We are creating a series of YouTube videos under the “edu-“ label to guide users through the migration from ArcoLinux to Arch Linux. These tutorials aim to make the transition process smoother by explaining each step clearly and providing practical examples. Whether you’re switching to gain more control or to learn vanilla Arch, our edu- videos are here to support your journey.

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9 Creating a Carli keyring

9 Creating a Carli keyring

Look on the internet how others make a keyring and look for pkgbuilds. Personally I have used Manjaro as an example for ArcoLinux. With some common sense you can change it into the package you need. This time around I would like to use another source. I could have...
8 creating a gpg key to sign our Carli packages

8 creating a gpg key to sign our Carli packages

In this article we create a key to sign our packages. We follow this article to create the key. Create a key to sign your packages Ensure you create a good personal and private keyword. Use lastpass or bitwarden or other password generators. You will get a short key...
7 Adding calamares to the desktop to launch your installation

7 Adding calamares to the desktop to launch your installation

We have to look for the Calamares installer in our menu. In ArcoLinux Calamares is started up by default so you can install it immediately. That is because we use /etc/xdg/autostart folder. On Carli we want a .desktop file on the desktop to launch Calamares. In the...
5 improving the mkinitcpio presets

5 improving the mkinitcpio presets

We wanted to make sure the future system contains the right preset for the mkinitcpio command. We use the power of Calamares to create an instance of the module shellprocess to change our preset carli to linux.preset at the right time and the right...