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Arch Linux: Installation, optimisation and tips

Installing Arch Linux requires care but gives you full control over your system. Our guides cover the complete UEFI installation with the KDE Plasma desktop environment, as well as compiling your own kernel and adding it to GRUB. We also explain how to install Steam on this distribution to enjoy your game library. Find our other Arch Linux tutorials on the Assistouest blog.

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Compile your own Arch Linux kernel and add it to GRUB

Distribution kernels are designed to run everywhere, from a Linux distribution on an old laptop to a current production machine. That universal approach includes drivers, filesystems and subsystems you may never use, making the kernel larger, more complex and broadening its attack surface. Compiling a minimal kernel tailored to your hardware can reduce that complexity … <a href="https://assistouest.fr/en/blog/linux-en/compile-your-own-arch-linux-kernel-and-add-it-to-grub/">Continued</a>

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