After 20 years of hacking away in the open-source world and the Linux community, I’ve realized I might actually be a Bug Magnet.

On my previous laptop, a Dell G16, the power-saving mode of the Intel AX201 Wi-Fi card caused pacman updates to crawl at snail speeds. I finally solved that by surgically disabling the power-saving logic. Last year, I switched to this ThinkPad P14s, specifically choosing the AMD integrated graphics version. I thought, "No NVIDIA proprietary drivers to mess with—surely this will be stable, right?"

As it turns out, if you have a mind for "tinkering," bugs will find you with pinpoint accuracy.

The Symptom: The Unavoidable "Frozen Frame"

Recently, my desktop environment started freezing multiple times a day. That feeling of the entire GUI suddenly solidifying is incredibly frustrating. It even made me wonder if I had broken the system by messing with some underlying plumbing.

After work, I decided to cut the Gordian knot and reinstalled EndeavourOS. The freezes persisted.…