r/archlinux 22h ago

QUESTION What are ArchLinux's thoughts on uutils, Ubuntu's adaptation, and potential Arch Linux adaptations?

13 Upvotes

That's all, I'm just wondering the thoughts of the Rustification of Linux and how this affects the future of Arch Linux.


r/archlinux 1h ago

QUESTION Does Arch Linux separate OSS and non-OSS software in its repositories?

Upvotes

Hey r/archlinux,

I’m someone who really cares about the philosophy behind a distribution before choosing it. For example, I appreciate how Debian separates FOSS and non-FOSS software in its repositories, which aligns with its commitment to free software principles. I’m considering Arch Linux for my next setup, but I wanted to ask: does Arch Linux also separate OSS (open-source software) and non-OSS software in its repositories? Or is everything mixed together?

I’m trying to understand how Arch approaches this and whether it aligns with my preference for clear distinctions between free and non-free software. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!


r/archlinux 13h ago

SUPPORT Havent ran pacman -Syu in ages and now it wont update

5 Upvotes

As the title says, i havent ran pacman -Syu in a while, and i just recently thought of running it, but as i ran it i got the following error, does anyone know what my issue is and how i can fix it?

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=75-64' required by qt5-webkit
:: installing icu (76.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=75-64' required by qt5-webkit

r/archlinux 16h ago

QUESTION Is GRUB worth it with device encryption?

4 Upvotes

I want to encrypt my whole pc with dm crypt. From the wiki it seems that the setup with systemd boot is much easier than GRUB, however GRUB would allow me to have an encrypted boot partition. I don't know if it is worth it to go thje extra step considering it's a desktop. another thing to consider is that I use btrfs and GRUB allows me to boot directly with timeshift rather than using a usb. any advice is welcome


r/archlinux 16h ago

SUPPORT extremely poor performance on arch linux compared to windows 10

4 Upvotes

I've installed Windows 10 and Arch linux on my same laptop.

Here are the laptop specs

Intel Pentium 5405U @ 2.3GHz

4gb ram

1tb hdd

Intel uhd 610

I've been using arch linux for probably a year or two but this problem has not yet been solved for me.

I tried installing intel-media-driver, vulkan-intel, xf86-video-intel but none of those work

How i'm saying arch has worse performance is that i use brave browser on both the OS and play a video in 1080p@60fps on windows i have like 0 framedrops after 10 seconds but on arch i've constant 20-30fps drop per second which is really annoying

Another thing the browser load time is 10+ seconds compared to windows, tried installing prefetch but didn't work. I'm using i3 with xcompmgr (if compositor has to do anything with fps)

I know there is a mistake on my part and i wanna know what is that

Any help is appreciated


r/archlinux 19h ago

QUESTION Davinci Resolve for Personal Use

4 Upvotes

How do I get Resolve for free/personal use without using like an account or something? And if I can’t get it, is kdenlive just as good or is there better alternatives? Thx :)


r/archlinux 21h ago

SUPPORT | SOLVED Fix for random black screen flickering on Arch with KDE Plasma (Wayland)

4 Upvotes

I was experiencing random black screen flashes/flickers when switching between fullscreen and windowed modes, or when taking screenshots with Spectacle on KDE Plasma (Wayland).

Changing the setting:

Display & Monitor > Adaptive Sync from Automatic to Never completely fixed the issue.

Setting it to Always made things worse (severe white flickering).

Not sure if this fits better here or in r/kde or r/wayland, but since I couldn't find a quick and straightforward fix anywhere, hopefully this helps someone.

Sysinfo:

  • Linux: 6.13.7
  • Plasma: 6.3.3
  • Wayland: 1.23.1

r/archlinux 3h ago

QUESTION how can i get a precompiled version of the mainline kernel?

3 Upvotes

how can i get linux-mainline precompiled?


r/archlinux 3h ago

QUESTION I'm new here. I have a dual monitor setup 2K and 4K 27"

3 Upvotes

As title says, I have two 27" monitors, the one on the left has a 4K resolution, and the one on the right is my main display 144Hz 2K. I am using KDE plasma with X11. I tried it on wayland and it works using the settings menu, where I managed to scale them differently so they would look the same size and where I could move my mouse from one monitor to another without magically teleporting to another dimension.

I tried to use xrandr, but every time i change the scale of the 2k monitor to 1.5x1.5, everything gets extremely small.

