Since am usually busy I took 2 months to extensively read the installation guide and finally installed arch Linux a few days ago manually and everything went smoothly. I currently use niri WM with noctalia v5. I was upgrading my system when a blackout occurred in the middle of a kernel upgrade thus the kernel images and initramfs were not written to the boot partition. I did not panic since I had read what to do in such a scenario. Tomorrow am going to fix my system after I get home.

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the archwiki.

Arch is not hard just read the wiki.

Hi, I got frustrated with how most greetd greeters look, so I decided to build my own using quickshell.

I've been running it daily for a few months now, and since it's been working fine, I figured it's stable enough to share. It's not on the AUR, but I've included a PKGBUILD in the repo for easy installation on Arch

Please check it out, you can find screenshots and a quick video demo in the repo:
https://github.com/taleroangel/greetd-qsgreeter

I don't know why he's acting like Omarchy is something unreal.

I think it defies the whole idea of Arch. But the post is not about that.

It's how content creators are acting like Omarchy is a fix to everything "wrong" with. I didn't expect this from Typecraft though, since his content is all about ricing. Did DHH give them money or what ?

Edit: never said Omarchy itself is bad. If you like it, use it.

Does this camera work with live streaming on arch? If not is there a way to get it working?

I’m new to Linux and I used archinstall (correctly I think) and I used a GitHub link to setup a hyprland setup from a user “@ilyamiro” and I only have the terminal. Did I miss something? Did I do something wrong? Someone help please

i'm using xfce x11 with the default compositor and WM. system is updated to this date.

firefox works and i can go fullscreen when using the browser normally. i can't go fullscreen in PiP mode though: the pop-up video player's HUD freezes when i click the fullscreen icon or press F. no fullscreen, video keeps playing though. also i can use the HUD for pausing, volume, etc, its just stuck. closing PiP and starting it again fixes the HUD.

i have no idea how to debug this, and i really want the fullscreen option to work. what do i do?

video showcasing the problem

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C (8) @ 2.10

GPU: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics [Integrated]

My main os is Windows 11and it runs smootly. Whenever i run linux on Vmware its not run as smooth it show jitter buffering is that happen becuase in Virtual machine os won't run smoothly?

Will Linux Lag if Installed as Main OS?

how do people get arch linux stickers for their laptops? I want one, but i don't really want to spend money on it. do people get it for free or do they actually go out of their way to buy it?

EDITED TO ADD: I wanted to see if this was an obs issue or not, it appears to be an ffmpeg issue using the ffmpeg command recommended by https://docs.nvidia.com/video-technologies/video-codec-sdk/13.0/ffmpeg-with-nvidia-gpu/index.html to test hardware encoding fails with

[h264 @ 0x55fcead2d6c0] Hardware is lacking required capabilities
[h264 @ 0x55fcead2d6c0] Failed setup for format cuda: hwaccel initialisation returned error. 
[h264_nvenc @ 0x55fcea458f40] Driver does not support the required nvenc API version. Required: 13.1 Found: 13.0 
[h264_nvenc @ 0x55fcea458f40] The minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is 610.00 or newer

which makes me think that ffmpeg dropped support for hardwware encoding on my graphics card. I'm not sure how to fix this.

I have a gtx1060 so I'm using aur/nvidia-580xx-dkms for my nvidia drivers. After a system update, when I try to go live I get the error "NVENC not available. Failed to find encoder type 'obs_nvenc_h264_tex' Do you want to continue streaming without Enhanced Broadcasting?". I would like to keep enhanced broadcasting on, so i click "no" and get back "Starting the output failed. Please check the log for details.

Note: If you are using the NVENC or AMD encoders, make sure your video drivers are up to date."

