+"_,--_ `+. ,/''          `.   /       `.   /     |. `.   `.   /    /' /'
\e[1;33m   ,;' ,.-'"     `.  '  /      .     '.  |         ;  |     |;  `.   `. /    /' /'
\e[0;33m  / ,/'            `.  .     .' `.    '; |      .   ; |     |;   `.    v    /' /'
\e[0;31m,',/.'      _._     `..|    /  .  ;    ;.|      |`.  '|     |;    `.   '   /' /'
\e[1;31m| |.      /'   `.    `.|    '--^--     |,|      |;`.  '     |;     `.     /' /'
\e[1;35m`.`.     |'  .   |    ||              /, |      |; `.       |;      )    /' /'
\e[0;35m `.`.    `.__^__/'   /, `.____.-.___,/,  |      |;  `.      |;     /    /' /'
\e[0;34m  `.`.             _/,   ,.-+- .  '      |      |;   `.     |;    /    /' /'
\e[1;34m   `.`.      _,.-'"    ,/        `+.     |      |;    `.___,'    /    /' /'
\e[1;36m    `.`.     `.      ,/             `.   `.____,'       """   ,.'    /' /'
\e[0;36m     `.`.     `.    ,|        ,,==._   "+-......__       _,.-"     ," /"
\e[0;32m      `.`.     `.   |        //    `."+__        '""""""'      _,+' ,"
\e[1;32m       `.`.    /',  '|       K       |.  '''--+...__   _,.=--'"  ,/'       _,.-=+"""""++-..
\e[1;33m        `.`.__/',^.  `.      "       |'            '""''      ,+'       ,+'         ,-.    `+.
\e[0;33m         `._'','   +. `.      `._,   /' .__    _.      _     <       ,+'   ,+-.     `. |     '`+.
\e[0;31m           ``'      `. `.          /',  `. """" |     (_)  ___`+._.+'      | /' ___  | |     _  '`+.
\e[1;31m                     `.   +-___-+"' ,^.  | c===-'_  _ ,-. / _ `+,-._    __ | |/'   `.| |__  (_)___.`'.
\e[1;35m                       `+.__  _...+'   | | ,--.|| |' )| || (_) || ,.`.,/  `| |(  C==<| '  `.,-.|  `+. +.
\e[0;35m                           '''       ,'  | |    | ./" | || ._,-;| || ||  ()  |>==u  )| ,^. || || D  ). `.
\e[0;34m                                   ,/   /__|.  ,|_|.  |_| `.__/,|_||_| `._/|_|.`._./'|_| |_||_|| ._/+   '.
\e[1;34m                                 ,'          +  _  ,-.   ,-.  ,--.   ,++-.-+. _                | |'     '.
\e[1;36m                                .|           I [_' | `+ / , ||_--.`.(  ()  ./(_) .---.         | |      /.
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\e[0;32m                                `+                 | |`./ | ||  () |. __,+ | | ||  C==<               ,+
\e[1;32m                                 `|.              ,|_|.  ,|_|`.__/|_||___,/' |_|`+.__./             ,+
\e[1;33m                                    +.........._________________________________________________,.+'\e[m
  • tmux Terminal-MUltipleXer

install tmux

        pacman -Syu tmux

create System-Wide tmux Config-File

        vim /etc/tmux.conf
set -g pane-border-status bottom
set -g pane-border-style fg=white
set -g pane-active-border-style fg=brightcyan
set -g pane-border-format ""
set -g status-style bg=black
set -g status-justify centre
set -g status-right "#[fg=brightblue]%I:%M %p "
set -g status-left " #[fg=brightblue]TMUX-#S"
set -g window-status-current-format "#[fg=brightmagenta]#{?window_zoomed_flag,( #I ),(#I)}"
set -g window-status-format "#[fg=magenta] #I "
set -g message-style bg=black,fg=white
set -g clock-mode-colour magenta

add Above-Contents to your /etc/tmux.conf file
then

        tmux source-file /etc/tmux.conf
  • enhance Bash-Tab-Completion
set show-all-if-unmodified on
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
set colored-stats on
set visible-stats on
set mark-symlinked-directories on
set colored-completion-prefix on
set menu-complete-display-prefix on

add Above-Contents to your /etc/inputrc file

  • use Mouse in console
        systemctl enable gpm
        systemctl start gpm
  • System-Wide profile configuration

open /etc/profile and change contents to

append_path() {
  case ":$PATH:" in
    *:"$1":*)
      ;;
    *)
      PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}$1"
  esac
}

export PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin'

if [[ -d /etc/profile.d/ ]]; then
  for profile in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
    [[ -r $profile ]] && . "$profile"
  done
  unset profile
fi

