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Essential reading for Arch beginners
Arch is a do-it-yourself distribution — you assemble the system, and the ArchWiki is your manual. These are the pages worth reading first. ArcoLinux Nemesis runs on top of an Arch install you set up with these.
The golden rule
Before every big system update, skim the Arch news. Breaking changes that need manual intervention are announced there first — reading it saves you from a broken boot.
Start here — before & during install
Installation guide ↗
The official, authoritative step-by-step install. Everything else assumes you’ve followed it.
Help:Reading ↗
How to read the wiki: its conventions, assumptions, and how commands are written. Read this first.
Frequently asked questions ↗
What Arch is, who it’s for, and the questions every newcomer asks.
Download Arch Linux ↗
Get the official ISO and verify it before you write it to a USB stick.
Understand what you’re running
Arch Linux & the Arch Way ↗
The principles: simplicity, the user is in control, do-it-yourself. Know what you’re signing up for.
Arch terminology ↗
The vocabulary you’ll meet everywhere: AUR, pacman, split packages, and more.
General recommendations ↗
The post-install index: users, GUI, audio, power, fonts. Read it right after installing.
Keep your system healthy
pacman ↗
The package manager. Learn this first — everything else builds on it.
Arch User Repository (AUR) ↗
Community packages, and how to use them safely.
System maintenance ↗
How to keep a rolling-release install stable and healthy over time.
Arch news ↗
Read before big updates — changes needing manual intervention are posted here first.
Get help & give back
Arch Linux Forums ↗
The official place to ask — after you’ve searched the wiki and the forum first.
Code of conduct ↗
How the community works — read it before posting on the forums or bug tracker.
Getting involved ↗
Give back: report bugs, improve the wiki, help with packaging.
ArchWiki (home) ↗
Bookmark it. Almost every answer about Arch starts here.
Ready to make it yours?
Once Arch is installed, Nemesis takes it from bare to your setup.