For those who require a step-by-step guide, here's a walkthrough for how to install my personal favorite desktop GNU/Linux distribution, Arch Linux.
If you'd like to follow along in text form, here are the relevant pages on the Arch Wiki:
General installation guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Partitioning: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Bootloader installation: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
General post-installation guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Adding a user: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Setting up sudo: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Installing a display manager: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Installing the SDDM display manager: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Installing a desktop environment: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
Installing KDE Plasma (and KDE Applications): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE
Prevent a black screen when booting in Intel mode on an Intel/NVIDIA switchable-graphics machine: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...
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