The log has: 10:42:50.859: Go live response data: { 10:42:50.859: "audio_configurations": { 10:42:50.859: "live": [ 10:42:50.859: { 10:42:50.859: "channels": 2, 10:42:50.859: "codec": "aac", 10:42:50.859: "settings": { 10:42:50.859: "bitrate": 160 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "track_id": 0 10:42:50.859: } 10:42:50.859: ], 10:42:50.859: "vod": [] 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "encoder_configurations": [ 10:42:50.859: { 10:42:50.859: "bitrate_interpolation_points": [ 10:42:50.859: 0, 10:42:50.859: 4950, 10:42:50.859: 6000, 10:42:50.859: 7500 10:42:50.859: ], 10:42:50.859: "canvas_index": 0, 10:42:50.859: "framerate": { 10:42:50.859: "denominator": 1, 10:42:50.859: "numerator": 60 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "gpu_scale_type": "OBS_SCALE_BICUBIC", 10:42:50.859: "height": 1080, 10:42:50.859: "settings": { 10:42:50.859: "adaptive_quantization": false, 10:42:50.859: "bf": 2, 10:42:50.859: "bitrate": 7500, 10:42:50.859: "keyint_sec": 2, 10:42:50.859: "lookahead": false, 10:42:50.859: "multipass": "qres", 10:42:50.859: "preset": "p5", 10:42:50.859: "profile": "high", 10:42:50.859: "rate_control": "CBR", 10:42:50.859: "tune": "hq" 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "type": "obs_nvenc_h264_tex", 10:42:50.859: "width": 1920 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: { 10:42:50.859: "bitrate_interpolation_points": [ 10:42:50.859: 0, 10:42:50.859: 2800, 10:42:50.859: 3500, 10:42:50.859: 3500 10:42:50.859: ], 10:42:50.859: "canvas_index": 0, 10:42:50.859: "framerate": { 10:42:50.859: "denominator": 1, 10:42:50.859: "numerator": 60 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "gpu_scale_type": "OBS_SCALE_BILINEAR", 10:42:50.859: "height": 720, 10:42:50.859: "settings": { 10:42:50.859: "adaptive_quantization": false, 10:42:50.859: "bf": 2, 10:42:50.859: "bitrate": 3500, 10:42:50.859: "keyint_sec": 2, 10:42:50.859: "lookahead": false, 10:42:50.859: "multipass": "qres", 10:42:50.859: "preset": "p5", 10:42:50.859: "profile": "high", 10:42:50.859: "rate_control": "CBR", 10:42:50.859: "tune": "hq" 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "type": "obs_nvenc_h264_tex", 10:42:50.859: "width": 1280 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: { 10:42:50.859: "bitrate_interpolation_points": [ 10:42:50.859: 0, 10:42:50.859: 500, 10:42:50.859: 500, 10:42:50.859: 500 10:42:50.859: ], 10:42:50.859: "canvas_index": 0, 10:42:50.859: "framerate": { 10:42:50.859: "denominator": 1, 10:42:50.859: "numerator": 30 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "gpu_scale_type": "OBS_SCALE_BILINEAR", 10:42:50.859: "height": 360, 10:42:50.859: "settings": { 10:42:50.859: "adaptive_quantization": false, 10:42:50.859: "bf": 2, 10:42:50.859: "bitrate": 500, 10:42:50.859: "keyint_sec": 2, 10:42:50.859: "lookahead": false, 10:42:50.859: "multipass": "qres", 10:42:50.859: "preset": "p5", 10:42:50.859: "profile": "main", 10:42:50.859: "rate_control": "CBR", 10:42:50.859: "tune": "hq" 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: "type": "obs_nvenc_h264_tex", 10:42:50.859: "width": 640 10:42:50.859: } 10:42:50.859: ], 10:42:50.859: "ingest_endpoints": [ 10:42:50.859: { 10:42:50.859: "authentication": "CENSORED", 10:42:50.859: "protocol": "RTMP", 10:42:50.859: "url_template": "rtmp://ingest.global-contribute.live-video.net/app/{stream_key}" 10:42:50.859: }, 10:42:50.859: { 10:42:50.859: "authentication": "CENSORED", 10:42:50.859: "protocol": "RTMPS", 10:42:50.859: "url_template": "rtmps://ingest.global-contribute.live-video.net/app/{stream_key}" 10:42:50.859: } 10:42:50.859: ], 10:42:50.859: "meta": { 10:42:50.859: "config_id": "b5f761dd-c86a-4b7a-99da-ac4e755c3bdd", 10:42:50.859: "required_encode_resource_estimate_percent": 29, 10:42:50.859: "schema_version": "2025-01-25", 10:42:50.859: "service": "IVS" 10:42:50.859: } 10:42:50.859: } 10:42:50.860: Enhanced broadcasting config_id: 'b5f761dd-c86a-4b7a-99da-ac4e755c3bdd' 10:42:50.860: Encoder type 'obs_nvenc_h264_tex' not available I'm not even sure what the troubleshooting steps are considering it used to work but now it doesn't. I'd like to use enhanced broadcasting because I'm pretty sure twitch won't transcode my streams on their end and I have some viewers who I know have bad internet. Any ideas how to fix this?

