My preferred Arch Linux setup is with Btrfs, systemd-boot (which requires UEFI) and - at least when installing a laptop - LUKS. Not least for myself, to make the installation easier the next time, I thought that it's a good idea to document the steps.
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 installing 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.
A Raspberry Pi is perfectly suited to run a TVHeadend server - for receiving Live TV, for example. In this post I explain, how such a server can be run on an RPi2 with Arch Linux ARM.
Wireless freedom – that’s the appealing slogan of OpenWrt, a Linux distribution specifically made for embedded devices such as routers and access points. It gives you full control over what is installed on the device, its customization and can extend the functional capabilities of your router significantly compared to the vendors firmware. But the installation can be quite tricky. In this post I want to share some learnings I made when installing OpenWrt on an Archer C7.