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Install: a step-by-step guide, and choose NetworkManager in archinstall

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A numbered guide at the top of the Install page, from writing the Arch
ISO to a USB stick to the reboot after installing CoreDesktop.

CoreDesktop now turns off iwd and systemd-networkd when they're enabled
alongside NetworkManager (cf862ec), as archinstall's "Copy ISO network
configuration" leaves them. Tell users to choose "Use NetworkManager"
instead, and that the iwctl connection stays on the USB stick. List the
change on the System page, and mention it for NetworkManager and impala.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## On CoreDesktop
impala is installed from pacman. It needs the iwd service running, and its authors recommend disabling NetworkManager while you use it to avoid conflicts. CoreDesktop manages Wi-Fi with NetworkManager, so for everyday use, **Settings › Wi-Fi** or `nmtui` is the simpler choice. `update` keeps impala current with the pacman packages.
impala is installed from pacman. It needs the iwd service running, and its authors recommend disabling NetworkManager while you use it to avoid conflicts. Don't leave iwd and NetworkManager both enabled: they fight over the Wi-Fi card, and CoreDesktop turns iwd off when it finds them together at install. CoreDesktop manages Wi-Fi with NetworkManager, so for everyday use, **Settings › Wi-Fi** or `nmtui` is the simpler choice. `update` keeps impala current with the pacman packages.
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## On CoreDesktop
NetworkManager is installed from pacman and `NetworkManager.service` is enabled. CoreDesktop masks `NetworkManager-wait-online.service` so the desktop doesn't wait for the network at boot. `update` keeps it current with the pacman packages.
NetworkManager is installed from pacman and `NetworkManager.service` is enabled. CoreDesktop masks `NetworkManager-wait-online.service` so the desktop doesn't wait for the network at boot. If iwd and systemd-networkd are turned on as well, as archinstall's **Copy ISO network configuration** does, CoreDesktop turns them off so they don't fight NetworkManager over the Wi-Fi card; choose your Wi-Fi network once in **Settings › Wi-Fi** after the next restart. `update` keeps it current with the pacman packages.