My Manjaro desktop setup

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Purpose

To provide myself materials (script, guide, and other files) for cases when I need to transfer to other machine or reinstall the OS.

Result:

Instructions

1. Open setup.sh.
2. Go to the MAIN section (search for the word MAIN).
3. Uncomment packages to install.
4. Execute the script.

Full setup could easily take more than a hour depending on the internet speed.

Execution:

OS

Manjaro gnome minimal, non-LTS version. Download link can be found in the official manjaro website.

Latest version as of writing: manjaro-gnome-21.0.7-minimal-210614-linux510.iso

• boot with open source driver

installer config:

• Location
  • region: Asia, Seoul
  • language & locale: en_US.UTF-8 (American English)
• Keyboard
  • Korean, default
• Partitions
  • Erase disk, no swap, no encryption

Hardware

name	model
Machine	LG 15U480-KP50ML Laptop (15U480-KA5MK)
CPU	intel i5-8250U
GPU	Nvidia MX 150

RAM

model	size
SK Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH (stock)	8GB
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC (added)	8GB

Storage

ID*	model	Size
1	SK Hynix HFS128G39TND-N210A (30002P10)	128GB
2	Samsung SSD 860 PRO 512GB (RVM02B6Q)	512GB

*arbitrary index I gave. Has no meaning.

Partitioning

• unallocated space at the end are for overprovisioning
• no swap partition

more information about efi partition can be found in this arch wiki.

drive id*	format	size (2048 byte sectors)	mount location	purpose
1	FAT32	614400	/boot/efi	EFI partition
1	ext4	249449294	/	root
2	ext4	921600000	/media/pomp/data	data storage

*index from storage

Peripherals

peripheral	model
mouse	Logitech G402 Hyperion fury I got from a giveaway event
headphone	NOX-2
laptop cooler	ABKO NCORE NC500

Sources

Wallpaper 1

• a video from Chillhop Music
• Artwork by Jeff Östberg
• Animation by Geneviève Delacroix

Wallpaper 2

• image from wallpaperaccess
• the image list I found it from

Future

1TB hard drive for backup + redundancy