Michael Paquier - PostgreSQL committer

hostname

Write your hostname to /etc/hostname.

sync clock with network

Install the package ntp.

Then check the status of the software clock with this command, “NTP enabled” should print “yes”.

# timedatectl status
      Local time: Wed 2013-07-10 15:39:56 JST
  Universal time: Wed 2013-07-10 06:39:56 UTC
        Timezone: Asia/Tokyo (JST, +0900)
     NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
 RTC in local TZ: no
      DST active: n/a

Update the system clock if necessary after correct sync.

hwclock --systohc

timezone

Create a synbolic link from /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/$ZONE/$SUBZONE. Replace $ZONE and $SUBZONE to your time zone. For example:

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo /etc/localtime

locale

Set locale preferences in /etc/locale.conf. Uncomment the selected locale in /etc/locale.gen and generate it with:

locale-gen

Kernel settings

Set up /etc/mkinitcpio.conf to your liking and create an initial RAM disk.

mkinitcpio -p linux

Fonts

bitstream-vera is a nice font for programming, with package ttf-bitstream-vera