#arch lignux

Eugh. I was almost there, but I could not run efibootmgr due to a lack of something related to partitions. (Ironically, Arch Linux used "cowardly" to refer to itself.) I used cgdisk to write to the disk, but then the computer panicked about the partition table not being GPT. I eventually deleted the empty partition to start all over. Eugh.

I went so far in this... I was almost there... I wanted to have my own operating system...

I shall keep going, though, even if I would need to return to Ubuntu or use an approved Lignux distribution!

...maybe I should wait for the Arch Lignux foundation to implement the Secure Boot work-in...

...or even ask for help in the forums, since I have a rather specific set of problems?

I managed to install the OS in the new partition (which I had developed after using Gparted through my old Puppy Lignux disc1) WITHOUT using the workaround! I just needed to boot into legacy mode!

The thing is that now I have to boot into UEFI mode. I just returned here to make sure that I can still boot under Windows 8 all fine.

Now, after searching for the UEFISUS partition here, I hope that I can actually boot into UEFI mode...

Installing Arch Lignux here is a pain. I eventually learned that I first had to disable Secure Boot under the BIOS, then I needed to go to the boot options menu to launch the Arch Lignux CD. However, booting normally left to a blank screen, but I learned of a workaround. Since I have burned the files to a USB disc (before using a CD-R to actually get the thing to boot, I think I am fine.

Current mod: Accomplished

I followed the Beginner's Guide, so things went great. There were a few figurative detours along the way, though.

Since I was using VirtualBox, I had to figure how to install the virtual HDD. I ended up with mounting the virtual drive, then formatting to btrfs.

I pinged to Kjos Ministries due to the site being VERY light. (Kjos Ministries is also a site that I use to test a connection to see if the connection is non-existent or just very slow, among other tests I do. I also visit Kjos Ministries for the site itself a lot.) Oddly, I did not have to do any configuration myself for the Internet...

I did not install pacman repository mirrors, since this was just a test drive.

The locale was English from the Great Britain. The font was DejaVu Sans (a favorite of mine due to its similarity to the Pokemon TCG font). The keyboard was not changed in case I need to rely on the keyboard, which is hard-wired to United States QWERTY.

There was a bit of work towards getting to my locale. I discovered that I needed o go to Americas -> Puerto Rico.

I had to reinstall multilib...

I ended up installing GRUB by hand, since there is no previous OS in the virtual drive. This turnd out to be a learning experience, since I needed to tell GRUB what is the ID of the virtual drive, so I gained experience. (I even figured out this myself!)

I needed to take some time in logging in, mainly because not only is the system name and the user name similar, but also because names are case-sensitive.

I made final decisions behind the windows systems behind Ichi Imori. Recall that my guiding philosophy behind my choices is efficiency and lightness of weight.

Graphical Toolkit: I picked qt not only for its lightness of weight, but also for its more elegant code and widespread support. (Essentially every mayor operating system supports qt!

Desktop Environment: Regarding my choice of toolkit, I picked razor-qt both for its lightness of weight and the fact that KDE made me vomit emotionally. (A bonus: razor-qt has quite a bit of tools for which to choose!)

Protocol: Instead of trying to make Wayland work with razor-qt, I decided to fall back on X11. After all, the mess in trying to get Wayland to work with razor-qt (which, under the time I am writing this, is not fully supported by Wayland) is not worth avoiding the patchy mess that is currently X11. Besides, X11 is still going to be getting support for quite some time even after Wayland is spread, so I think I should learn how to work with X11.