depois de ter feito alguns testes em VM's hoje ganhei coragem para instalar arch puro no portatil, pensei que fosse mais dificil, já tenho kde instalado.
a unica coisa que me está a fazer mais confusão é não estar a conseguir por o wirless a trabalhar...
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys...t_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devi...ooth-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/bluetooth/hci0
sys-devi...und-card0.device loaded active plugged 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
sys-devi...et-enp2s0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
sys-devi...et-wlp3s0.device loaded active plugged AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
sys-devi...-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged TOSHIBA_MK6475GSX
sys-devi...-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged TOSHIBA_MK6475GSX
sys-devi...-sda-sda5.device loaded active plugged TOSHIBA_MK6475GSX
sys-devi...-sda-sda6.device loaded active plugged TOSHIBA_MK6475GSX
sys-devi...-sda-sda7.device loaded active plugged TOSHIBA_MK6475GSX
sys-devi...-sda-sda8.device loaded active plugged TOSHIBA_MK6475GSX
sys-devi...block-sda.device loaded active plugged TOSHIBA_MK6475GSX
sys-devi...block-sr0.device loaded active plugged TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_TS-L633F
sys-devi...tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS0
sys-devi...tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devi...tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devi...tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-module-fuse.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/fuse
sys-subs...ices-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0
sys-subs...es-enp2s0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
sys-subs...es-wlp3s0.device loaded active plugged AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
-.mount loaded active mounted /
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System
run-user-1000-gvfs.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000/gvfs
sys-fs-f...onnections.mount loaded active mounted FUSE Control File System
sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System
sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System
tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory
systemd-...ord-console.path loaded active waiting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch
systemd-...ssword-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
dhc...@enp2s0.service loaded active running dhcpcd on enp2s0
ge...@tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1
kdm.service loaded active running K Display Manager
laptop-mode.service loaded active exited Laptop Mode Tools
polkit.service loaded active running Authorization Manager
systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-...es-setup.service loaded active exited Recreate Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-...-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager
systemd-update-utmp.service loaded active exited Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown
systemd-...sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-...le-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
udisks2.service loaded active running Disk Manager
upower.service loaded active running Daemon for power management
dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
dmeventd.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs
lvmetad.socket loaded active listening LVM2 metadata daemon socket
systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe
systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket
systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening Delayed Shutdown Socket
systemd-...d-control.socket loaded active listening udev Control Socket
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket
basic.target loaded active active Basic System
bluetooth.target loaded active active Bluetooth
cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes
getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts
graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface
local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre)
local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems
multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System
network.target loaded active active Network
paths.target loaded active active Paths
remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems
sockets.target loaded active active Sockets
sound.target loaded active active Sound Card
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
timers.target loaded active active Timers
systemd-...iles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories
LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
75 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
pelo que percebo os drivers estão carregados, a interface de rede aparece-me no ifconfig, mas não tenho nenhum gestor de conexões, já instalei o network manager mas não resolveu, ainda fiquei sem net por cabo também...