My preferred Arch Linux setup is with Btrfs, systemd-boot (which requires UEFI) and - at least when installing a laptop - LUKS. Not least to make the next installation easier for myself, I thought it would be a good idea to document the steps.
Utilizing an ARM chroot on an x86_64 system together with QEMU is a rather easy and convenient way to build ARM packages on an x86_64 machine. In this post, we describe the simplest way of doing so on Arch Linux.
Meta packages can help to automate installation and configuration tasks. They are created like normal packages, but their main purpose is to depend on other packages to facilitate the installation of these dependencies. In this post, we describe in detail how they can be used.
Arch Linux is great because it brings flexibility and gives users control since it's their decision how the system is set up and configured. On the other hand, the standard installation process1 is completely manual, and if the installation needs to be done more often or if multiple machines need to be installed, the process can become cumbersome and annoying. In this post, we will discuss some approaches to make the installation more convenient and easier to repeat.