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Setting up Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) You can install it using your package manager. sudo pacman -S ufw Now use these recommended rules: sudo ufw limit 22/tcp sudo ufw allow 80/tcp sudo ufw allow 443/tcp sudo ufw default deny incoming sudo ufw default allow outgoing sudo ufw enable If you are using the application LocalSend, also run this: sudo ufw allow 53317 This will allow localsend to work properly with the ufw rules above. ...

1. Install the Microsoft Fonts. yay -S ttf-ms-fonts yay -S ttf-ms-win11-auto yay -S ttf-ms-win10-auto Choose one, here I recommend “ttf-ms-fonts”. yay -S ttf-ms-fonts 2. Install a better text font. For my use case, I always install Ubuntu fonts. sudo pacman -S ttf-ubuntu-font-family 3. Create the following directory and the fonts.conf file: mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/ then vim ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf now paste this setting: <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'> <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="embeddedbitmap"> <bool>false</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="hinting"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"> <const>hintslight</const> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"> <const>lcddefault</const> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"> <const>rgb</const> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> 3.1. Run this command to build font cache: fc-cache -fv 3.2 Reboot your PC. sudo reboot 4. Open GNOME Tweaks and set the following: Interface Text: Ubuntu Document Text: Ubuntu Monospace Text: MesloLGS NF (or any of the ttf-meslo-nerd) Rendering (Hinting): Slight Antialiasing: Subpixel (for LCD screens) 5. Optional (Highly Recommended) Using the FREETYPE_PROPERTIES option for bolder fonts (less pixelated, more like Windows TrueType): ...

A collection of applications to improve desktop experience. GNOME: sudo pacman -S obs-studio steam discord qbittorrent kdenlive vlc libreoffice-fresh blanket wine timeshift lutris gimp obsidian network-manager-applet gparted audacity signal-desktop goverlay openrgb piper chromium guvcview ffmpegthumbs ffmpegthumbnailer kimageformats qt6-imageformats nvtop gamemode tree btop sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq) yay -S brave-bin spotify localsend-bin 1password extension-manager menulibre gdm-settings upscayl-bin protontricks steamtinkerlaunch-git proton-vpn-gtk-app hunspell-en_gb hunspell-pt-br warsaw-bin oversteer proton-pass-bin ttf-ms-fonts ffmpeg-audio-thumbnailer visual-studio-code-bin yay -S vscodium-bin KDE Plasma: sudo pacman -S obs-studio steam discord qbittorrent kdenlive vlc libreoffice-fresh wine timeshift kate lutris gimp obsidian network-manager-applet audacity signal-desktop goverlay openrgb piper chromium btop nvtop filelight gamemode okular ark gwenview spectacle kwalletmanager kalk partitionmanager guvcview-qt kfind ksystemlog elisa kmail kgeography kcolorchooser kclock ffmpegthumbs ffmpegthumbnailer kimageformats qt6-imageformats tree sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq) yay -S brave-bin spotify localsend-bin 1password upscayl-bin protontricks steamtinkerlaunch-git proton-vpn-gtk-app hunspell-en_gb hunspell-pt-br hunspell-pt_pt warsaw-bin oversteer breezex-cursor-theme proton-pass-bin ttf-ms-fonts ffmpeg-audio-thumbnailer visual-studio-code-bin yay -S vscodium-bin Misc If you have an EPSON printer, install the following: ...

Update the system: sudo pacman -Syu Install vim (or other text editor) sudo pacman -S vim git Open /etc/pacman.conf and make the following changes in order to improve the overall experience. sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf Remove the # from Color and ParallelDownloads. # Misc options #UseSyslog Color #NoProgressBar CheckSpace #VerbosePkgLists ParallelDownloads = 5 Update the system: sudo pacman -Sy Install reflector so you can get the most up-to-date mirrors. You can also choose the mirrors by country if you want. sudo pacman -S reflector Create a backup of the mirrorlist file. ...