I made this Arch Linux installer for my own personal use, but it could work for anyone who wants a lightweight hardened system that works and looks good out of the box.
To change which apps are installed you can add or remove them from the packages script. Dotfiles and configuration files can be edited, added, or removed from the etc, skel, and usr directories. And, of course, read through the install script to make sure it's gonna do what you want.
From the Archiso live environment, clone this repo with one of the following options and run the install script.
- Using curl: (included in archiso)
curl -LO https://github.com/kuladog/arch-xfce-hardened/archive/main.zip
bsdtar xf main.zip
cd arch-xfce-hardened-main
bash install.sh- Using git: (need to install)
pacman -Syy
pacman install git
git clone https://github.com/kuladog/arch-xfce-hardened.git
cd arch-xfce-hardened
bash install.shThis was just a fun project to get some bash time in... and kill off some pandemic boredom. As a general use installer it has limitations, but it does what it's supposed to do—for me—perfectly. 😃