fix: replace missing $user var

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 This installation script aims for a simple (read minimal) Arch Linux installation, which is modern in the way that it uses UEFI, systemd-boot and Wayland, secure in the way that it uses full-disk encryption using LUKS as well as flexibility by using Btrfs subvolumes for the root and home partition.  
 
-Tested and working as of **June 2026**.
+Tested and working as of **July 2026**.
 
 ![Post-install screenshot.](img/screenshot.png)
 

install.sh

@@ -207,10 +207,7 @@ echo "Decrypting.. This also might take a while."
 echo
 echo -en "${pwcr}\n${pwcr}" | cryptsetup luksOpen "/dev/${main}" main
 echo "Partition successfully opened."
-echo
-
-lsblk | grep "${dev}"
-echo
+clear
 
 ##########
 
@@ -245,10 +242,7 @@ mount -o autodefrag,compress=zstd:3,subvol=home "/dev/mapper/main" "/mnt/home"
 mkdir "/mnt/boot"
 mount "/dev/${boot}" "/mnt/boot"
 echo "Mounting complete."
-echo
-
-lsblk -a
-echo
+clear
 
 ##########
 
@@ -260,11 +254,9 @@ echo "Done."
 echo
 
 # Check if keyring is up-to-date
-if checkupdates | grep -q archlinux-keyring; then 
 echo "Updating keyring.."
-  pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring --noconfirm
+pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring --needed --noconfirm
 echo "Done."
-fi
 echo
 
 # Installing base system
@@ -340,7 +332,7 @@ all_packages=(
 pacstrap "/mnt" "${all_packages[@]}"
 
 echo "Base system installed."
-echo
+clear
 
 ##########
 
@@ -351,38 +343,32 @@ genfstab -Up "/mnt" > "/mnt/etc/fstab"
 echo "Done."
 echo
 
-# Set hardware clock
+# Set time and hardware clock
 # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Time
-arch-chroot "/mnt" hwclock --systohc  # Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
+echo "Setting timezone and clock.."
+arch-chroot "/mnt" ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
+arch-chroot "/mnt" hwclock --systohc
+echo "Done."
+echo
 
-# Generate locale
+# Set hostname
+# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Network_configuration
+echo "Setting hostname.."
+echo "${host}" > "/mnt/etc/hostname"
+echo "Done."
+echo
+
+# Set locale and keymap
 # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Localization
+echo "Setting locale and keymap.."
 echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> "/mnt/etc/locale.gen"
 arch-chroot "/mnt" locale-gen
+arch-chroot "/mnt" localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
-# Set keymap, locale, timezone and hostname
-# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-firstboot
-service_dir="/mnt/etc/systemd/system/systemd-firstboot.service.d"
-mkdir "${service_dir}"
-
-rootdir="/mnt"
-keymap="de-latin1-nodeadkeys"
-locale="en_US.UTF-8"
-timezone="Europe/Berlin"
-
-cat << EOF > "${service_dir}/install.conf"
-[Unit]
-ConditionFirstBoot=
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemd-firstboot --root="${rootdir}" --keymap="${keymap}" --locale="${locale}" --timezone="${timezone}" --hostname="${host}" --force
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sysinit.target
-EOF
-
-arch-chroot "/mnt" systemctl enable systemd-firstboot.service
+echo "KEYMAP=de-latin1-nodeadkeys" > "/mnt/etc/vconsole.conf"
+arch-chroot /mnt localectl set-keymap --no-convert de-latin1-nodeadkeys
+echo "Done."
+echo
 
 ##########
 
@@ -466,6 +452,12 @@ arch-chroot /mnt useradd -m "${user}"
 echo -en "${pwur}\n${pwur}" | arch-chroot /mnt passwd "${user}"
 arch-chroot /mnt gpasswd -a "${user}" wheel
 sed -i '82s/.*/%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/' /mnt/etc/sudoers
+
+# Create keyboard layout
+config_dir="/home/${user}/.config"
+arch-chroot /mnt sudo -u "${user}" mkdir -p "${config_dir}"
+arch-chroot /mnt sudo -u "${user}" bash -c \
+  "printf '[Layout]\nLayoutList=de\nUse=true' >> ${config_dir}/kxkbrc"
 echo "Done."
 echo
 

post/post-install-new.md

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+### Arch Linux Konfiguration
+
+## KDE Plasma
+- disable Plasma splash screen
+- set pointer to Breeze Light
+- set task switcher to large icons
+- set taskbar to auto hide and no floating
+- disable desktop effect: highlight screen edges
+- change wallpaper for desktop, lock screen and login screen
+- set up kwallet
+- disable restore sessions
+- disable confirmation for shutdown etc.
+- set windows position + size (for signal, telegram, firefox, keepass, konsole)
+    - set krusader pos 192,108 size 1536,864
+- set touchpad to natural scrolling
+- set shortcut strg + alt + q to lock screen
+- set taskbar size 42
+- edit .config/kwinrc (.4/.6)
+- set animation speed to 90 %
+- set up night light
+- edit tray icons
+
+## Apps
+- telegram-desktop signal-desktop thunderbird krusader keepassxc nextcloud-client
+- yay (git base-devel)
+    - yay-bin
+- btop
+- timeshift + backintime
+- standardnotes-bin
+- borg
+- fwupd, fastfetch
+- docker and docker-compose
+- power-profile-daemon
+- nano-syntax-highlighting
+- amd-ucode (enable in bootloader)
+- reflector
+- journalctl-desktop-notification
+- pacman-contrib (for paccache)
+- vulkan-radeon, libvdpau-va-gl (hardware video acceleration for Firefox)
+- jq
+- rmtrash
+- remove gnu-free-fonts (bug btop braille)
+
+## Firefox
+- set privacy to strict
+- set clear browser history on close
+- plasma integration, ublock, snowflake, keepass browser integration add ons
+- set up hardware acceleration for firefox (vulkan-radeon, libvdpau-va-gl)
+
+## Misc
+- set up Bash color prompt
+- nano: enable syntax highlighting
+- enable cronie service
+- set up zram-generator
+- update fwupd (and enable timer)
+- enable discard/TRIM for LUKS device (sudo cryptsetup --allow-discards --persistent refresh main)
+- set journald max size to 1G
+- fix permission for boot in /etc/fstab (fmask=0177,dmask=0077)
+- enable sshd service, create ssh key
+- add  misc bash alias
+
+## Power
+- set Plasma power management (on AC power = Balanced, on battery = Power Save)
+- set boot option for AMD p-state (options amd_pstate=active)
+
+## Pacman
+- enable color
+- set up reflector config
+- enable multilib repos in pacman.conf
+- enable reflector.timer
+
+## Docker
+- enable docker service
+- container: scrutiny, hawser, beszel, watchtower
+   - add user to docker group
+   - add docker-prune.sh to crontab
+   
+## Backups
+- set up timeshift
+- set up backintime
+    - write and enable backintime user service and timer