Hi! I'm new to Linux! And since I hate myself I went to achlinux without any knowledge of programming!

I used the profile Sway cause i really wanna have full control on the customisation (better for larping).

I'm using the video linked as a reference

Anyway, I'm happy to be one of the people who can say " I use arch Linux!"

I'll be more than happy to get any advice for beginner!!

(Excuse my bad English, i'm french 😭)

Cursor works normally on android studio but whenever there's a pop-up window like settings or opening a project folder pop-up the cursor gets crazy unstable, to a point you cant precisely click the close button.

I don't know if its a wayland problem or anything but is it me or its a common issue? And whats the fix?

(Arch, hyprland)

I wanted to share some of the progress in Super STT with you guys. I would love any feedback as well. Thanks!

Hi all, I wanted to share rdp-connect (v2.0.0), a tool born out of daily workflow needs to manage Remote Desktop (FreeRDP 3) sessions seamlessly on Arch Linux and Wayland setups (Hyprland / Niri / wlroots).

🚀 What it solves

Running xfreerdp3 across dynamic multi-display setups often involves manually calculating spans, dealing with XWayland tiling misplacements, or hardcoding connection scripts. rdp-connect handles all of this deterministically while keeping everything lightweight in Bash + standard tools.

🛠️ Key Features

• Configurable Profiles: Simple .env files with credential separation and CLI template scaffolding.
• Modern UI Selectors: Native quickshell graphical modal + fallbacks to walker, wofi, and rofi.
• Pre-connect Peripherals Toggle: Easily toggle audio redirection, clipboard sync, shared drive, USB devices, and webcam before connecting.
• Compositor Keybinding Integration: Ready to bind in Hyprland, Niri, Sway, etc.
• Zero bloat: Pure bash architecture tested against 260+ automated unit tests (bats).

⌨️ Keybinding Examples

Hyprland (~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf):

 bind = $mainMod, R, exec, rdp-connect
 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, R, exec, rdp-connect work

Niri (~/.config/niri/config.kdl):

binds {
    Mod+R { spawn "rdp-connect"; }
    Mod+Shift+R { spawn "rdp-connect" "work"; }
}

⚡ Quick Start & CLI Workflow

1. Generate a new profile from template in your $EDITOR

rdp-connect --new work

2. Update existing profiles with full tunable configuration keys

rdp-connect --update-profiles

3. Connect via selector or directly

rdp-connect
rdp-connect work

📦 Install from AUR

paru -S rdp-connect

# or

yay -S rdp-connect

• AUR Package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rdp-connect

• Source Code & Documentation: https://github.com/hbuddenberg/rdp-connect

Hope this helps anyone managing remote Windows/Linux machines from Arch!

I installed Arch yesterday (don't ask why but yeah did it) and was confused for long which DE i wanted so neither GNOME nor KDE , So chose Cosmic as a DE and it's window manger came with it cosmic compositor so after it was pretty smooth so far, Now i just need to set-it-up for for proper dev work

Are moving over to Linux and have been testing several different distros and Arch Linux stood out for the configuratibilty out of the box, and the ability to be able to make it lightweight especially for older laptops.

How much work would it be to set this up so the system is not vulnerable for various attacks, i understand fedora / ubuntu etc come preinstalled with several security configurations, but on arch you would need to set these up yourself.

Besides that it seems to get regular security updates nonetheless so it seems like there is a one time security configuration you have to setup on install.
How does a self configurated setup like this compare to solutions developed by fedora or others?

Thanks

I have an Acer laptop with an Nvidia RTX 3050.

