disk=/dev/sda username=titus password=1234 hostname=host PKGS_AUR_DEFAULT=( 'brave-bin' # Brave Browser 'dxvk-bin' # DXVK DirectX to Vulcan 'github-desktop-bin' # Github Desktop sync 'mangohud' # Gaming FPS Counter 'mangohud-common' #installs with mangohud 'zoom' # video conferences 'snap-pac' # btrfs tools...runs snapshot after every pacman install 'snapper-gui-git' # a tool of managing snapshots of Btrfs subvolumes and LVM volumes ) PKGS_ARCH_DEFAULT=( #...THEME... 'terminus-font' 'powerline-fonts' #...TOOLS... 'usbutils' # query connected USB devices 'ntp' # network time protocol reference implementation #...NETWORK TOOLS... 'bridge-utils' # configuring etnernet bridge 'iptables-nft' # replaces iptables 'traceroute' # track route taken by packets over an IP network 'openbsd-netcat' # tcp/ip network tools 'bind' # DNS tools 'gufw' # manage netfilter firewall #...MAIN TOOLS... 'cmatrix' # matix screen 'cronie' # schedule tasks/jobs 'htop' # see running processes 'lsof' # list open files for running Unix processes 'nano' # a famous text editor 'neofetch' # displays information about your computer 'openssh' # remote login another system with the SSH protocol 'os-prober' # detect other OSes on a set of drives (for grub) 'vim' # a famous text editor 'wget' # get files from web 'git' # get files from web, think github or gitlab 'bash-completion' # programmable completion for the bash shell 'zsh' # command line interpreter 'zsh-syntax-highlighting' 'zsh-autosuggestions' 'zsh-completions' 'pacman-contrib' # scripts and tools for pacman systems 'rsync' # sync files 'reflector' # sort and filter pacman mirror list 'snapper' # managing BTRFS and LVM snapshots tool...also installed by snap-pac and snapper-gui-git # btrfs can't create snapshots of a volume that also contains a swapfile. I fixed this by moving my swapfile to its own subvolume. #...KDE... 'konsole' # KDE terminal 'kate' # KDE text editor 'ark' # KDE file archive tool 'p7zip' # 7Z format support 'unrar' # RAR decompression support 'unarchiver' # RAR format support 'lzop' # LZO format support 'lrzip' # LRZ format support 'gwenview' # KDE image viewer 'qt5-imageformats' # tiff, webp and more formats 'kimageformats' # dds, xcf, exr, psd, and more formats 'kipi-plugins' # export to various online services 'kamera' # imports from gphoto2 cameras 'filelight' # KDE tool to view disk use 'spectacle' # KDE screenshot capture utility 'kipi-plugins' # export to various online services #...MISC/OTHER... 'picom' # X compositor that may fix tearing issues 'gparted' # graphical partition management 'grub-customizer' # gui to customize grub 'kitty' # terminal 'celluloid' # video players 'code' # Visual Studio code 'gimp' # Photo editing 'jdk-openjdk' # Java 17 'lutris' # gaming platform 'okular' # pdf viewer 'qemu' # a hypervisor (virtual machines) 'steam' 'gamemode' # gaming optimizations 'synergy' # share kebyard and mouse amung systems 'virt-manager' # another hypervisor (create virtual machines) 'virt-viewer' # another hypervisor (view virtual machines) 'wine-gecko' # Wine's built-in replacement for Microsoft's Internet Explorer...(also installs wine) 'wine-mono' # Wine's built-in replacement for Microsoft's .NET Framework...(also installs wine) 'winetricks' # makes wine better...(also installs wine) #...AUDIO/SOUND SUPPORT... 'alsa-plugins' #(installed by steam) 'alsa-utils' 'pulseaudio' #(installed as part of plasma-pa) 'pulseaudio-alsa' 'pulseaudio-bluetooth' #...POWER/BATTERY/SUSPEND SUPPORT... 'powerdevil' # KDE tool to manage power consumption...(installed as part of plasma-desktop) #...BLUETOOTH SUPPORT... 'bluedevil' 'bluez' # bluetooth support...(installed as part of bluedevil and powerdevil) 'bluez-libs' #(installed as part of networkmanager) 'bluez-utils' #...PRINTER SUPPORT... 'cups' # printer support 'print-manager' # KDE tool to manage printers #...FILESYSTEM SUPPORT... 'ntfs-3g' # NTFS support 'dosfstools' #(installed by kde things) 'exfat-utils' # exfat support 'btrfs-progs' #(installed by snap-pac and snapper-gui-git MIGHT MIGHT Be installed by kde things) 'fuseiso' # mount ISO images #...SAMBA-WINDOWS NETWORK SHARE SUPPORT... 'samba' 'smbnetfs' #...UNNEEDED to explicitly install... 'unzip' # file compression installed by other things when needed as a dependency 'zip' # file compression 'audiocd-kio' # Audio CDs 'swtpm' # small tpm emulator 'dialog' # Shows a dialog by command line 'dtc' # Device Tree Compilier (required for qemu and spike a ISA emulator) 'egl-wayland' # graphics/nvidia 'extra-cmake-modules' # installs by others things when needed as a dependency 'fuse2' #(installed as part of fuseiso) 'fuse3' #(installed as part of plasma-worksapce) 'gptfdisk' #DOES CFDISK work without it? YES (installed as part of a bunch of kde things) 'kcoreaddons' #(installed as part of a bunch of kde things) 'zeroconf-ioslave' # network Monitor for DNS-SD services for KDE 'kvantum-qt5' 'linux-firmware' 'linux-headers' 'python-notify2' 'python-psutil' 'python-pyqt5' #CODECS 'gst-libav' #installed as part of wine dxvk-bin I DID NOT INSTALL WINE..its DXVK-BIN 'gst-plugins-good' #(installed by virt) 'gst-plugins-ugly' 'libdvdcss' # Portable abstraction library for DVD decryption 'kcodecs' #(installed as part of a bunch of kde things) )