Name your machine, preferably with a descriptive but memorable name (e.g., exultant carpenter), select type Linux, and version Arch Linux (64 bit) (unless you downloaded the 32 bit version.I couldn't find a section on the Arch wiki where these steps are listed, perhaps they are obvious, but since I think I know what I'm doing I'm just going off script here (what a great start!). I'm now ready to follow the setups listed on the arch wiki. And while you are really at it, consider adding Vimium to your Chrome browser.Īnd that's it.While you are at it, why don't you invert your colors in Windows to relax your eyes? Hit the Windows Key + Minus Sign, which will start the handy Magnifier app, followed by Ctrl + Alt + I which will toggle inverting your colors.Unless you've already installed Virtual Box from the download website, I personally prefer to use Chocolatey because its faster by typing choco install virtualbox followed by installing the ( ).Please consider seeding others once you are done with your download. This normally should start your qBittorrent. Head over to the Arch Linux download section and click the torrent link for the latest version (I'm not pasting the link here, because arch evolves so fast that next time anyone reads this gist it is very likely that it will already be old).Install qBittorrent (which will be used to download an iso copy of arch) by running the following command from the command line choco install qbittorrent (recommended to run the command line as an administrator).Install the windows package manager chocolatey.There isn't much of preparation required, given that I started from scratch, but I did have to setup my windows environment a little bit. But along the way, I also noted a few other steps steps I took to make this system very comfortable, which you'll have to figure out for yourself if you like them or not! Setting up Windows 10 to be ready

Below I note down the steps I took, which closely follow the excellent wiki pages of archlinux. I recently upgraded to a new system, and instead of running Arch Linux natively I've decided to run it inside VirtualBox on Windows 10. Installing Arch Linux on VirtualBox in Windows 10

Install virtualbox on arch linux