diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ac048f..bd228d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Ignore repositories
 jstmbash
+archlinux/pacman.d/gnupg
diff --git a/lone-files/makepkg.conf b/archlinux/makepkg.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from lone-files/makepkg.conf
rename to archlinux/makepkg.conf
diff --git a/archlinux/mkinitcpio.conf b/archlinux/mkinitcpio.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..893517c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archlinux/mkinitcpio.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# vim:set ft=sh
+MODULES=(amdgpu video btrfs)
+BINARIES=(mc nano lsblk lspci lsusb)
+FILES=()
+HOOKS=(base udev autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block encrypt filesystems fsck)
+COMPRESSION="zstd"
+MODULES_DECOMPRESS="yes"
diff --git a/archlinux/pacman.conf b/archlinux/pacman.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adbb9a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archlinux/pacman.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Configuration
+[options]
+HoldPkg = pacman glibc
+Architecture = auto
+Color
+CheckSpace
+ParallelDownloads = 30
+SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
+LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
+
+# Repositories
+[core]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+[extra]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+[multilib]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+[chaotic-aur]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
diff --git a/archlinux/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist b/archlinux/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..641d6a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archlinux/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Server = https://de-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
+Server = https://de-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
+Server = https://de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
+Server = https://de-5-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
+Server = https://de-6-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
diff --git a/archlinux/pacman.d/mirrorlist b/archlinux/pacman.d/mirrorlist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..276ad02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archlinux/pacman.d/mirrorlist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Server = https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
diff --git a/archlinux/paru.conf b/archlinux/paru.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a94c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archlinux/paru.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[options]
+PgpFetch
+Devel
+Provides
+DevelSuffixes = -git -cvs -svn -bzr -darcs -always -hg -fossil
+SudoLoop
+BatchInstall
+CombinedUpgrade
+CleanAfter
+
+KeepRepoCache
+
+[bin]
+FileManager = mc
+Sudo = sudo
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index cc44454..049b3da 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,20 @@ link "jstmbash" "etc/jstmbash"
 link "lone-files/jstmbash.config.env" "etc/jstmbash.env"
 link "lone-files/bashrc" "etc/bash.bashrc"
 
-# makepkg
-link "lone-files/makepkg.conf" "etc/makepkg.conf"
+# locales & stuff
+link "lone-files/locale.gen" "etc/locale.gen"
+link "lone-files/locale.conf" "etc/locale.conf"
+link "lone-files/vconsole.conf" "etc/vconsole.conf"
+
+# arch linux related
+link "archlinux/pacman.conf" "etc/pacman.conf"
+link "archlinux/pacman.d" "etc/pacman.d"
+link "archlinux/paru.conf" "etc/paru.conf"
+link "archlinux/makepkg.conf" "etc/makepkg.conf"
+link "archlinux/mkinitcpio.conf" "etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+
+# programs
+link "lone-files/sudo.conf" "etc/sudo.conf"
 
 # punktdateien scripts
 link "bin/updatechecker" "usr/local/bin/sysdotfiles-updatechecker"
@@ -42,3 +54,6 @@ link "bin/updater" "usr/local/bin/sysdotfiles-updater"
 
 # write install file
 echo "pls don't remove" > "/etc/.jstm_sysdotfiles"
+
+# regenerate locales
+locale-gen
diff --git a/lone-files/locale.conf b/lone-files/locale.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b35333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lone-files/locale.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
diff --git a/lone-files/locale.gen b/lone-files/locale.gen
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c35703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lone-files/locale.gen
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
diff --git a/lone-files/sudo.conf b/lone-files/sudo.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c445e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lone-files/sudo.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Defaults insults
diff --git a/lone-files/vconsole.conf b/lone-files/vconsole.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1e444e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lone-files/vconsole.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+KEYMAP=de-latin1
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
index 0828eb9..281dc83 100755
--- a/uninstall.sh
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,20 @@ unlink "etc/jstmbash"
 unlink "etc/jstmbash.env"
 unlink "etc/bash.bashrc"
 
-# makepkg
+# locales & stuff
+unlink "etc/locale.gen"
+unlink "etc/locale.conf"
+unlink "etc/vconsole.conf"
+
+# arch linux related
+unlink "etc/pacman.conf"
+unlink "etc/pacman.d"
+unlink "etc/paru.conf"
 unlink "etc/makepkg.conf"
+unlink "etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+
+# programs
+unlink "etc/sudo.conf"
 
 # punktdateien scripts
 unlink "usr/local/bin/sysdotfiles-updatechecker"