diff --git a/sources/news/20220428 Archinstall-s New Menu System Makes it Even Easier to Install Arch Linux.md b/sources/news/20220428 Archinstall-s New Menu System Makes it Even Easier to Install Arch Linux.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d2e9676118 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/news/20220428 Archinstall-s New Menu System Makes it Even Easier to Install Arch Linux.md @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +[#]: subject: "Archinstall’s New Menu System Makes it Even Easier to Install Arch Linux" +[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/archinstall-menu/" +[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/" +[#]: collector: "lujun9972" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +Archinstall’s New Menu System Makes it Even Easier to Install Arch Linux +====== + +Last year, this time around, Arch Linux [introduced a guided installer][1] to make the installation process easier. + +All you had to do was type in “**archinstall**” to get started with the step-by-step installation without needing to customize all by yourself. + +Not just for new users, it should also save you some time to install Arch Linux in general. You get all the essential options starting from creating username/root user, selecting the desktop, picking software packages, choosing the audio server, and more. + +If you are curious, you can take a look at archinstall in action in our [installation guide for Arch Linux on VirtualBox][2]. + +Now, with archinstall v2.4.1, we have a new menu system and numerous technical changes. + +Let us take a look at it and how it works. + +### Archinstall’s New Menu System & Accessibility Improvements + +![][3] + +The new menu system looks much more organized. + +It is built using [simple-term-menu][4] as its base, which is a package to create interactive menus on the command line. To avoid external dependencies, it has been bundled with the source, all thanks to Ingo Meyer. + +Other developers include [Werner Llácer][5] and [Daniel][6] to make this work with 1200+ lines of code. + +The menu system is also accessibility friendly. You can switch it to the tracking selection mode using the “numpad *”, which should make espeakup work, as one would expect. + +In future archinstall versions, it will honor default tracking mode as well. + +As you can notice in the screenshot above, you get to set the language, keyboard layout, kernels, audio server, user, network, and more essential options. + +Once you select the hard drive, the menu will add another option to let you choose a “disk layout” where you can select the type of file system. + +![][7] + +Similarly, as you proceed with each option, you will get access to more things to tweak like the profiles to set your desktop environment: + +![][8] + +By default, you have a swap enabled. But, you can tweak that as you require. Overall, it should be a seamless experience, with all installation prerequisites presented in a menu form. + +Thanks to _Sreenath_ on our team for testing this through to give you some screenshots: + +![][9] + +In addition to these changes, you can also expect the following improvements: + + * BTRFS compression option added as an option if you select btrfs as filesystem. + * Archinstall now supports multiple NIC configurations at the same time for manual configuration + * The installer keeps track of which packages have been installed through archinstall.Installer() + + + +To explore all the technical changes and bug fixes, you can refer to the [release notes on GitHub][10]. + +**You can wait for the latest ISO (scheduled for May 1) to try it out, or download it from GitHub and try it yourself.** + +_Have you tried the original guided installer on Arch Linux? Or do you prefer to configure everything without the installer? Feel free to let me know your thoughts below._ + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://news.itsfoss.com/archinstall-menu/ + +作者:[Ankush Das][a] +选题:[lujun9972][b] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-easy-install/ +[2]: https://itsfoss.com/install-arch-linux-virtualbox/ +[3]: data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQ4MyIgd2lkdGg9Ijc5OSIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4= +[4]: https://github.com/IngoMeyer441/simple-term-menu +[5]: https://github.com/wllacer +[6]: https://github.com/svartkanin +[7]: data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjMwMiIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMDEiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+ +[8]: data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjIyNiIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMjQiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+ +[9]: data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjYwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjgwMSIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4= +[10]: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/releases/tag/v2.4.1