Install Arch Linux with GNOME or the console, plus Recovery and System Manager.
Requirements
- Minimal base: linux-zen, btrfs, systemd-boot
- GNOME on Wayland or console
- Disk encryption, Secure Boot with own keys
- One password for disk, login and keyring
- Btrfs snapshot before every package change
- Recovery partition with rollback and self-update
- Recovery in boot menu, firmware menu and app grid
- Automatic fallback: fallback image, then Recovery
- Drivers and VM guest tools detected
- Flatpak with GNOME Software or Bazaar
- Browser, backup app and text editor of choice
- AUR helper, 32-bit support, containers, firewall, SSH
- File sharing with Windows and macOS
- Boot splash, System Manager, Shell enhancement
- Zram, OOM protection, tuned defaults
- Ranked mirrors, cleaned package cache, disk health monitoring
- Works offline until the next update
- Resumable and unattended installation
- Every command shown, saved as a script
- Keyboard and time zone follow the language
- English and German, Adding a Language
- Write the latest ISO to a USB stick, for example with Ventoy or balenaEtcher
- Set the firmware to UEFI, Secure Boot off
- Boot the USB stick, choose Core or Desktop, then Install now. Needs internet by cable or Wi-Fi
- After the first reboot, turn Secure Boot on

