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+# List of Core Packages
+
+There is no order or obligation to download all. Download with intension!
+
+Notation styles:
+- `package` or package (AUR, or just notes) [group]
+- package1, package2 (AUR), package3 (cool one) [grp1]
+
+---
+## Arch Installation
+### Linux Kernel & Firmware
+- `linux` or `linux-lts`
+- linux-firmware
+- linux-headers (optional)
+
+### Core Packages
+- base, base-devel
+- grub, efibootmgr, os-prober
+- sudo
+- man-db (for manuals and `man` command)
+- intel-ucode (or amd-ucode)
+
+### Wireless Internet Connection
+- wpa\_supplicant
+- dhcpcd
+> If intended to use GNOME DE, install `NetworkManager` alone is good enough. It uses `wpa_supplicant` and `dhcp_client` under the hood.
+
+### Text editors
+- nano
+- vi
+- vim
+- neovim
+
+### Tools & Drivers
+- git
+- curl, wget
+- `yay` or `yay-bin` (requires `base-devel` above)
+```sh
+git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay
+cd yay
+makepkg -si
+```
+- neofetch
+- ntfs-3g (to use NTFS drive)
+- nvidia, nvidia-utils
+- [xorg], wayland
+---
+## User Interface (post-installation)
+### Fonts & Visual
+- ttf-firacode-nerd, ttf-fira-code (there is also woff2 version)
+- noto-fonts-cjk, noto-fonts-emoji, noto-fonts-extra
+- tree
+- picom (transparency in X11)
+- feh (view picture + set background)
+### Shell-related
+- zsh, fish
+- alacritty
+- gnome-console (`kgx`), or gnome-terminal
+- tmux
+- bashtop, htop, gotop (AUR)
+- oh-my-bash-git (AUR), oh-my-zsh-git (AUR)
+- bash-completion, zsh-completions
+- zsh-autosuggestions (AUR, git), zsh-syntax-highlighting (AUR, git)
+- picom (for transparency of Alacritty and X11 transition)
+- lf, ranger (file manager)
+- xdotool (commandline automation | rofimoji insertion mode)
+
+### Window Manager (WM)
+* xorg-xinit (to aquire `startx`)
+* i3 experience (See i3Configuration.md for more):
+    - i3-wm [i3]
+    - i3blocks [i3]
+    - i3lock [i3]
+    - i3status [i3]
+    - dmenu | rofi (dynamic menu)
+
+
+* Dual Monitors:
+    - xrandr
+    - arandr
+
+
+### Utilities
+- pipewire, wireplumber, pipewire-audio, pipewire-v4l2
+- jack2 (for `obs-studio`), helvum (wiring devices), jack2-dbus & a2jmidid ([Using MIDI devices](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit#Using_MIDI_devices), see ArchWiki for more)
+- bluez, bluez-utils (for `bluetoothctl`)
+- blueberry (managing bluetooth devices)
+- gnome-keyring (keychain), seahorse (managing keys like GPG)
+- touchegg (AUR, touchpad gesture for X11), touche (AUR, GUI for touchegg)
+- ibus (multi-lang), ibus-bamboo (AUR, Vietnamese ibus interface [ibus-bamboo GitHub](https://github.com/BambooEngine/ibus-bamboo#arch-linux-v%C3%A0-c%C3%A1c-distro-t%C6%B0%C6%A1ng-t%E1%BB%B1))
+- jq, hq, yq: parsing JSON, HTML, YAML, respectively
+- android-udev: connecting Android device to linux
+
+### Desktop Environment
+* GNOME experience:
+    - [gnome]  (select what you want/need)
+    - [gnome-extra]
+    - gdm, gdm-settings (AUR)
+* KDE Plasma experience: [plasma] [kde-applications] [kde-utilities]
+
+### SDK
+- jdk-openjdk 
+- android-tools
+- base-devel, gcc, cmake, clang, ...
+
+### System Controllers
+- pactl (PulseAudio controller), amixer (ALSA controller)
+- brightnessctl (brightness controller)
+- playerctl (Media Player Controller)
+- zsa-udev (for ZSA Moonlander Keyboards)
+
+### Everyday apps
+* Coding: (open-source version does not have profile sync)
+    - visual-studio-code-bin (AUR)
+    - code, code-marketplace (AUR)
+    - vscodium (AUR), vscodium-marketplace (AUR)
+* Communication
+    - zoom (AUR)
+    - slack-desktop (AUR)
+    - discord
+* Office Suite, Art & Music
+    - onlyoffice-bin (AUR)
+    - musescore [pro-audio], muse-hub-bin (AUR but it's broken there. I suggest download `.deb` and unpack using `ar x` and install using `tar` instead)
+    - yoshimi [pro-audio lv2-plugins]
+    - spotify (AUR)
+    - obs-studio
+    - vlc
+* Entertainment (Games)
+    - minecraft-launcher (AUR)
+* Quality of life 
+    - nautilus [gnome] + sushi [gnome]
+    - power-profiles-daemon (Managing power profiles)
+
+---
+### Fun ones
+- lolcat
+- cowsay
+- cmatrix, tmatrix (AUR)
+- hollywood (AUR)
+- obsidian (Markdown Text Editor)