: After installing the base system, you can manually install the desktop environment using the Pacman package manager . Key packages include: plasma-desktop : The minimal desktop environment.
KDE Plasma crashes after update. Solution: This is rare but happens on rolling release. Log into TTY, run sudo pacman -Syu , then sudo pacman -S plasma to reinstall core components. Then reboot.
Use iwctl (for Wi-Fi) or plug in Ethernet.