Arch Linux Install: Base Install & System Configuration
This is Part 2 of the Arch Linux Install series. With the drive partitioned and encrypted in Part 1, we’ll now install the base system, get it booting, configure the essentials, and set up automatic snapshots with Snapper. Why systemd-boot and Snapper? systemd-boot over GRUB: GRUB is the safer default when you need to dual-boot Windows or juggle multiple kernels with automatic OS detection, but this is a single-OS UEFI system, and none of that complexity buys us anything. systemd-boot is a fraction of the size, configures itself from a couple of short text files instead of a generated script, and boots straight from EFI without an intermediate stage. For a dedicated Linux install, it’s less to configure and less to break. ...