I wouldn’t recommend skipping the offering, but purely from a technical standpoint it is unnecessary.

It’s awesome. Seeing aerc getting an update always makes me smile.

Looks like the fix is likely already in the kernel. Patches have been submitted towards the end of December 2023. Remember this won’t help if you use an old kernel (Arch, BTW, has the latest :o)

2023 14-inch oled i5 here. there was an easy fix for no audio on speakers, a udev drop-in iirc. it’s been an awesome machine all round. on mobile now but i might post a link later.