fix(archsetup): replace ntp with chrony and add packages

- Replace deprecated ntp with chrony for time sync
- Add opus codec (all music in opus format)
- Add iperf3 and net-tools for network diagnostics
- Add lexend-fonts-git font
- Fix rmmod pcspkr error when module not loaded
- Remove duplicate mediainfo entry (kept in Emacs section)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/archsetup b/archsetup
index a80b3d4..e598b9f 100755
--- a/archsetup
+++ b/archsetup
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ prerequisites() {
     # curl              - to transfer source code
     # git               - tools required to work with git source respositories
     # go                - required to build yay, the aur installer
-    # ntp               - must communicate with other servers in synchronized manner
+    # chrony            - must communicate with other servers in synchronized manner
     # python            - required for python pip installs
     # stow              - places the dotfiles (see: https://bit.ly/41GmysO)
     # tar               - extract unix archives
@@ -516,16 +516,16 @@ prerequisites() {
     display "subtitle" "Required Software"
 
     for software in linux-firmware wireless-regdb base-devel ca-certificates \
-                                   coreutils curl git go ntp openssh python \
+                                   chrony coreutils curl git go openssh python \
                                    stow tar vi zsh; do
         pacman_install "$software"
     done
 
     display "subtitle" "Environment Configuration"
 
-    # sync the time on this machine
+    # sync the time on this machine (one-shot chrony sync)
     action="synchronizing system time" && display "task" "$action"
-    (ntpdate 0.us.pool.ntp.org >> "$logfile" 2>&1) || error "error" "$action" "$?"
+    (chronyd -q 'server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst' >> "$logfile" 2>&1) || error "error" "$action" "$?"
 
     action="configuring compiler to use all processor cores" && display "task" "$action"
     sed -i "s/-j2/-j$(nproc)/;s/^#MAKEFLAGS/MAKEFLAGS/" /etc/makepkg.conf >> "$logfile" 2>&1
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ desktop_environment() {
     aur_install ttf-lato
     aur_install ttf-ms-fonts
     aur_install ttf-ubraille
+    aur_install lexend-fonts-git                     # readable font family
 
 
     # System Utilities
@@ -1210,7 +1211,7 @@ desktop_environment() {
         pacman_install "$software"
     done;
     # disable the pc speaker beep
-    rmmod pcspkr >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+    rmmod pcspkr 2>/dev/null || true
     echo "blacklist pcspkr" > /etc/modprobe.d/nobeep.conf
 
     # Keyboard Shortcut Manager
@@ -1507,7 +1508,6 @@ supplemental_software() {
     pacman_install libmad                            # mpeg audio decoder
     pacman_install libmpeg2                          # library for decoding mpeg video streams
     pacman_install maim                              # screenshot utility
-    pacman_install mediainfo                         # technical and tag information about media files
     pacman_install mosh                              # alt SSH terminal with roaming and responsiveness support
     pacman_install odt2txt                           # converts from open document to text
     pacman_install p7zip                             # p7zip compression tool
@@ -1519,6 +1519,8 @@ supplemental_software() {
     pacman_install ranger                            # terminal file manager
     pacman_install rclone                            # syncs files from gdrive, s3, dropbox, etc.
     pacman_install signal-desktop                    # secure messenger
+    pacman_install iperf3                            # network bandwidth testing
+    pacman_install net-tools                         # network tools (netstat for security auditing)
     pacman_install smartmontools                     # monitors hard drives
     pacman_install lynis                             # security auditing tool
     pacman_install telegram-desktop                  # messenger application
@@ -1531,6 +1533,7 @@ supplemental_software() {
     pacman_install unclutter                         # hides mouse cursor when not being used
     pacman_install vlc                               # media player
     pacman_install w3m                               # text based browser
+    pacman_install opus                              # opus audio codec (all music in opus format)
     pacman_install wavpack                           # audio compression format
     pacman_install webkit2gtk                        # web content engine for GTK
     pacman_install xcb-util-cursor                   # calibre dependency (calibre installed manually)