diff --git a/clone_and_link.sh b/clone_and_link.sh
index d39b99a..076b08d 100755
--- a/clone_and_link.sh
+++ b/clone_and_link.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@
 
 
 git submodule update --init --recursive
+ln -s $PWD/vim ~/.vim
+ln -s ~/.vim/.vimrc ~/.vimrc
+ln -s $PWD/zsh ~/.zsh
+ln -s ~/.zsh/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
+ln -s $PWD/tmux ~/.tmux
+ln -s ~/.tmux/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
+
diff --git a/general_setup.sh b/general_setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f41a631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/general_setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# general_setup.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2016 fabian <fabian@testvm>
+#
+# Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
+#
+
+zsh
+chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh
+tmux
+echo ":PluginInstall" | vim
diff --git a/link_config.sh b/link_config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..83d8e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link_config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# link_config.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2016 fabian <fabian@testvm>
+#
+# Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
+#
+
+for filename in .config/*; do
+    ln -s $PWD/$filename ~/$filename
+done
diff --git a/setup_arch.sh b/setup_arch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a6e620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup_arch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# clone_and_link.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2016 fabian <fabian@fabi-laptop-arch>
+#
+# Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
+#
+
+sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring --noconfirm
+sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+sudo pacman -Sy base-devel xorg xorg-xinit gnome gnome-extra gvim zsh tmux openssh termite powerline powerline-fonts --noconfirm
+./clone_and_link.sh
+cp zsh/.powerline_config_arch.example zsh/.powerline_config
+cp vim/.vimrc_config_powerline_arch.example vim/.vimrc_config_powerline 
+chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh