Arch Linux’s Text-Mode Installer Gets Experimental LVM Support
Archinstall 2.8.1 is the first release of Arch Linux’s installer to offer LVM support, which will be available when choosing a default partitioning layout. While you can now install Arch Linux with a LVM partition layout, the devs note that LVM support is considered experimental at this stage.
Archinstall 2.8.1 also introduces a Finnish translation, adds a few more applications to the Hyprland desktop profile, renames the “Kde” profile to “KDE Plasma” / “Plasma”, changes the default root partition size from 20GB up to 50GB maximum, sets root partition type as GUID, and uses VCS as pyparted version lock.
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Arch Linux Guided Installer v2.8.1 Release Tests LVM Support!
Arch Linux is a popular Linux distribution that I am sure needs no introduction. Many users flock to it thanks to its no-nonsense approach towards being a distro, and of course, the privilege to say “I use Arch, btw” everywhere they go.
Like other distros, it too features some foundational components that make it such a great package, one such component has received a major update.
Months after the previous release, Arch Install 2.8.1 has arrived with a long-awaited feature that many had requested over the years.
Allow me to walk you through it.