but arch wiki is the best resource to troubleshoot linux and learn how to make things work

why not mpv?

I still use Mate, but switched the window manager to i3.

1. Install OpenBSD
2. ???
3. Profit!

because if you use a 40 kHz signal to "draw" a 10 kHz wave, the wave will have only four "pixels", so all the high frequencies have very low fidelity

192 kHz for music.

The CD was the worst thing to happen in the history of audio. 44 (or 48) kHz is awful, and it is still prevalent. It would be better to wait a few more years and have better quality.

Vim + fugitive

Nothing wrong, if don't spend daily hours editing text (or code).

so ditch this nonsense and use a better distro?

xbps felt like a million characters to type which I hated

Ever heard of alias?

For me it’s alias pks='xbps-query -Rs' and alias pki='xbps-install' (package search and package install).