I recently purchased a ROCK64 and would like to install Arch Linux on it. I saw on the website you can install the image through the Linux terminal. However, I tried this method through my Linux VM and the current Linux distro running on my ROCK and it would not work. More on archlinuxarm.org

Some thing I would change : make a subvolume for pacman cache , so it doesn't get inside snapshot Would not recommend at all a /boot partition otherwise restoring a snapshot after kernel update is a pain , without it being a partition snapshot will include their respective kernel needed Also what's the procedure for restoring a snapshot with your setup ? Maybe add that as usefull info underneath. Might have an issue if the subvolume id are hardcoded into grub and fstab I myself have a similar setup but with snapper instead. Personally I edit fstab to not have any subvol or id for the root and the grub config to not generate with subvolume Id for the main entry and rely on the btrfs default function. That way I can rollback to any snapshot with 2 command : snapper rollback X && grub-mkconfig , reboot and I'm the snapshot as been applied as the new default. https://www.Github.com/k-arch27/k-arch It's an installer that boot with a DE and let you choose option to install a system how the user would like it , automatically configuring snapper for easy restore Install script is found in /airootfs/root/archscript Feel free to write me if you have any questions More on reddit.com

Arch Linux does not support ARM. There is an independent project for ARM, but you are probably better off using a distro that treats ARM as a first class citizen. The AUR, part of what makes Arch great, is a mixed bag for ARM since most maintainers don't have an ARM box to see if things work. More on reddit.com

Not possible without a GUI at all (aka on the virtual terminals) as you need a GUI to handle the mouse/touchscreen input. Basically, you need x11 or Wayland running but you can get away with a very minimal setup that effectively does what you want. First, use a tiling window manager like I3 (X11) or Sway (Wayland) or maybe Waycooler - you can disable most of the shortcuts, the status bars (if you want - but a battery indicator and time would be handy). Then get it to launch a couple of application, your terminal and a virtual on-screen keyboard. I recommend termite for the terminal as it has some nice keyboard shortcuts you can use - I don't know any that really work well with a touchscreen (that is scrolling). I don't really have any recommendations for which on-screen keyboard is best, but there are a few options out there for Linux. I would also recomend trying out the Wayland window managers first as they better support touchscreens out the box and the applications that run under them have better access to touchscreen primitives (x11 was never designed for touchscreen so mostly it tries to emulate a mouse, where as wayland actually understands touch events). I have no recomendations for which tables you can use - but if in doupt a raspberry pi + its touchscreens would work. More on reddit.com