Agree, balance matters. In the post I’m mostly arguing about sequence, not extremes: validate first, engineer second.

I validate via user conversations + a real commitment (waitlist, pre-order, pilot). If there’s no pull, no amount of clean code will fix it 😄

Stop over-engineering. Build for speed, not scale. Validate the pain before writing a single line of code.

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This alignment makes Intel Arc handle desktop/compositing efficiently while RTX stays mostly idle (4-5W P8), only spiking for games. Power management and Vulkan performance all click together, desktop responsive, games smooth, battery life solid. #Linux #Manjaro

Under the hood, Manjaro 25.1 "Anh-Linh" refreshes the entire graphics stack: Linux 6.18 kernel with better hybrid GPU scheduling, updated Mesa 25.3+ for Intel Arc improvements, and newer NVIDIA 580.xx drivers with refined PRIME render offload.

Massive props to the Manjaro team for this release. The hybrid Intel + NVIDIA setup on my laptop finally behaves the way it always should have, without me fighting configs or hacks on every update.