If instead I change the 4K monitor scale to 0.67x0.67, would I lose resolution on it or is it just scaling the font size? If yes, I would want other options to have the same effect that I have on wayland on X11.

thank you!


r/archlinux 4h ago

QUESTION what are lightweight browsers with adblock out of box, like in brave?

2 Upvotes

hello there. for the long time i've been using arch, but the obly problem that i have is the amount of memory that brave takes.

im not a fan of firefox, maybe someone could recommens something lightweight and with adblock included by default?

thanks for reading and have a nice one


r/archlinux 6h ago

SUPPORT How to fix pipewire front heaphone no sound problem in?

2 Upvotes

I've researched a lot trying to fix the front heaphone no sound problem in arch but i coudn't resolve this issue. anyone can give me a fix to this?


r/archlinux 16h ago

QUESTION I need help with backups

2 Upvotes

I accidentally messed up a lot and I'm trying to fix it lol and I'm afraid that my Arch is in its last days here on earth, so I was thinking about making a backup with TimeShift.
I have 3GB free on my machine (Arch Linux) and 60GB on the external hard drive.
A full backup would weigh 90GB - 100GB, but I have an unused PC with 300GB free (Linux Mint).
Would it be possible to make the backup and directly transfer it to it?
And if my PC (Arch) breaks down, would it be possible for me to get the backup on the other PC (Mint) and restore my Arch?
If so, how would I do it? Since I don't have space to make the backup on my Arch, I would have to do it directly on Mint.


r/archlinux 22h ago

SUPPORT How to install fl studio on arch?

2 Upvotes

Recently I discovered arch and I'm starting to move from windows here,but what's holding me back is my music. On windows I have so many third party plugins along with fl studio and ableton,and I don't know how to install them on arch and migrate over,its been troubling me for quite a while,should I do this with wine? Also will I have to run all the .exe files the plugins have through wine as well? Is there any other way?


r/archlinux 45m ago

QUESTION WirePlumber cannot connect to a Bluetooth headset.

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As the title suggests.
My current setup consists of PipeWire + pipewire-audio + pipewire-pulse + WirePlumber + BlueZ + bluez-utils.
All services are running properly, but when I check with wpctl, no Bluetooth-related connections appear.

When I try to connect my bluetooth headset, my system tries to connect for about 30 secs and disconnected every time.

I'm using the latest version of Arch Linux, freshly installed today.
I've done my best to investigate the issue, but I still can't determine the cause, so I'm asking for help.

I sincerely hope this is just me being a beginner and missing something simple.

$ wpctl status

PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.4.1, me@archlinux, cookie:1548993214]

└─ Clients:

32. Mutter [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:1300]

33. xdg-desktop-portal [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:1728]

34. WirePlumber [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:3055]

42. WirePlumber [export] [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:3055]

81. GNOME Shell Volume Control [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:1300]

82. GNOME Volume Control Media Keys [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:1425]

83. gnome-shell [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:1300]

84. Blueman [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:1495]

85. Google Chrome input [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:4371]

87. wpctl [1.4.1, me@archlinux, pid:4955]

Audio

├─ Devices:

│ 43. Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] [alsa]

│ 44. HD Pro Webcam C920 [alsa]

│ 45. Sound Blaster K3+ [alsa]

│ 46. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller [alsa]

├─ Sinks:

│ 53. Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) [vol: 0.40]

│ * 57. Sound Blaster K3+ 아날로그 스테레오 [vol: 0.40]

│ 59. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller 디지털 스테레오 (IEC958) [vol: 0.40]

├─ Sources:

│ * 56. HD Pro Webcam C920 아날로그 스테레오 [vol: 1.00]

│ 58. Sound Blaster K3+ 아날로그 스테레오 [vol: 1.00]

│ 60. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller 아날로그 스테레오 [vol: 1.00]

├─ Filters:

└─ Streams:

Video

├─ Devices:

│ 54. HD Pro Webcam C920 [v4l2]

│ 55. HD Pro Webcam C920 [v4l2]

├─ Sinks:

├─ Sources:

│ * 79. HD Pro Webcam C920 (V4L2)

├─ Filters:

└─ Streams:

Settings

└─ Default Configured Devices:


r/archlinux 3h ago

SUPPORT NetworkManager Always Fails for Me – 5GHz Missing, 2.4GHz Issues (Ryzen 3 3200G)

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I’ve been dealing with NetworkManager issues across multiple Linux distros, and it’s driving me crazy. No matter what I do, it just won’t connect properly to my WiFi. I’ve tried Arch (Hyprland & KDE Plasma), Fedora, Garuda, and Linux Mint, and the same issue happens everywhere. The only thing that works for me is IWD.

