Learning Linux on a Framework Laptop

1Building the Base System
1. 1.1What we are building
2. 1.2The boot and storage stack
3. 1.3Creating the Arch USB from macOS
4. 1.4BIOS, UEFI and Secure Boot
5. 1.5Booting the Arch live environment
6. 1.6Connecting to Wi-Fi
7. 1.7Identifying the hardware
8. 1.8Partitioning the SSD with GPT
9. 1.9Creating LUKS2 encryption
10. 1.10Creating the Btrfs filesystem
11. 1.11Understanding Btrfs subvolumes
12. 1.12Mounting the future Linux filesystem tree
13. 1.13Installing Arch with pacstrap
14. 1.14Creating fstab
15. 1.15Entering the installed system with chroot
16. 1.16Timezone, locale and hostname
17. 1.17Users, groups and sudo
18. 1.18Understanding initramfs
19. 1.19Configuring encrypted early boot
20. 1.20Installing and configuring Limine
21. 1.21Registering Limine in UEFI NVRAM
22. 1.22Verifying the boot chain
23. 1.23First reboot
24. 1.24Real troubleshooting: one wrong character stopped Linux booting
25. 1.25What we have learned
26. 1.26Command reference
27. End of Chapter 1
2Verifying the Framework HardwareSoon
3Graphics: AMDGPU, Mesa, OpenGL, Vulkan and WaylandSoon
4Installing and Understanding HyprlandSoon
5Portals, Polkit, Notifications and Desktop ServicesSoon
6Building the RiceSoon
7Locking, Idle and SleepSoon
8The Bar Grows Up: Glyphs, Popups, Network and the OSDSoon
9Bluetooth, and the Agent QML Cannot BeSoon
10Talking to the Earbuds ThemselvesSoon
11The Launcher, NativelySoon
12Files: A File Manager of Our OwnSoon
13Groma StoreSoon
14Snapshots, and the Way BackSoon
15Rebuilding the System from Its Own ConfigurationSoon

Chapter 1

Building the Base System

In this chapter

1.1What we are building
1.2The boot and storage stackSoon
1.3Creating the Arch USB from macOSSoon
1.4BIOS, UEFI and Secure BootSoon
1.5Booting the Arch live environmentSoon
1.6Connecting to Wi-FiSoon
1.7Identifying the hardwareSoon
1.8Partitioning the SSD with GPTSoon
1.9Creating LUKS2 encryptionSoon
1.10Creating the Btrfs filesystemSoon
1.11Understanding Btrfs subvolumesSoon
1.12Mounting the future Linux filesystem treeSoon
1.13Installing Arch with pacstrapSoon
1.14Creating fstabSoon
1.15Entering the installed system with chrootSoon
1.16Timezone, locale and hostnameSoon
1.17Users, groups and sudoSoon
1.18Understanding initramfsSoon
1.19Configuring encrypted early bootSoon
1.20Installing and configuring LimineSoon
1.21Registering Limine in UEFI NVRAMSoon
1.22Verifying the boot chainSoon
1.23First rebootSoon
1.24Real troubleshooting: one wrong character stopped Linux bootingSoon
1.25What we have learnedSoon
1.26Command referenceSoon
End of Chapter 1Soon