If it works, is safe, and is maintainable, there’s no shame in it. My unraid box has some unorthodox drive mounting too.

Nice read. No matter how much lightweight software you use, the hardware expectations of the modern web seem to keep increasing.

Not sure what constitutes a lot, but definitely had AUR software. Generally only for things that were not otherwise available

I know it’s not the same (some would argue worse), but I ran manjaro for a long time and just didn’t have these sorts of issues. Maybe I didn’t update enough, or I updated too frequently, or ?