Arch Linux on Alienware Aurora R12

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Mounting NTFS Partitions to work with Steam or other systems that require correct privileges on folders and files:

defaults,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=027,fmask=137

NVIDIA driver used: Official NVIDIA driver from Arch Repository:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms

To change the cursor size in gnome:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size 64

To skip confirmation when using CTRL + ATL + DEL to logout:

gsettings set org.gnome.SessionManager logout-prompt false

Boot Windows using systemd boot when Windows is in a different disk:

sudo pacman -S edk2-shell

sudo cp /usr/share/edk2-shell/x64/Shell.efi /boot/shellx64.efi

Create “windows.conf” inside /boot/loader/entries with the following:

title "Windows 11" efi /shellx64.efi options -nointerrupt -nomap -noversion HD3d:EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Bootmgfw.efi

Install Ultimate Vocal Remover in Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -Syu

sudo pacman -S ffmpeg python-pip tk

wget https://github.com/Anjok07/ultimatevocalremovergui/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

unzip ultimatevocalremovergui-master.zip

cd ultimatevocalremovergui-master

pyenv install 3.11

python3 -m venv venv

source venv/bin/activate

pyenv local 3.11

eval "$(pyenv init -)"

python --version (Verify it is 3.11.12)

pip install git+https://github.com/killjoy1221/playsound.git

nano requirements.txt (Remove Dora at the bottom and SAVE)

pip install -r requirements.txt

python UVR.py (To Start the App)

Create a Gnome Desktop Application Shortcut for UVR: (UVR.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications/)

[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Icon=application-x-executable Name=Ultimate Vocal Remover Name[en]=Ultimate Vocal Remover Name[en_US]=Ultimate Vocal Remover Name[en_US.UTF-8]=Ultimate Vocal Remover Comment=Remove the vocals from a song. Comment[en]=Remove the vocals from a song. Comment[en_US]=Remove the vocals from a song. Comment[en_US.UTF-8]=Remove the vocals from a song. Path=/home/echomike/Downloads/ultimatevocalremovergui-master
Exec=source venv/bin/activate;python UVR.py

Hidden=false NoDisplay=false StartupNotify=false Terminal=false

Install xscreensaver and configure as a service

$ cat > ~/.config/systemd/user/xscreensaver.service <<EOF [Unit] Description=XScreenSaver After=network.target

[Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/xscreensaver -nosplash Restart=always RestartSec=3

[Install] WantedBy=default.target EOF

Then,

systemctl --user enable xscreensaver.service systemctl --user start xscreensaver.service systemctl --user status xscreensaver.service

Get CoPilot to work on Microsoft Edge in Arch Linux

Copy the HubApps file located in your windows installation disk (path: /users/"username"/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default) into the ~/.config/microsoft-edge/Default folder in Arch Linux then restart the browser.

Icon for “Cartridge” game launcher (Created using Microsoft’s Copilot AI):