SimplyArch Installer

The simplest way to install Arch Linux where you choose to bloat or not to bloat

Disclaimer

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED

Pre-requisites 🔎

• A working internet connection
• Being a somewhat advanced user
• A previously partitioned disk
• UEFI & BIOS autodetection

Filesystem Support

• EXT4
• (NEW) Initial BTRFS support (thanks @lenuswalker)

What the base script will do ✅

• Install a functional base system
• Setup your keyboard, locales, timezone and hostname
• Create a standard user with sudo permissions
• Install popular utilities such as vim nano htop neofetch and our simple_reflector.sh tool
• (NEW) Installs paru as the AUR helper instead of yay

What the base script won't do 🚫

• Install any driver not included within the kernel
• Install a DE/WM or any GUI application
• Make questionable choices for you

How to use it 📖

• Boot latest Arch Linux ISO
• Load your keyboard e.g loadkeys us-acentos
• Connect to the internet
• Partition the disk with the tool of your choice
• Install git pacman -Sy git
• Clone this repo git clone https://github.com/geminis3/simplyarch
• Run the simplyarch.sh file and follow on-screen instructions

And now what? ❓

• Choose to bloat (optional)
• Install drivers not included with the kernel if your hardware needs it (e.g. Nvidia, Broadcom, VAAPI, etc)
• Install xorg-core, a DM and the DE/WM of your choice
• Install any other application you need
• Profit

Introducing bloat 🐌

If you don't like the Arch way of doing stuff with the terminal we have prepared you a completely optional and simple post-installation script to help you finish setting up your Arch Linux system by installing a desktop environment, propietary Nvidia drivers (optional), Flatpak support and more.

Has SimplyArch become what it swore to destroy?

• No, select None when installation finishes to skip bloat and keep rolling 😇
• The base SimplyArch script will continue to be a separate component that provides only a minimal system
• ProTip: Review the choices bloat.sh will make for you

Supported desktop environments

• GNOME (minimal install included)
• KDE Plasma
• Xfce
• LXQt
• LXDE
• Cinnamon

Project file structure

• simplyarch.sh: our base and main script
• simple-reflector.sh: a simple script that uses the reflector tool to fetch an updated list of fastest 20 mirrors, this script gets copied to the home folder on every install for convenience purposes
• bloat.sh: the optional post-installation script
• README.md: this file
• LICENSE.md: MIT License
• img folder: as the name says

I want to help SimplyArch development 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

Feel free to open an Issue or Pull Request and I'll be happy to receive any feedback or code improvement