diff --git a/updates.txt b/updates.txt
index 80303b9f..01b20029 100644
--- a/updates.txt
+++ b/updates.txt
@@ -10,28 +10,3 @@ replace every newline with a single space: tr '\n' ' '
 add notation about using find to list only files in current directory and NOT subdirectory:
 find $dir -maxdepth 1 -type f
 
-Uninstall artix-grub-theme and xfce4-notifyd
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-doas pacman -Rs artix-grub-theme xfce4-notifyd
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-Install dunst
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-doas pacman -S dunst
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-And move the dunstrc to a config folder named dunst
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-mkdir ~/.config/dunst
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-cp ~/Documents/notes/dunst/dunstrc ~/.config/dunst/
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-Install cheat (similar, but in some ways better than tldr)
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-paru cheat (pick first option)
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-In Ungoogled Chromium make this your default search engine:
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-https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=%s
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-In Librewolf, add extension disable fingerprinting (just look for recommended).
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-And change up some flags for better privacy (essentially disable autofill)