Kde-Plasma

Welcome to Part 4 of the Arch Linux installation guide! In Part 1 and Part 2, we built an encrypted, unbreakable file system and got it fully installed and configured. In Part 3, we built the invisible engines that drive our audio, network, and graphics. Now it’s time to have a GUI! We are going to install KDE Plasma, one of the most modern yet fast desktop environments in the Linux world. With the foundation we previously set, this process is going to be incredibly smooth. ...

Welcome! This series walks through installing Arch Linux from scratch with full-disk encryption, BTRFS subvolumes with automatic snapshots, and a complete KDE Plasma desktop, split into four parts you can follow start to finish or jump into individually. What You’ll Build By the end of this series, you’ll have a fully encrypted Arch Linux desktop: LUKS2 full-disk encryption, BTRFS subvolumes with automatic Snapper snapshots, a properly configured package manager with AUR support, working audio, bluetooth, printing, and graphics, and a KDE Plasma desktop on top of it all. ...