diff --git a/notes_to_self.txt b/notes_to_self.txt
index ce20cd7..a5946df 100644
--- a/notes_to_self.txt
+++ b/notes_to_self.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ do not rely on the RTC
     - only fall back to using rtc if offline
   - do not set the RTC
 make our own or extract (if feasible) kb selection and time zone selection to hijack them for our purposes
+  - potentially interesting packages
+    - ckbcomp
+    - kbd-data
 vkpurge old stuff - only keep 2 vkpurgeable kernels
   - change kernel pre-install hook
 overview of the installation process at the start
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ overall progress indication (step x out of y)
 exclude optical drives
 add newline after yesno (also in backup script)
 add bash completion along the line somewhere
-test that OpenBox is actually lighter than IceWM - or replace it with something that is
+replace OpenBox with something lighter
 allow unprivileged users to mount / unmount disks in GUI sessions
 look into roxterm as an alternative terminal
 add a zram swap option to package_selections
@@ -28,8 +31,16 @@ first run message in xinitrc
 put a README.txt on root dir of F2FS partition
 add online check to all the selections that need internet
 sort out /etc/resolv.conf for the chroot
+set keyboard layout for initramfs
+refer to creating a new system image as such instead of "backing up"
+need some sort of notification handler?
 
-Minimum viable Xorg setup: setxkbmap xauth xorg-video-drivers mesa mesa-dri xorg-server elogind xorg-input-drivers xrandr acpilight xhost xinit xrdb xinput xgamma xset iceauth sessreg transset xcmsdb xkbutils xmodmap dejavu-fonts-ttf
+when installing GUI also install elogind xdg-utils dbus-elogind dbus-elogind-libs dbus-elogind-x11
+allow backgrounds only for icewm-fancy
+when pre-configuring desktop
+  -> check if pipewire installed
+    -> add pipewire, pipewire-pulse, wireplumber
+  -> run IceWM directly if the lighter setup was selected
 
 musl downsides:
   - no nvidia drivers
@@ -48,9 +59,16 @@ Stage 2:
   -> set up user
     -> ask for username
     -> run useradd (non-interactively)
+      -> useradd --groups "comma,separated,groups" --create-home --shell /bin/bash $USERNAME
+      -> groups: dialout users wheel
+      -> ?? groups:
+        -> video - Can use GUI? Can use webcam?
+        -> cdrom optical - can listen to CDs? Can watch DVDs? Can mount / unmount CDs/DVDs?
+        -> storage - can mount / unmount disks from GUI?
+        -> scanner - can scan things (for example using XSane?)
+        -> network - can interface with NetworkManager?
+        -> kvm - can run QEMU?
     -> run passwd (interactively)
-    -> add to groups
-      -> including sudo group
   -> clean up
     -> mv /mnt/target/etc/sv/agetty-tty1/conf.bak /mnt/target/etc/sv/agetty-tty1/conf
     -> if [ -f /mnt/target/root/.profile.bak ]; then mv /mnt/target/root/.profile.bak /mnt/target/root/.profile; else rm /mnt/target/root/.profile; fi