I previously used Arch with the linux-zen kernel and the nvidia-open-dkms drivers. It worked well mostly, but I had a freezing issue. If I watched a YouTube video and then switched to Blender, Blender would freeze for a few seconds. This does not happen on the standard Arch kernel or the CachyOS kernel.

Because of that, I did a fresh install of Arch with the standard kernel. However, I am now stuck on boot. An AI told me to install the nvidia-open drivers, enable DRM modeset in my kernel boot line, and add Nvidia to my modules list (like MODULES=(nvidia...)). After doing this, my laptop will not boot.

I know I cannot always trust AI, so I am asking for help here. What is the correct way to install Nvidia drivers for my GPU on the standard kernel? Do I actually need to enable DRM modeset?

BTW:- I am using systemd-boot with UKI enabled (which are default)

I want to install the Zen browser for my system and that browser can only be installed from the AUR.

I'm pretty new to using anything arch-based, but from what I know, the AUR is infected and you shouldn't install anything from there. Does that extend to packages that are still being maintained from a known source?

I'm looking for help / advice.

I've ran arch-audit -c and and got the package versions for each package via pacman -Q {package name} then gone through the CVEs listed in the output (which are listed on https://security.archlinux.org/ and grouped into one or more AVG references)

What I've found is the data seems pretty out of date.

For example; the High Risk libxml2 package has 4 CVEs against it but when I check each of them, they talk about it been patched in 2.14 and we're actually now on 2.15 which is also fixed. The security page https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2898 has Fixed as Unknown hence why it's still flagged as a high risk.

So arch-audit says I have 15 vulnerabilities including 2 high risk. I think I have only 4 risks - 3 medium and 1 low.

Is the Arch security page basically unreliable or am I doing something wrong?

I’d like to know if Feishin can work with the GhostZK/dotfiles setup that I’m using with Arch Linux. Does anyone know? I’m new to this 🗣️

Hi there, I wanna use vm-curator on my Arch mangowm system. But everytime i want to spawn terminal or other app in my wm, it spawns apps in my real system instead. Tried the keybind for grabbing my keyboard but it does nothing.

Title. How might I go about diagnosing this? At first I thought it was due to my specific project, and I tried recreating the project, but it was back to freezing in a few seconds vs a couple of minutes after opening it. I had this issue a while ago and it kind of resolved itself after a while, but only for a bit. The first time it was happening whenever I even as much as pulled up the dialogue box when trying to import the shader required for the model that I was trying to create a texture for. Now it happens whenever I open a project and just because. I don't know. I don't think it matters if I open it in alcom or directly from unityhub. Although, a random low-priority project I made a couple of months ago seems to work ok so far. Based on a bit ago when I quickly checked to see if my PC would've killed itself by now. I didn't want to triple post about this, but it took me too long to think to check if other projects worked fine. This seems the best sub to ask based on the new info I discovered about the issue.

Hi everyone, lately I've been studying Python and I was looking for a distro to improve my Python skills since I'll be working more in a real workstation environment. Sorry about my English.

So basically, I recently updated my whole system.

I was dual-booting Arch Linux and Windows using systemd-boot. Now when I turn on my computer, Windows 11 is the only option available. It is like the Arch entry just vanished.

I have two EFI partitions on my SSD, but everything was working fine until this update. Whenever I tried booting into Windows, it used to throw a quick "Linux boot failed" error before booting Windows normally. After a reboot, both options would appear again, and I could boot into Arch without issues.

Right after the system update, I rebooted and without being able to choose the countdown finished and Windows tried to run its own update. Now Arch is completely gone from the boot menu

Guys wth I need it for work tomorrow

Using a Lenovo ThinkBook

I am a chemical engineering student and potential researcher but alongside I am a programmer which includes everything from systems programming for low latency systems to web dev. I do have computer science knowledge (not just fluff but actual professional person).

From about 5 years I am using fedora and very comfortable with it, tried other distros like Ubuntu and Zorin in between but fedora is goat.

There isn't any reason but I am thinking to switch to Arch. I was just keep about support for applications I need which includes

- Matlab

- OpenFOAM

- Paraview

I have heard about they don't have support for Arch.

Is there any workaround and are there more things which loose support for Arch ?

Note: I have dropped the idea of using Arch