[[ $- == *i* ]] && [[ -z $POSIXLY_CORRECT ]] && [[ ${0#-} != sh ]] && [[ -r /etc/bash.bashrc ]] && . /etc/bash.bashrc

unset -f append_path
unset TERMCAP
unset MANPATH
  • System-Wide bash configuration

ensure all User-Specific bash Config-File ~/.bashrc have been removed
then open /etc/bash.bashrc and Clear up all Default-Contents inside and Follow the configuration below

  • make Command-Prompt awesome

open /etc/bash.bashrc file
write PS1 and PS0 configuration to

PS1="\[\e[4C\e[0;36;40m__\e[1;35;44m \u \e[0;36;40m\]\n   |__> \[\e[1;36;40m\]"
PS0='\e[12C\e[1;32m|\\/|\n\e[12C\e[1;36m|  |\e[1;32;44m \h \e[1;34;40m\n\e[13C\\/\n\e[1;37m'
if [[ $EUID == 0 ]]
then
  PS1="\[\e[4C\e[0;31;40m__\e[0;31;43m \u \e[0;31;40m\]\n   |__> \[\e[1;33;40m\]"
  PS0='\e[12C\e[1;33m|\\/|\n\e[12C\e[1;31m|  |\e[1;32;43m \h \e[0;31;40m\n\e[13C\\/\n\e[1;37m'
else
  command clear
fi

then you can run . /etc/bash.bashrc to see the changes

  • Interactive-Shell Top-Bar
tbar() {
  local tbar_mid=$((($COLUMNS - 6 >> 1)))
  local tbar_right=$((($COLUMNS - 9)))
  local tty_name=$(tty | sed 's#/dev/##')
  local bat_percent=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)
  local bat_format="\e[0;34;47m100% [II}"
  ((bat_percent < 100)) && bat_format=" \e[0;34;47m$bat_percent% [II\e[0;30;47m}"
  ((bat_percent < 64)) && bat_format=" \e[0;33;47m$bat_percent% [I\e[0;30;47mI}"
  ((bat_percent < 32)) && bat_format=" \e[0;31;47m$bat_percent% [\e[0;30;47mII}"
  echo -e "\n\e[1B\e[2A\e[s\e[0;0H\e[0;34;47m\e[K <$tty_name> [$(command pwd -LP)]\e[0;${tbar_mid}H$(date +"%I:%M %p")\e[0;${tbar_right}H$bat_format\e[u"
}

PROMPT_COMMAND=tbar

add Above-Contents to /etc/bash.bashrc
and if you use tmux then append Contents-Below

if [[ -n $TMUX ]]; then
  PROMPT_COMMAND=''
  PS1="\[\e[2B\e[4C\e[0;36;40m__\e[1;35;44m \u \e[0;36;40m\]\n   |__> \[\e[s\e[0;0H\e[0;34;47m\e[K <\l> [\w]\e[u\e[1;36;40m\]"
  [[ $EUID == 0 ]] && PS1="\[\e[2B\e[4C\e[0;31;40m__\e[0;31;43m \u \e[0;31;40m\]\n   |__> \[\e[s\e[0;0H\e[0;34;47m\e[K <\l> [\w]\e[u\e[1;33;40m\]"
fi

then run . /etc/bash.bashrc to see the changes

.other packages

  • general command alias
alias ip='ip --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias diff='diff --color=auto'
alias pwd="pwd -LP | command grep --color=auto '/\|'"
alias mount='mount -v'
alias umount='umount -v'
alias cp='cp -v'
alias mv='mv -v'
alias rm='rm -vf'
alias dd='dd status=progress'
alias ps='ps -uf'
alias I='su -c'

ls() {
  command ls --color=always -FAXlh "$@" |\
  command grep --color=always '^b\|:\|\.\|root\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;34'\
  command grep --color=always '^d\|/\|_\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;32'\
  command grep --color=always '^total\|-\|>\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;36'\
  command grep --color=always '^l\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;33'\
  command grep --color=always '^c\|*\|'
}