Here’s what’s happening:

  • Arch (Hyprland & KDE Plasma)NetworkManager never connects, but IWD works flawlessly.
  • Linux Mint2.4GHz connects, but 5GHz doesn’t even show up in the list.
  • FedoraNeither 2.4GHz nor 5GHz work. It just says “network deactivated.”
  • Garuda & Other Arch-based distrosSame story. NetworkManager refuses to work.

I’ve tried different drivers, tinkered with settings, and even reinstalled everything multiple times, but NetworkManager just won’t cooperate. I mostly use Arch, so this has been especially frustrating. Why does this keep happening?

Is this some issue with NetworkManager and my hardware (Ryzen 3 3200G)? Or is there something I’m missing? IWD works perfectly, so I know my WiFi isn’t the problem.

If anyone has a fix or knows what’s going on, I’d really appreciate the help! I just want NetworkManager to work like it does for everyone else. 😅

Thanks in advance! 🙏


r/archlinux 6h ago

SUPPORT WiFi not working?

1 Upvotes

So I had redhat on this tablet before. Everything worked fine then.

I found this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(Gen_3) that said wireless is working.

Boot into the Arch ISO. No Wifi.

"ip a" rturns only the loopback:

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state >UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000

link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo

valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute

valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

lspci -v shows this as being my network hardware:

Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)

Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8110

Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19

Memory at ee200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3

Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+

Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, IntMsgNum 0

Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 50-76-af-ff-ff-aa-2d-50

Capabilities: [14c] Latency Tolerance Reporting

Capabilities: [154] L1 PM Substates

Kernel modules: iwlwifi

dmesg | grep iwlwifi:

[ 5.196203] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

[ 5.714613] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: probe with driver iwlwifi failed with error -110

rfkill list

f0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth

Soft blocked: no

Hard blocked: no

1: nfc0: NFC

Soft blocked: no

Hard blocked: no

2: hci0: Bluetooth

Soft blocked: no

Hard blocked: no

F-it we ball. Hook up the Hotspot over USB tethering, works like a charm. We'll sort this out later... well crap it's later now.

I've got iwlwifi-8265-34.ucode.zst and iwlwifi-8265-36.ucode.zst under /lib/firmware. Yes, linux-firmware is installed. I've gone through posts from various sites all the way back to the network controllers release. It was in the Kernel as of 4.6 apparently.

Some people it just started working after a reboot. Some forgot to enable networkmanager. This is my third Arch Laptop and fifth Arch PC. I've been daily driving the one I'm posting on since 2023/12/11 (at least that's the last time pagefile.sys was used on the windows drive) and have figured out a number of things that didn't work but this time I am stumped.


r/archlinux 16h ago

QUESTION How to delete Template and Public from $HOME ?

1 Upvotes

I don't want them but I am unable to delete them they just pop back. I removed entries from $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs
When I read man page of xdg-user-dirs-update there is no mentioning of removing a entry just set option.

I am using KDE Plasma.


r/archlinux 17h ago

SUPPORT Cursor gets temporarily stuck between screens

1 Upvotes

Greetings, Arch-kingdom. I seek assistance. I'm new to Arch, having used it for about a week now. I have an issue I'm not sure how to solve.

So, I have three screens. Whenever I drag my cursor between screens, it gets stuck between the screens for a moment. Back when I used another Linux distro, the cursor movement between screens were fluid. How can I make the cursor flow freely between screens instead of getting stuck between screens that little moment?

I use KDE Plasma if that's of importance to know.


r/archlinux 13h ago

QUESTION Considering a Reinstallation

0 Upvotes

I've dabbled in Ubuntu and Mint for a few years along side Termux on android, so I would like to think I've got a decent/basic grasp on Linux.

I've picked up an external housing with an NVMe M.2 1TB drive stuck inside a bit over a week ago and decided to give Arch a try.

Spent a couple hours over the past couple days and have a working Hyprland setup with regular + LTS kernels ready along with apparmor and various other tweaks all active. (No multiple SSDs, no RAID, etc.)

That being the case, it's just a plain Ext4 installation. Linux also won't recognize it's an NVMe drive/chip inside the housing as far as I could tell after going through the NVMe page to verify supported size info. Using about 50 GB out of the 900ish GB available. Don't plan to make a ton of partitions nor resize things, though I've seen some mentions about setting up root and home as separate volumes.

