diff --git a/dotfiles/linux/arch/readme.md b/dotfiles/linux/arch/readme.md
index de4be3e..a48c844 100644
--- a/dotfiles/linux/arch/readme.md
+++ b/dotfiles/linux/arch/readme.md
@@ -1,13 +1,79 @@
 # Arch Linux
 
+ughhhhhh had to reinstall the test vm like 5 times. finally got lxqt with virtualbox driver to load the desktop
+but networking is not working. Perf is kinda shitty. UI is shitty. QT sucks. I hate linux.
+
+##  Setup
+
+* Installation guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide
+    * Can go through manually or use the new guided installer: `archinstall`
+
+* use btrfs file system
+    * I guess I should enable compression but I'm  not sure how it affects perf.
+
+* I tried Luks disk encryption in a VirtualBox VM and I couldn't get into the
+  desktop. Locks up on login. Not sure if it's related to this...can try
+  encryption on a real install.
+
+* desktop environment
+    **VM Test**
+        * lxqt, vmware graphics driver, lightdm-slick-greeter
+
+    * lxqt - X11 based. I was using lxde in the past but it was abandoned by
+      the original team. They made lxqt. It's QT based which is lame but might
+      be fine. This is lightweight and I have my old configs (for LXDE and
+      OpenBox) which might still be usable.
+
+    * sway - Wayland based. Martins uses this. I want to try it but it lacks
+      nvidia driver support and requires something called wlroots?  I don't
+      want to mess with this in my testing vm. Maybe later if I do a proper
+      Arch install.
+        * https://github.com/tyqualters/sway-nvidia-guide
+        * https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/yuu7ra/whats_the_difference_between_nvidia_and_nvidiaopen/
+        * using seatd for hardware device collection
+
+## Graphics
+
+* card family https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/CodeNames.html
+* nvidia driver install guide https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide?tab=readme-ov-file
+
+
+Martins — 06/17/2024 2:59 PM
+if you don't want upstream releases then obviously arch is not for you, but
+they have simple solution for that - aur, you can keep managing your
+dependencies separately from system packages
+
+Martins uses Sway:
+Martins — 04/08/2024 10:41 PM
+no, .bashrc
+I have autologin on tty1
+so whenever .bashrc executes on tty1, it starts sway:
+
+    if [ -z "${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}" ] && [ "${XDG_VTNR}" -eq 1 ]; then
+      export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
+      export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland
+      export GDK_BACKEND=wayland
+      export CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland
+      export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
+      export BEMENU_BACKEND=wayland
+      export TERMINAL=foot
+      export BROWSER=firefox
+      export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
+      export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
+      export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
+      exec systemd-cat -- sway
+    fi
+
+Saw this on reddit: sudo pacman -S wayland xorg-xwayland xorg-xlsclients sway swaybg swaylock waybar wofi -y
+What is wofi ?
+
+
 * `config/` -> map contents to `~/.config`.
 * `home/` -> map contents to `~/`.
 
-# Setup
-
-* Full disk encryption with Veracrypt
 
 * Store /tmp in RAM
+    * 2024: looks like it's done by default. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tmpfs
 
 * Move browser cache directories to /tmp as a means of reducing file writes on SSD