cd() {
  command cd "$@" && ls
}

file() {
  command file "$@" |\
  command grep --color=always 'block\|/\|-\|+\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;34'\
  command grep --color=always 'directory\|:\|\.\|,\|#\|)\|(\|_\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;36'\
  command grep --color=always 'link\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;33'\
  command grep --color=always 'character\|'
}

cat() {
  case $@ in
    *-c*|*--color*) 
      command cat -n $(command echo $@ | command sed 's#--color##g' | command sed 's#-c##g') |\
      command grep --color=always '\.\|,\|;\|:\|_\|}\|{\|)\|(\|]\|\[\|\\\|\$\|#\|?\|!\|@\|`\|"\|' |\
      command grep --color=always "'\|" | GREP_COLORS='ms=01;34'\
      command grep --color=always '+\|-\|*\|/\|%\|=\|>\|<\|&\||\|\^\|~\|' ;;
    *)
      command cat "$@" ;;
  esac
}

lsblk() {
  command lsblk "$@" |\
  command grep --color=always ']\|\[\|RM\|RO\|FS\|disk\|%\|\.\|:\|-\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;34'\
  command grep --color=always '^NAME\|SIZE\|TYPE\|SWAP\|VER\|AVAIL\|UUID\|USE\|/\|└\|├\|─\|'
}

lspci() {
  command lspci -tvvv "$@" |\
  command grep --color=always ']\|\[\|+\|-\||\|\\\|/\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;34'\
  command grep --color=always '\.\|:\|,\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;35'\
  command grep --color=always 'Audio\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;36'\
  command grep --color=always 'USB\|'
}

findmnt() {
  command findmnt "$@" |\
  command grep --color=always 'TARGET\|SOURCE\|FSTYPE\|OPTIONS\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;36'\
  command grep --color=always ',\|=\|' |\
  GREP_COLORS='ms=01;32'\
  command grep --color=always '/\|'
}

sha256sum() {
  command sha256sum "$@"
  command echo -e '\e[1;32;40m----------------------------------------------------------------\e[m\n'
}

the find alias requires fzf and vim be installed

find() {
  local line=$(command printf '%*s' $((($COLUMNS - 8))) | command tr ' ' _)
  local files=$(\
    command find "$@" 2> /dev/null |\
    command grep --color=always '\.\|' | GREP_COLORS='ms=01;34'\
    command grep --color=always '/\|' |\
    command fzf -m --ansi -e --cycle --color=16 --layout=reverse-list --header=$line --border --border-label=$line\
      --preview="
        printf '\e[1;35;40m'
        file {}
        echo -e '\e[0;36;40m'$line
        printf '\e[0;31;40m'
        [[ -f {} ]] && cat -n {} | GREP_COLORS='ms=01;32' grep --color=always '[0-9]\|' | grep --color=always '+\|-\|*\|/\|%\|=\|>\|<\|&\||\|\^\|~\|'"\
      --preview-window=up,50% --preview-label=$line --preview-label-pos=bottom
  )
  if [[ -f $files ]]; then command vim $files; else command echo "$files"; fi
}

Below-Alias require fzf be installed

history() {
  case $1 in
    '') local hcmd=$(\
      command history |\
      command grep --color=always '[0-9]\|' |\
      command fzf --ansi --color=16 -e --layout=reverse-list --cycle --border --header=$(\
      command printf '%*s' $((($COLUMNS - 8))) |\
      command tr ' ' -) |\
      command awk '{$1=""}1')
      command printf '\n'; eval $hcmd ;;
    -h|help|--help)
      command history --help |\
      command grep --color=always '\[\|\]\|\-\|' ;;
    *)
      command history $@ ;;
  esac
}
kill() {
  case $1 in
    -l|-L)
      shift 1
      command kill -l $@ |\
      command grep --color=always '[0-9]\|' ;;
    -h|help|--help)
      command kill --help |\
      command grep --color=always '\-\|\[\|\]\||\|' ;;
    *)
      if [[ -n $2 ]]
        then command kill $@
        else
          local pid=$(\
            command ps -aux |\
            command fzf -m -e --color=16 --cycle --layout=reverse-list --border\
              --header=$(command printf '%*s' $((($COLUMNS - 8))) |\
            command tr ' ' -) |\
            command awk '{print $2}'
          )
          [[ -n $pid ]] && command kill $1 $pid
      fi ;;
  esac
}

add Above-Alias to your /etc/bash.bashrc file
then you can run . /etc/bash.bashrc to see the changes

  • fzf

install fzf

        pacman -Syu fzf

fzf alias

fzf() {
  case $@ in
    -h|*help*|*--help*)
      command fzf -h |\
      command grep --color=always '\-\|\[\|\]\|' ;;
    *--no-logo*)
      command fzf -m --ansi --cycle --color=16 --layout=reverse-list --border\
      --header=$(command printf '%*s' $((($COLUMNS - 8))) | command tr ' ' '=')\
      $(command echo "$@" | command sed 's#--no-logo##g') ;;
    *)
      command fzf -m --ansi --cycle --color=16 --layout=reverse-list --border\
      --header=$(command printf '%*s' $((($COLUMNS - 8))) | command tr ' ' '=') --preview="echo -e \"\
  \e[1;32;40m          _._     \e[1;37;40m  _._
  \e[1;32;40m         j7~*^    \e[1;37;40m j7~*^
  \e[1;31;40m zx   \e[1;32;40m  a0bo aod/ \e[1;37;40ma0bo
  \e[1;31;40m \\\`*b.\e[1;32;40m    M\\\"  \\\`Z7\e[1;37;40m   M\\\"
  \e[1;31;40m j7/  \e[1;32;40m  ,N'  /7   \e[1;37;40m,N'
  \e[1;31;40m \\\`'  \e[1;32;40m   ;U  /Ebad\e[1;37;40m ;U
\e[0;30;47m command-line FuZzy Finder \e[m\"" --preview-window=up,7 $@ ;;
  esac
}

put Above-Alias to /etc/bash.bashrc
then you can run . /etc/bash.bashrc to see the changes

  • fastfetch

install fastfetch

        pacman -Syu fastfetch

and Create file /home/your_user_name/.config/fastfetch/logo
then Draw /\rch Cutie-Mark out ( i means Arch-Logo )

                  .
                 / \
                /   \
               /     \
              /       \
             />,       \
            /  `*.      \
           /      `      \
          /               \
         /                 \
$2        /      ,.-+-..      \
       /      ,/'   `\.      \
      /      .|'     `|.   _  \
     /       :|.     ,|;    `+.\
    /        .\:     ;/,      "<\
   /     __,--+"     "+--.__     \
  /  _,+'"                 "'+._  \
 /,-'                           `-.\
'                                   '

generate Config-File to /home/your_user_name/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc

        fastfetch --gen-config

now Change the config.jsonc file contents to

{
  "logo": {"source": "/home/your_user_name/.config/fastfetch/logo"},
  "display": {
    "color": {"separator": "yellow", "output": "cyan"},
    "separator": " | "
  },
  "modules": [
    {"type": "kernel", "key": " /\\rch Linux", "keyColor": "blue"},
    {"type": "custom", "format": ">-----------<+>----------------------------------<", "outputColor": "separator"},
    {"type": "uptime", "key": "   Uptime   ", "keyColor": "green"},
    {"type": "shell", "key": "   Shell    ", "keyColor": "green"},
    {"type": "terminal", "key": "   Terminal ", "keyColor": "green"},
    {"type": "terminalfont", "key": "   Font     ", "keyColor": "green"},
    {"type": "packages", "key": "   Packages ", "keyColor": "green"},
    {"type": "localip", "key": "   Local IP ", "keyColor": "green"},
    {"type": "custom", "format": ">-----------<+>----------------------------------<", "outputColor": "separator"},
    {"type": "display", "key": "   Display  ", "keyColor": "magenta"},
    {"type": "cpu", "key": "   CPU      ", "keyColor": "magenta"},
    {"type": "gpu", "key": "   GPU      ", "keyColor": "magenta"},
    {"type": "memory", "key": "   RAM      ", "keyColor": "magenta"},
    {"type": "swap", "key": "   SWAP     ", "keyColor": "magenta"},
    {"type": "disk", "key": "   Disk     ", "keyColor": "magenta"},
    {"type": "battery", "key": "   Battery  ", "keyColor": "magenta"},
    {"type": "custom", "format": ">-----------<+>----------------------------------<", "outputColor": "separator"},
    "break",
    {"type":"colors", "symbol": "block", "paddingLeft": 9}
  ]
}

create /home/your_user_name/.config/fastfetch/config_small.jsonc file tith Below-Contents:\

