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Tutorial: Easiest way to Install Arch Linux on Desktop

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Arch Linux is often portrayed as being hard to install , highly technical , do it yourself and not an user friendly linux distro. But Arch Linux has its own advantages like high performance , less bloat and freedom to modify all parts of operating system. The official Arch Linux iso has a component called archinstall which can be used to easily install arch linux, so that even newbies can try arch linux without much technical knowledge. So here are the basic steps after burning the iso image on USB stick and booting into the live iso. step 1: Boot into live os and choose the first option to install and connect internet via USB tethering by connecting PC to phone. step 2: Wait for some time  and get access to shell. step 3: Type archinstall in the shell to begin installer. step 4: When asked for keyboard layout press enter to use default US keyboard layout. step 5: When asked about region to download packages choose the region closest to you and type its respective number which is disp