Amen to everything you're saying.
Good choice!
I remember that one of the things that really blew me away was the virtual desktop pager which was a live miniature of the actual desktops.
'not speedy, but ongoing' - That sounds like E, alright ...
TeXStudio for the convenience of compiling and managing multi-file projects; (neo)vim for serious work with the tex files.
I didn't think I would ever say this, but: arch isn't always the answer. True: the last time the entire system broke on me was in 2006'ish, but I can't count the times certain apps have stopped working or some python upgrade messes up things. Sure: that's the price of rolling release and AUR, and I wouldn't be without it, but it's a thing one has to learn to live with, and a thing that makes 'arch' the wrong answer to this particular question.
I'm doing my part
That's exactly why I'm wary of Family Search. In principle, I love the "open source" character of it, but that also means that one is not in control of one's own tree.
I wrote this eulogy to St Stallman already quite a few years ago, with the point that he may be wrong, but he is wrong in the right way, and that is a good thing. Still relevant:
I agree that the source linking in familysearch is excellent. I'm a bit weary about using it as my main tree though: the lack of control, over the data and the architeture, the latter-day saints connection, and who knows when they will start charging? Etc. All the reasons why open source and open standards are always to be preferred. But I do admit to having a tree there ... :)
Nei, jeg har heller ikke reagert noe på /r/norge, men på alle mulige andre /r/'er hvor krenkelsesvilligheten er så høy at man blir utelukket bare man nevner feil navn. Det var bare så deilig å se det skrevet eksplisitt at "her gjelder ytringsfriheten og Norges Lover", i stedet for "dette skal være et varmt og koselig rom med blomster i vinduet og prikkete gardiner, hvor alle skal føle seg hjemme."
You can use Play it slowly, which is rather bare-bones, or Sonic Visualizer, which is something of the opposite, but quite powerful.
My daily workhorse is Transcribe!, which I've been using for nearly 30 years, actually. Very powerful, and very intuitive, and with a lot of useful effects, such as filtering out the vocals (if possible), etc. I paid a one-time fee for a subscription back in the day. Money well spent.