I like to dual boot whenever I want to play some games. This way, I don’t need to install all the proprietary crap on Arch and it feels less of a pain to do so. To make it even easier, I like to use a simple bash alias, which boots into my Windows 11 installation the next time, once I restart my computer.

alias win='sudo efibootmgr --bootnext 0009; reboot'

With the help of efibootmgr we are able to list all boot entries, but also set the boot entry which is scheduled to be run on next boot.

The default settings are terrible. It took some time to figure out, but it is not the builtin's microphone fault. If you're on a Thinkpad and run anything GNU/Linux, I recommend to turn off the microphone boost totally and decrease the capture volume to something lower than 60. I'm sorry for everyone who used to be in a call with me all over the years, it must have been awful to listen to me.

I switched to GNOME and wayland last week. The time for dwm on X11 is gone. Things got so much better now. Unless you still own something from nvidia as I did. The GTX 1650 and GT 1030 — both are more than powerful enough for my needs. I barely play games anymore these days. Other than Rocket League and some old school real-time strategy games, my graphics card usually has quite a comfy night. However, with nvidia there are some issues, especially on wayland. For instance, I wasn't able to wake up from sleep. I always ended up with nothing but a black screen. Long story short, I decided to hit the button and get my hands on an RX 560 (used).