{
  "logo":{"source":"arch_small"},
  "display":{
    "color":{"output":"cyan"},
    "separator":""
  },
  "modules":[
    {"type":"kernel", "key":"[_/\\arch___> ", "keyColor":"blue"},
    {"type":"packages", "key":"[_Packages_> ", "keyColor":"green", "outputColor":"white"},
    {"type":"localip", "key":"[_Local_IP_> ", "keyColor":"green", "outputColor":"white"},
    {"type":"memory", "key":"[_RAM______> ", "keyColor":"magenta", "format":"[{3}] {1} / {2}"},
    {"type":"swap", "key":"[_SWAP_____> ", "keyColor":"magenta", "format":"[{3}] {1} / {2}"},
    {"type":"disk", "key":"[_Disk_____> ", "keyColor":"magenta", "format":"[{3}] {1} / {2} {9}"},
    {"type":"battery", "key":"[_Battery__> ", "keyColor":"magenta", "format":"[{4}] {5}"},
    "break",
    {"type":"colors", "paddingLeft":9, "symbol":"circle"}
  ]
}

note: Thanks for Carter Li and other Related-Developers, Configuration like Above has been added to Official-Fastfetch-Exsamples
now you can directly test it by run fastfetch --load-config examples/22.jsonc along with trying out other developer's config too

add Below-Alias to /etc/bash.bashrc

alias fastfetch='ffsc="--load-config $HOME/.config/fastfetch/config_small.jsonc"; (( $COLUMNS > 128 )) && ffsc=""; fastfetch $ffsc'
alias clear='clear; command tput cup 4 0; fastfetch'

then you can use clear command as fastfetch.
you even can feed fastfetch --options to clear command

  • generate top command Config-File
        top # open top task manager first

suggested configuration:
press key Z once to turn on color view and
press Shift + Z to toggle your color favor
press key T twice to get solid CPU usage graph
press key M once to get Memory usage graph
press Shift + M to show tasks by Memory usage
press Shift + V to get COMMAND hierarchy view
press key D once to set refresh delay, lower to 0.1 or higher above 3.0
press key B once switch to hilight mode then
press key X once to hilight tasks sorting column
press Shift + W to generate config file for current user\

top Config-File is generated to ~/.config/procps/toprc

  • wget

install wget

        pacman -Syu wget

useful wget alias to add into /etc/bash.bashrc

alias wget='wget -c'
  • less

install less

        pacman -Syu less

less alias

alias less='less -r'
alias more='less -r'

append Above-Contents to /etc/bash.bashrc

  • vim

install vim

        pacman -Syu vim

minimal configuration

:set number
:set nowrap
:set cursorline
:set foldmethod=indent
:set expandtab
:set tabstop=4
:set shiftwidth=4
:set incsearch
:set hlsearch

add Above-Contents to your /etc/vimrc file

  • cal and calcurse

install calcurse first

        pacman -Syu calcurse

then Create a Directory /etc/terminal-colors.d

        mkdir /etc/terminal-colors.d

and Make a File /etc/terminal-colors.d/cal.scheme with Below-Contents

header 1;33;40
today 0;30;42
workday 1;37;40
weekend 0;31;40

finally Append below Cal-Alias to /etc/bash.bashrc

cal() {
  case $1 in
    -1|month|--month|single|--single|one|--one)
      command echo -e '\e[m-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-.\n---------------------|'
      command cal --color=always -1
      command echo -e '\e[m_____________________|' ;;
    -3|three|--three|triple|--triple)
      command echo -e '\e[m-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------|'
      command cal --color=always -3
      command echo -e '\e[m_________________________________________________________________|' ;;
    -y|-12|year|--year)
      command echo -e '\e[m-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-.\n-------------------------------------------------------------------|\e[1;31;40m'
      command cal --color=always -y
      command echo -e '\e[m___________________________________________________________________|' ;;
    help|--help|-h)
      command echo -e 'Options:\e[1;35;40m- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\e[1;37;40m
  -1, month, single, one, --month, --single, --one  \e[1;35;40m| \e[1;37;40mshow single month calendar
  -3, three, --three                                \e[1;35;40m| \e[1;37;40mshow triple month calendar
  -y, -12, year, --year                             \e[1;35;40m| \e[1;37;40mshow twelve month calendar
\e[1;35;40m- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\e[m'
      command calcurse -h | command sed 's#calcurse#cal#g' | command grep --color=always '\-\|' ;;
    *)
      command calcurse "$@" ;;
    esac
}

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