diff --git a/v2/arch-full.sh b/v2/arch-full.sh
index f1c3360..e666dfa 100755
--- a/v2/arch-full.sh
+++ b/v2/arch-full.sh
@@ -160,14 +160,20 @@ fi
 SOURCE_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/config-files/arch"
 DEST_DIR="$HOME"
 
+# replace bashrc
+say_yellow "Setting bashrc"
+sudo cp -v /etc/skel/.bashrc /etc/skel/.bashrc.starburst
+sudo cp -rf $SOURCE_DIR/.bashrc /etc/skel/.bashrc
+sudo cp -rf $SOURCE_DIR/.bashrc $HOME/.bashrc
+
 # 1. Verify source directory exists
 if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ]; then
-    echo "Error: Source directory '$SOURCE_DIR' not found. Skipping XFCE config."
+    echo "Error: Source directory '$SOURCE_DIR' not found. Skipping config."
     # Use exit 1 if this is critical, or just exit 0 to continue the main script
     # exit 1 
 fi
 
-say_yellow "Applying XFCE configuration directly to $DEST_DIR..."
+say_yellow "Applying configuration directly to $DEST_DIR..."
 
 # 2. Use shopt for dotfiles, then copy recursively and forcefully
 shopt -s dotglob
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ shopt -u dotglob
 say_yellow "Clearing session cache..."
 rm -rf "$HOME/.cache/sessions/"
 
-say_yellow "XFCE configuration applied. User can log in now."
+say_yellow "configuration applied. User can log in now."
 
 # End of script
 say_green "Full setup completed."
diff --git a/v2/arch-plasma.sh b/v2/arch-plasma.sh
index 9602404..c586d54 100755
--- a/v2/arch-plasma.sh
+++ b/v2/arch-plasma.sh
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+
+###### TODO
+### from paru install pamac-tray-icon-plasma
+### let autostart pamac-tray-plasma
+
+
 # End of script
 say_green -e "KDE Plasma / SDDM setup completed."
 
diff --git a/v2/arch-workstation.sh b/v2/arch-workstation.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9f2f4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/arch-workstation.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+##########################
+# Color helpers (printf-safe, no tput)
+##########################
+RED="\033[0;31m"
+GREEN="\033[0;32m"
+YELLOW="\033[0;33m"
+CYAN="\033[0;36m"
+GRAY="\033[0;37m"
+BOLD="\033[1m"
+RESET="\033[0m"
+
+# Disable colors if output is not a terminal
+if [ ! -t 1 ]; then
+    RED="" GREEN="" YELLOW="" CYAN="" GRAY="" BOLD="" RESET=""
+fi
+
+say_red()    { printf "\n"; printf "%b%s%b\n" "$RED" "$*" "$RESET"; }
+say_green()    { printf "\n"; printf "%b%s%b\n" "$GREEN" "$*" "$RESET"; }
+say_yellow()   { printf "\n"; printf "%b%s%b\n" "$YELLOW" "$*" "$RESET"; }
+say_cyan()     { printf "\n"; printf "%b%s%b\n" "$CYAN" "$*" "$RESET"; }
+say_gray()     { printf "\n"; printf "%b%s%b\n" "$GRAY" "$*" "$RESET"; }
+say_bold()     { printf "\n"; printf "%b%s%b\n" "$BOLD" "$*" "$RESET"; }
+
+##########################
+# Use exported variables from main detection script
+##########################
+OS="${DETECTED_OS:-debian}"
+DDE="${DETECTED_DE:-}"
+DE="${SELECTED_DE:-none}"
+TWM="${SELECTED_TWM:-none}"
+INSTALL_LEVEL="${INSTALL_LEVEL:-minimal}"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+##########################
+# Helper functions
+##########################
+install_packages() { sudo pacman -Sy; sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed "$@"; }
+is_package_installed() { pacman -Qi "$@" &>/dev/null; }
+remove_packages() {
+    local packages_to_remove=()
+    
+    # 1. Identify which packages are actually installed
+    for pkg in "$@"; do
+        if is_package_installed "$pkg"; then
+            packages_to_remove+=("$pkg")
+        else
+            say_gray "Package '$pkg' not found. Skipping removal."
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # 2. Only run pacman if there are packages to remove
+    if [ ${#packages_to_remove[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+        say_cyan "Removing packages: ${packages_to_remove[*]}"
+        sudo pacman -Rs --noconfirm "${packages_to_remove[@]}" || true
+    else
+        say_gray "No packages to remove from the list."
+    fi
+}
+
+say_yellow "Starting Workstation setup..."
