Just some notes for myself. Install of Arch Linux with XFCE4 desktop environment. Console / Core Stuff pacman -S sudo gamin alsa-lib alsa-utils acpid dbus openssh gcc make patch zip unzip unrar pkg-config net-tools inetutils fuse dhclient gptfdisk pacman -R dhcpcd Notes: Edit: /etc/rc.conf MODULES=(fuse) DAEMONS=(syslog-ng acpid dbus @network @crond) Edit: /etc/rc.d/network Change entries from dhcpcd to dhclient X.org Group pacman -S xorg Video Drivers pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils Will conflict, remove conflict packages. XFCE4 Group pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-taskmanager Utilities / Programs pacman -S medit xarchiver chromium gnome-keyring gnome-disk-utility gvfs gvfs-smb libreoffice mesa mesa-demos ristretto thunar-volman ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation gnome-icon-theme-extras remmina remmina-plugins pidgin mpd sonata evince AUR: freetype2-ubuntu fontconfig-ubuntu libxft-ubuntu cairo-ubuntu http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fr/freetype2-ubuntu/freetype2-ubuntu.tar.gz http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fo/fontconfig-ubuntu/fontconfig-ubuntu.tar.gz http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/li/libxft-ubuntu/libxft-ubuntu.tar.gz http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ca/cairo-ubuntu/cairo-ubuntu.tar.gz Manual install Ubuntu Fonts: http://font.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu-font-family-0.80.zip Manual install Windows Fonts: Copy specific fonts from Windows XP/7 install Extras: pacman -S flashplugin wine wine_gecko winetricks zenity lib32-mpg123 gimp xscreensaver Notes: /etc/fuse.conf: mount_max = 1000 & user_allow_other Add user, groups: disk lp wheel games dbus network video audio optical floppy storage power users Logout, login new user Edit .xinitrc file: exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch startxfce4 Keyboard Application Shortcuts: AudioMute -> amixer set Master toggle AudioLowerVolume -> amixer set PCM playback 5%- AudioRaiseVolume -> amixer set PCM playback 5%+ Wine Registry: Settings are for playing Rift Only! HKEYCU -> Software -> Wine -> Direct3D :: DirectDrawRenderer: opengl :: Multisampling: enabled :: OffscreenRenderingMode: fbo :: UseGLSL: enabled :: VertexShaderMode: hardware :: VideoMemorySize: 1024 :: StrictDrawOrdering: enabled :: VideoPciDeviceID: (DWORD Hex) e22 :: VideoPciVendorID: (DWORD Hex) 10de Wine Settings: Emulate a virtal desktop Desktop size: 1680x1050 Overrides: *msvcr90 (native) d3dx9_43 (builtin, native)