darkmini VS paru

So I actually installed rEFInd boot manager to handle OS loading. It boots before any bootloader and gives a visual selection of which os it boots into. So when I power on my machine, it gives me a screen like this (it has many skins to choose from). If I select Linux, the grub bootloader starts, and if I select windows the windows loader starts.

There are dark themes for rEFInd. Might be useful if your laptop starts at full brightness and rEFInd hurts your eyes. I am using this.

I would also get a AUR helper, I'd recommend paru (don't forget to configure /etc/paru.conf). Just make sure you're checking the validity of AUR packages.

as the uncommented lines. This has been the default since at least April 2022.

I've just discovered that paru supports adding your own changes to PKGBUILD files if they are committed to the cached git repos and merging them with any upstream upgrades:

If you use AUR packages, you might want to use an AUR helper that wraps pacman, like paru or yay.

paru is an AUR Helper, which also will perform pacman actions (install, upgrade, removal, etc)

maybe check out paru - it throws up the PKGBUILD whenever you’re installing a package (or upgrading one when it’s changed)

paru: https://github.com/Morganamilo/paru

Thanks. Installing intel-ipu6-dkms-git from AUR using paru is giving error, says