+
+# Run full first
+bash "$SCRIPT_DIR/arch-full.sh"
+
+# Add extra packages
+install_packages git libreoffice-fresh
+# gitahead-git
+
+# editors
+install_packages vscodium sublime-text-4
+
+#internet
+install_packages brave-bin insync
+# google-chrome discord firefox
+
+#theming
+# variety
+
+#media
+install_packages flameshot-git mpv-full
+# vlc gimp inkscape spotify lollypop
+
+#shells
+install_packages zsh zsh-completions zsh-syntax-highlighting oh-my-zsh-git
+# fish
+
+#system-tools
+install_packages base-devel
+
+#tools
+install_packages wttr system-config-printer ripgrep meld btop htop hwinfo lshw 
+
+# End of script
+say_green "Workstation setup completed."
diff --git a/v2/config-files/arch/.bashrc b/v2/config-files/arch/.bashrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7da553e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/config-files/arch/.bashrc
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+### EXPORT ###
+export EDITOR='nano'
+export VISUAL='nano'
+export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth:erasedups
+export PAGER='most'
+
+PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
+
+# If not running interactively, don't do anything
+[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
+
+#ignore upper and lowercase when TAB completion
+bind "set completion-ignore-case on"
+
+### ALIASES ###
+
+#list
+alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+alias la='ls -a'
+alias ll='ls -alFh'
+alias l='ls'
+alias l.="ls -A | grep -E '^\.'"
+alias listdir="ls -d */ > list"
+
+#pacman
+alias sps='sudo pacman -S'
+alias spr='sudo pacman -R'
+alias sprs='sudo pacman -Rs'
+alias sprdd='sudo pacman -Rdd'
+alias spqo='sudo pacman -Qo'
+alias spsii='sudo pacman -Sii'
+
+# show the list of packages that need this package - depends mpv as example
+function_depends()  {
+    search=$(echo "$1")
+    sudo pacman -Sii $search | grep "Required" | sed -e "s/Required By     : //g" | sed -e "s/  /\n/g"
+    }
+
+alias depends='function_depends'
+
+#fix obvious typo's
+alias cd..='cd ..'
+
+## Colorize the grep command output for ease of use (good for log files)##
+alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+alias egrep='grep -E --color=auto'
+alias fgrep='grep -F --color=auto'
+
+#readable output
+alias df='df -h'
+
+#setlocale
+alias setlocale="sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8"
+
+#pacman unlock
+alias unlock="sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck"
+alias rmpacmanlock="sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck"
+
+#arcolinux logout unlock
+alias rmlogoutlock="sudo rm /tmp/arcologout.lock"
+
+#which graphical card is working
+alias whichvga="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-which-vga"
+
+#free
+alias free="free -mt"
+
+#continue download
+alias wget="wget -c"
+
+#userlist
+alias userlist="cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd | sort"
+
+#merge new settings
+alias merge="xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources"
+
+# Aliases for software managment
+# pacman or pm
+alias pacman='sudo pacman --color auto'
+alias update='sudo pacman -Syyu'
+alias upd='sudo pacman -Syyu'
+
+# paru as aur helper - updates everything
+alias pksyua="paru -Syu --noconfirm"
+alias upall="paru -Syu --noconfirm"
+alias upa="paru -Syu --noconfirm"
+
+#ps
+alias psa="ps auxf"
+alias psgrep="ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -i -e VSZ -e"
+
+#grub update
+alias update-grub="sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg"
+alias grub-update="sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg"
+#grub issue 08/2022
+alias install-grub-efi="sudo grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=ArcoLinux"
+
+#add new fonts
+alias update-fc='sudo fc-cache -fv'
+
+#copy/paste all content of /etc/skel over to home folder - backup of config created - beware
+#skel alias has been replaced with a script at /usr/local/bin/skel
+
+#backup contents of /etc/skel to hidden backup folder in home/user
+alias bupskel='cp -Rf /etc/skel ~/.skel-backup-$(date +%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S)'
+
+#copy shell configs
+alias cb='cp /etc/skel/.bashrc ~/.bashrc && exec bash'
+alias cz='cp /etc/skel/.zshrc ~/.zshrc && echo "Copied."'
+alias cf='cp /etc/skel/.config/fish/config.fish ~/.config/fish/config.fish && echo "Copied."'
+
+#switch between bash and zsh
+alias tobash="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/bash && echo 'Now log out.'"
+alias tozsh="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/zsh && echo 'Now log out.'"
+alias tofish="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/fish && echo 'Now log out.'"
