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Installing Arch Linux
======================
> John Hammond | September 29th, 2019
This are my notes while installing and setting up my Arch Linux environment.
I did this on my DELL XPS 15 laptop on September 29th, 2019.
Downloading the ISO
-------------------
I downloaded the `archlinux-2019.09.01-x86_64.iso` from here: [https://www.archlinux.org/download/](https://www.archlinux.org/download/).
I searched for a United States mirror and chose one: specifically, I used: [http://mirrors.acm.wpi.edu/archlinux/iso/2019.09.01/](http://mirrors.acm.wpi.edu/archlinux/iso/2019.09.01/)
Burning the ISO to a Disc
-------------------------
I still had Ubuntu at the time, so I burned the Arch Linux ISO to a disc with [Brasero].
Booting the Arch Linux Live Disc
------------------------
On my DELL XPS 15, I needed to spam the `F12` key when booting to get to the menu and choose "Boot from CD". **I made sure to boot in UEFI**.
Once I got into the Arch Linux prompt, I followed the instructions from their [Installation Guide](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide).
I didn't need to change the keyboard layout, so I went on just to verify the UEFI boot mode:
```
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
```
This had results, so I knew I successfully booted with UEFI. Good enough!
Connecting to the Internet
----------------
On my DELL XPS 15, I wanted to connect to the Internet right away. To get started, I needed to know the name of the
interface I was working with.
```
ip link
```
In my case, my interface name was `wlp59s0`.
Now I needed to actually connect to my Wi-Fi. I used `netctl` to keep it easy.
```
cp /etc/netctl/examples/wireless-wpa /etc/netctl/home
vim /etc/netctl/home
```
With that configuration file, I could fill in the interface name, SSID, and Wi-Fi password.
```
net start home
```
At that point, I could connect to the Internet!
> This is incomplete. I need to keep working on this (1109 September 30th 2019)
[Brasero]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Brasero