Arch Linux¶
Table of Contents
Faster Updates¶
Mirrors¶
The Reflector program is used to find the fastest mirrors for Arch Linux. This will not work for other distributions based on Arch Linux such as Manjaro.
Installation:
$ sudo pacman -S reflector
Optionally configure it by setting one argument per line in the configuration file:
$ sudo vim /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf --protocol [http|https] --latest <NUMBER_OF_MIRRORS_TO_USE> --country <COUNTRY1>,<COUNTRY2> --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Start it once:
$ sudo systemctl enable reflector.service
Run it once a week:
$ sudo systemctl enable reflector.timer
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Parallel Downloads¶
This is documented in Administration - Package Managers - PKGBUILD - Pacman - Parallel Downloads.
Linux Kernels¶
There are lots of Linux kernels available for Arch Linux. Here are the Linux kernels in order of fastest to slowest [2]:
linux
linux-zen
linux-hardened
linux-lts
linux-rt
For being able to install additional drivers, it is recommended to also install the <LINUX_KERNEL>-headers
package.
Bibliography¶
“Reflector.” ArchWiki. November 19, 2021. Accessed January 10, 2022. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/reflector
“The Performance Impact From Different Arch Linux Kernel Flavors.” Phoronix. January 25, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023. https://www.phoronix.com/review/arch-linux-kernels-2023/8