+
+# kill commands
+# quickly kill conkies
+alias kc='killall conky'
+# quickly kill polybar
+alias kp='killall polybar'
+# quickly kill picom
+alias kpi='killall picom'
+
+# hardware info --short
+alias hw="hwinfo --short"
+
+# fastfetch --short
+alias ff="fastfetch | lolcat"
+
+# audio check pulseaudio or pipewire
+alias audio="pactl info | grep 'Server Name'"
+
+# skip integrity check
+alias paruskip='paru -S --mflags --skipinteg'
+alias yayskip='yay -S --mflags --skipinteg'
+alias trizenskip='trizen -S --skipinteg'
+
+# check vulnerabilities microcode
+alias microcode='grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*'
+
+#approximation of how old your hardware is
+alias howold="sudo lshw | grep -B 3 -A 8 BIOS"
+
+#check cpu
+alias cpu="cpuid -i | grep uarch | head -n 1"
+
+#get fastest mirrors in your neighborhood
+alias mirror="sudo reflector -f 30 -l 30 --number 10 --verbose --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+alias mirrord="sudo reflector --latest 30 --number 10 --sort delay --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+alias mirrors="sudo reflector --latest 30 --number 10 --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+alias mirrora="sudo reflector --latest 30 --number 10 --sort age --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+#our experimental - best option for the moment
+alias mirrorx="sudo reflector --age 6 --latest 20  --fastest 20 --threads 5 --sort rate --protocol https --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+alias mirrorxx="sudo reflector --age 6 --latest 20  --fastest 20 --threads 20 --sort rate --protocol https --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+alias ram='rate-mirrors --allow-root --disable-comments arch | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'
+alias rams='rate-mirrors --allow-root --disable-comments --protocol https arch  | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'
+
+#Recent Installed Packages
+alias rip="expac --timefmt='%Y-%m-%d %T' '%l\t%n %v' | sort | tail -200 | nl"
+alias riplong="expac --timefmt='%Y-%m-%d %T' '%l\t%n %v' | sort | tail -3000 | nl"
+
+#Cleanup orphaned packages
+alias cleanup='sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)'
+
+# This will generate a list of explicitly installed packages
+alias list="sudo pacman -Qqe"
+#This will generate a list of explicitly installed packages without dependencies
+alias listt="sudo pacman -Qqet"
+# list of AUR packages
+alias listaur="sudo pacman -Qqem"
+# add > list at the end to write to a file
+
+# install packages from list
+# pacman -S --needed - < my-list-of-packages.txt
+
+#clear
+alias clean="clear; seq 1 $(tput cols) | sort -R | sparklines | lolcat"
+alias cls="clear; seq 1 $(tput cols) | sort -R | sparklines | lolcat"
+
+#search content with ripgrep
+alias rg="rg --sort path"
+
+#get the error messages from journalctl
+alias jctl="journalctl -p 3 -xb"
+
+#nano for important configuration files
+#know what you do in these files
+alias npacman="sudo $EDITOR /etc/pacman.conf"
+alias ngrub="sudo $EDITOR /etc/default/grub"
+alias nconfgrub="sudo $EDITOR /boot/grub/grub.cfg"
+alias nmakepkg="sudo $EDITOR /etc/makepkg.conf"
+alias nmkinitcpio="sudo $EDITOR /etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+alias nmirrorlist="sudo $EDITOR /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+alias nsddm="sudo $EDITOR /etc/sddm.conf"
+alias nsddmk="sudo $EDITOR /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf"
+alias nsddmd="sudo $EDITOR /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/default.conf"
+alias nfstab="sudo $EDITOR /etc/fstab"
+alias nnsswitch="sudo $EDITOR /etc/nsswitch.conf"
+alias nsamba="sudo $EDITOR /etc/samba/smb.conf"
+alias ngnupgconf="sudo $EDITOR /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf"
+alias nhosts="sudo $EDITOR /etc/hosts"
+alias nhostname="sudo $EDITOR /etc/hostname"
+alias nresolv="sudo $EDITOR /etc/resolv.conf"
+alias nb="$EDITOR ~/.bashrc"
+alias nz="$EDITOR ~/.zshrc"
+alias nf="$EDITOR ~/.config/fish/config.fish"
+alias nfastfetch="$EDITOR ~/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc"
+alias nvconsole="sudo $EDITOR /etc/vconsole.conf"
+alias nenvironment="sudo $EDITOR /etc/environment"
+alias nloader="sudo $EDITOR /boot/efi/loader/loader.conf"
+alias nalacritty="nano /home/$USER/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml"
+alias nemptty="sudo $EDITOR /etc/emptty/conf"
+
+#reading logs with bat
