My Frustrating Arch Install (De-Antergosifying)

lustrate
/ˈlʌstreɪt/
verb
purify by expiatory sacrifice, ceremonial washing, or some other ritual action. “a soul lustrated in the baptismal waters”
The Past (Thu 21 May 23:26:00 GMT 2020) 2 years ago, in 2018, I began using Linux for real. My distribution of choice was Antergos, an ‘easy button’ Arch installer that was really popular at the time. The first package I added post-install apparently was synergy, a package to share my mouse/keyboard with my still-existing Windows 10 machine: