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• Arch Linux Estonian ID-card Software 2026 Aug 08

  NB! DO NOT run commands you get from the internet blindly!

  1. Dependencies

  Install the needed packages and enable pcscd service.

  sudo pacman -S pcsclite ccid opensc
  sudo systemctl enable --now pcscd.service
  

  Check that your computer recognizes the card reader with

  opensc-tool -l  
  

  If you already have a card inserted, the Card column of the output should display Yes. If no card reader shows up, try restarting before anything else.

  2. Browser extension

  Install web-eid and an appropriate extension for your browser (web-eid-chrome for chromium-based browsers or web-eid-firefox) from the AUR. Using an AUR helper (example):

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• Arch installation 2025 Nov 12

  This is a clone of Arch linux official install guide, just added LVM, system drive encryption etc. This guide is the result of me doing these steps through on a virtual machine before installing on hardware.

  PART 1: SETUP

  Initial setup

  Load Estonian keyboard layout. Set big font (I cannot see). Check UEFI bitness.

  loadkeys et
  setfont ter-128b
  cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size # should echo 64
  

  Internet connection

  ip link
  
  iwctl
  [iwd]# device list
  

  iwctl

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• Homepage Setup 2025 Nov 08

  Current setup

  I am currently hosting my homepage (the one you’re reading right now) on Cloudflare pages. It has been completely fine. As my domain is also registered there, I got a free page to use and it was a good solution, because I was in the process of moving so my server wasn’t up for quite a while. The complete setup: HUGO website generator, files hosted on GitHub, server hosted with Cloudflare pages, CI/CD set up between them. It’s very convenient and I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone wanting to host a simple static website/blog and not wanting to tinker with self-hosting it. Cloudflare Pages has a foolproof way of setting up a HUGO page in particular. Do keep in mind that you still need to buy a domain from Cloudflare to get the free page. You’ll find the settings in Cloudflare dashboard under Compute (Workers) -> Workers & Pages.

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