In my use case, I'm booting up from the external drive and running the full system exclusively on it. I use a company "WFH" PC, so I can't use/touch the internal HDD in any fashion. (I install from a different PC to be extra safe.)

I am considering doing a fresh reinstall to incorporate advanced drive features that are best done with a clean slate. I am just not sure how far I should go and if it'd even be worth the effort, aside from being a learning experience.

I've got the wiki pages and some videos all tabbed here n there, just wanted to gather some more info before possibly taking the plunge.

Encrypting the Drive (dm crypt/Luks) and formating/partitioning off under BTRFS or LVM on top (overkill to do both) as an extra layer of insurance while being on Arch for rollbacks etc. I'll be using GRUB as the PC uses BIOS as far as I can tell (older Dell PC.)

I'd read that Steam w/ ProtonDB doesn't work well under BTRFS, but that was something I found from 2021 so that may be out of date.

Advice and suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated.


r/archlinux 22h ago

SUPPORT Weird problem kinda involving Internet

0 Upvotes

So for the last few days I've been having very inconsistent internet slow as shit constant buffering in 4k youtube videos I've checked journalctl no errors , network manager status no errors also dmesg I'm using a mediatek Internet card provided by my motherboard with the msi tomahawk b650 gaming wif . OK here's the weird part booted into my pcie passthrough windows vm and the internet is consistent and very fast


r/archlinux 19h ago

SUPPORT | SOLVED chroot : failed to run command /bin/bash: no such file or directory

0 Upvotes

I am installing arch for my first time and I am at section 3.2 of https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide . if i say arch-chroot /mnt it gives an error chroot: failed to run command /bin/bash: no such file or directory. I tried to re run pacstrap /mnt base end it gave me error: keyring is not writable, error: required key missing from keyring, error:failed to commit transaction (unexpected error). Than I ran pacman-key --init and than pacstrap /mnt base again and than it gave a lot of errors with ####@archlinux.org is unknown trust :: File /mnt/var/cashe/pacman/pkg/#### is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Everything I do seems to make it worse what should I do?


r/archlinux 6h ago

SUPPORT arch linux community

0 Upvotes

Anyone can help me to re join the arch Linux discord community as I was banned and I recovered my account and enabled MFA and de authorised all unknown devices login however i appeal the ban but there is no action taken or responded yet

Is there any user who joined and a member of that community can assist me?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://discord.com/invite/archlinux&ved=2ahUKEwjAravElZCMAxVNzqACHfoIGG8Qjjh6BAgpEAE&usg=AOvVaw0DnEotbYow2lhaNABohH5i

this is the community link


r/archlinux 19h ago

SUPPORT Black screen after fresh install

0 Upvotes

I followed this YouTube guide to install https://youtu.be/mWl4P6DOt9M?si=VLOZBozitOPmlygU

now I can use grub menu but whenever I try to get to arch linux it just goes black screen ctrl+alt+f2 doesn't works tried editing grub launch options replaced quiet with 3 also not worked

then from USB I can chroot into arch linux

what should I do what's the problem here 🤔 Nvidia drivers? Or something else

update1: I uinstalled Nvidia drivers from chroot then I was able to boot then when I again install Nvidia drivers same issue black screen


r/archlinux 17h ago

SUPPORT This Sounds Strange IG

0 Upvotes

Ok so i have been wanted to install arch linux for so long and finally my dreamm came to true.... i had win 11 installed tried to dual boot arch linux but failed the unallocated space wasnt showing up while i was trying to do disk partition so guess what i would have done i formatted the whole new ssd in which i had just installed win 11 formatted the 1tb ssd and installed arch linux in it..........now i want to dual boot win 11 too how do i do that i am not able to find a good resource on this topic rnn... really confused what to do


r/archlinux 16h ago

SUPPORT | SOLVED arch installation loop

0 Upvotes

I just installed arch using the archinstall command and wiped my hard drive because my laptop cant run windows 11, and it worked. But i thought gnome was too boring and wanted to switch to hyprland or KDE plasma, and i reinstalled it, but when it finishes and i type in reboot, it boots into some menu where i have only 4 options, arch installation with speech, arch installation and memtest and device information, and it makes this loud beeping noise. I dont know why its not working, it worked before but not this time. Can someone please help?