ACPI Kernel Parameters and how to choose them The introduction of Optimus laptops and other power-saving features have created new challenges for Linux users. Some… Read More »ACPI Kernel Parameters and how to choose them
By community member Archy This method pretty much works with all arch distros for those individuals unfortunate enough to choose computers that include Broadcom wifi.First,… Read More »Get Broadcom working on an installed system and on Live USB
By Manuel Realtek 8168 Ethernet card gets r8169 kernel module by default. There is another kernel module package, r8168, for situations where r8169 does not… Read More »r8168 workaround
By Bryanpwo You can simply install GUFW, which stands for Graphical Uncomplicated Firewall. It is a personal firewall with a graphical settings menu that is… Read More »Firewall
Optimus-Manager for Nvidia [for nvidia-latest driver and newer systems supported by that driver] The state of optimus-manager If you have a newer Nvidia-Intel hybrid Notebook,… Read More »Optimus-Manager for Nvidia
Find out if you are on such system run this from terminal: lspci -vnn | grep ‘\”[030[02]\]’ if it gives out something like this with… Read More »Optimus Notebooks (hybrid graphics)
by Bryanpwo If your Nvidia card isn’t supported anymore by the proprietary nvidia driver, you can use the open-source driver provided by Linux. Only in… Read More »Nouveau
First of all, a link to the detailed Archwiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics Since Intel provides and supports open source drivers, Intel graphics are essentially plug-and-play. That’s why… Read More »Intel
by Jonathon The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a collection of user-submitted package description files ( PKGBUILDfiles). These description files can be used to create package archive files ( .pkg.tar.zst files).… Read More »[FAQ] What is the AUR?
yay – an AUR Helper Written in Go by Bryanpwo Warning: Installing packages built from the AUR is at your own risk. These build instructions… Read More »yay – an AUR Helper Written in Go