My preferred setup is to use Ardour as my DAW. It can take some getting used to as it has so many settings and features but the power it provides should accommodate even your most audacious requirements. For synths, I mostly uses Vitalium because I understand it the best and I find the GUI intuitive. There are many other options though such as ZenSubFx (name might be slightly wrong as i haven't used it in a while) or Helm. I've found Geonkick works well for drums although my confidence in their software has diminished recently due to them changing the plugin identifier which broke projects using that plugin. Other plugins include the Calf suite, AVX suite, noise repellent and butterfly reverb. I generally prefer LV2 plugins when there are options as they tend to be more stable in my experience. Also as mentioned, definitely install Pipewire. It is a drop in replacement for Pulseaudio and will let you use more features in your DAW and lower the latency. Make sure to install pipewire-jack if you choose Ardour, as the Jack2 integration works the best.

For more info on this and an Ardour masterclass, check out Unfa on YouTube or Odysee. His website with all links is https://unfa.xyz. Have fun!

You are supposed to use the metadata editing if it is not already correct then it well automatically sort them for you. You can edit multiple tracks at once to set the album in one go for example.

Strawberry has all those things.

In general I like it, but I'm not a fan of the monospace font used for the server names.

Hey, my setup works for me! Just add an option to enable CPU overheating in the next update!

That is the best hexbear emote I have seen to date!

I used to have a similar setup but had it stream directly into MPV using the ytdl hook. Do you have it download the videos into a cache automatically and then load from file later and if so, how did you set that up?

Hexbears only eat bourgeoisie...

Fusion is effectively renewable. Use a small portion of energy to do electrolysis and you got your fuel. We won't be running out of water any time soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pSew78EWOE

Alright, I'll say this only once: move dolphins up to god tier right now or there will be consequences! (Namely that the tier list will be wrong)

My advice is to get off YouTube. It is clearly damaging your mental health. If you feel you can't for whatever reason, consider using something like NewPipe, where you find what you search for/subscribe to and don't have recommendations.

I wonder how this interacts with tiling window managers...

Try installing nvidia-dkms. It is better integrated into the kernel, so you may have better luck with it. Also make sure to read the xorg page on the arch wiki if you are going to stick with arch.

Sure. If you are using an nvidia optimus laptop, you should also add __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia at the start of the last line when running in hybrid mode to run mpv on the dgpu. You should have a file at ~/.wallpaperrc that contains wallpaper_playlist: /path/to/mpv/playlist. You may want to add this script to your startup sequence via your wm/de.

#!/bin/sh

WALLPAPER_PLAYLIST=$(cat ~/.wallpaperrc | grep -v '^\w*#' | grep 'wallpaper_playlist' | sed "s/wallpaper_playlist: //")


xwinwrap -g 1920x1080 -ov -- mpv -wid WID --no-osc --no-audio --loop-playlist --shuffle --playlist=$WALLPAPER_PLAYLIST

Hope this helps!

I set mpv as the root window which worked well. I stopped using it a while back, but if you are interested, I could dig up the simple script for you (literally one or two lines iirc).

You already have a plethora of great suggestions for improvements to make, so I won't leave any more, but rather offer some advice. It can be daunting to go all in and sacrifice the conveniences you currently enjoy. This is why I recommend you change your behaviour and software in a piecemeal fashion. Change only a few (or even one) things at a time and get used to it. Once you are comfortable with where you are at, then introduce more improvements. This approach will help prevent you from getting overloaded or burnt out, resulting in you going back and compromising your privacy. Good luck!

That was my first thought too!

Oh no! Anyway...

My guess is spirit guardians. With the 3 attackers coming over, it would be a shame if they had to take damage to get close enough to attack.