+alias lpacman="bat /var/log/pacman.log"
+alias lxorg="bat /var/log/Xorg.0.log"
+alias lxorgo="bat /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old"
+
+#reading logs with sublime-text-4
+alias spac="subl /etc/pacman.conf"
+
+#gpg
+#verify signature for isos
+alias gpg-check="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify"
+alias fix-gpg-check="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify"
+#receive the key of a developer
+alias gpg-retrieve="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --receive-keys"
+alias fix-gpg-retrieve="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --receive-keys"
+alias fix-keyserver="[ -d ~/.gnupg ] || mkdir ~/.gnupg ; cp /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf ~/.gnupg/ ; echo 'done'"
+
+#fixes
+alias fix-permissions="sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.config ~/.local"
+alias keyfix="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-databases-and-keys"
+alias key-fix="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-databases-and-keys"
+alias keys-fix="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-databases-and-keys"
+alias fixkey="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-databases-and-keys"
+alias fixkeys="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-databases-and-keys"
+alias fix-key="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-databases-and-keys"
+alias fix-keys="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-databases-and-keys"
+alias fix-pacman-conf="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-conf"
+alias fix-pacman-keyserver="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-pacman-gpg-conf"
+alias fix-grub="sudo /usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-grub"
+alias fixgrub="sudo /usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-grub"
+alias fix-archlinux-mirrors="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-archlinux-servers"
+alias fix-arcolinux-mirrors="/usr/local/bin/arcolinux-fix-arcolinux-servers"
+
+#maintenance
+alias big="expac -H M '%m\t%n' | sort -h | nl"
+alias downgrada="sudo downgrade --ala-url https://ant.seedhost.eu/arcolinux/"
+
+#systeminfo
+alias sysfailed="systemctl list-units --failed"
+
+#shutdown or reboot
+alias ssn="sudo shutdown now"
+alias sr="reboot"
+
+#update betterlockscreen images
+alias bls="betterlockscreen -u /usr/share/backgrounds/"
+
+#give the list of all installed desktops - xsessions desktops
+alias xd="ls /usr/share/xsessions"
+alias xdw="ls /usr/share/wayland-sessions"
+
+#give a list of the kernels installed
+alias kernel="ls /usr/lib/modules"
+alias kernels="ls /usr/lib/modules"
+
+# # ex = EXtractor for all kinds of archives
+# # usage: ex <file>
+ex ()
+{
+  if [ -f $1 ] ; then
+    case $1 in
+      *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf $1   ;;
+      *.tar.gz)    tar xzf $1   ;;
+      *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1   ;;
+      *.rar)       unrar x $1   ;;
+      *.gz)        gunzip $1    ;;
+      *.tar)       tar xf $1    ;;
+      *.tbz2)      tar xjf $1   ;;
+      *.tgz)       tar xzf $1   ;;
+      *.zip)       unzip $1     ;;
+      *.Z)         uncompress $1;;
+      *.7z)        7z x $1      ;;
+      *.deb)       ar x $1      ;;
+      *.tar.xz)    tar xf $1    ;;
+      *.tar.zst)   tar xf $1    ;;
+      *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
+    esac
+  else
+    echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
+  fi
+}
+
+#wayland aliases
+alias wsimplescreen="wf-recorder -a"
+alias wsimplescreenrecorder="wf-recorder -a -c h264_vaapi -C aac -d /dev/dri/renderD128 --file=recording.mp4"
+
+#btrfs aliases
+alias btrfsfs="sudo btrfs filesystem df /"
+alias btrfsli="sudo btrfs su li / -t"
+
+#snapper aliases
+alias snapcroot="sudo snapper -c root create-config /"
+alias snapchome="sudo snapper -c home create-config /home"
+alias snapli="sudo snapper list"
+alias snapcr="sudo snapper -c root create"
+alias snapch="sudo snapper -c home create"
+
+#git
+alias rmgitcache="rm -r ~/.cache/git"
+alias grh="git reset --hard"
+
+#pamac
+alias pamac-unlock="sudo rm /var/tmp/pamac/dbs/db.lock"
+
+#create a file called .bashrc-personal and put all your personal aliases
+#in there. They will not be overwritten by skel.
+
+[[ -f ~/.bashrc-personal ]] && . ~/.bashrc-personal
+
+# reporting tools - install when not installed
+fastfetch | lolcat
+#neofetch