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This is my personal config file setup with my custom dwm, pretty much a manual how to replicate my system from 0. Basically it's arch server with a little bit of graphics that creates close to no overhead for either gaming or developing stuff.

Since my current gpu is RX 7800 XT I will not include any tips for NVidia cards, just because I've no testing ground.

1. Archinstall

1.1 Install dependencies and archinstall itself

sudo pacman -Syy

sudo pacman -Sy python python-pyparted python-pydantic python-pydantic-core python-annotated-types python-typing_extensions archinstall

sudo archinstall

1.2 Configuration

Parameter	Value	Reasoning
Type	Minimal	Not gonna use any premade DE, so can go with minimal setup, rest is installed manually anyway
Audio	Pipewire	Allows capturing one specific audio think, works better with browsers, discord, obs
Kernels	Zen	For style points, no idea

2. Kernel (if not installed earlier)

Package Name	Description	Package Manager
linux-zen	Monolithic Unix-like Computer	Pacman

sudo pacman -S linux-zen

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

# Remember last selected kernel boot option:
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

# Save configuration
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

3. AUR Package manager

Package Name	Description	Package Manager
paru	AUR helper	Pacman

sudo pacman -S git
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git && cd paru && makepkg -si

4. Installation wizard

This repo contains setup.sh file that can install all the necessary deps, libs, programs and other stuff of your liking. Keep in mind that some packages are necessary for DWM to work, others for screenshot script to work.

chmod +x setup.sh
./setup.sh

Bad mouse

Included into .xorg-configs/

Basically if you move your mouse somewhat fast by 'drawing' circles on your screen something weird starts to happen:

event5  - Mouse: client bug: event processing lagging behind by 30ms, your system is too slow
event5  - Mouse: client bug: event processing lagging behind by 29ms, your system is too slow
event5  - Mouse: client bug: event processing lagging behind by 31ms, your system is too slow
event5  - Mouse: SYN_DROPPED event - some input events have been lost.
event5  - Mouse: SYN_DROPPED event - some input events have been lost. 
event5  - Mouse: SYN_DROPPED event - some input events have been lost.
event5  - Mouse: WARNING: log rate limit exceeded (5 msgs per 30s). Discarding future messages.

The problem is quite simple to be honest: by default we have hardware cursors enabled and each move of your mouse cursor is painted by the GPU directly into the framebuffer which causes your system to go insane

The fix is also obvious:

cd /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
sudo touch 20-amdgpu.conf

# Configuration is defined as follows
Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier "AMD"
    MatchDriver "amdgpu"
    Driver "amdgpu"
EndSection

# Add software cursors option and toggle it
Option "SWcursor" "on"