diff --git a/core/tabs/applications-setup/grub-theme.sh b/core/tabs/applications-setup/grub-theme.sh
index 754363047..06787b3d1 100644
--- a/core/tabs/applications-setup/grub-theme.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/applications-setup/grub-theme.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ themeinstall(){
     git clone "https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/Top-5-Bootloader-Themes"
     cd "Top-5-Bootloader-Themes"
     "$ESCALATION_TOOL" ./install.sh
+    if command -v grub-mkconfig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+    elif command -v grub2-mkconfig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
+    fi
 }
 
 checkEnv
diff --git a/core/tabs/applications-setup/mybash-setup.sh b/core/tabs/applications-setup/mybash-setup.sh
index b03a470af..6c143a233 100644
--- a/core/tabs/applications-setup/mybash-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/applications-setup/mybash-setup.sh
@@ -54,29 +54,39 @@ installFont() {
     fi
 }
 
+_install_pkg() {
+    case "$PACKAGER" in
+        pacman) "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm "$1" ;;
+        apk)    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" add "$1" ;;
+        xbps-install) "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -Sy "$1" ;;
+        dnf|apt-get|nala|zypper|eopkg) "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y "$1" ;;
+        *)      printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Unsupported package manager, falling back to manual install...${RC}" && return 1 ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 installStarshipAndFzf() {
-    if command_exists starship; then
+    if ! command_exists starship; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Installing Starship...${RC}"
+        _install_pkg starship 2>/dev/null || {
+            printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Package manager install failed, using curl...${RC}"
+            curl -sSL https://starship.rs/install.sh | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sh || {
+                printf "%b\n" "${RED}Failed to install starship!${RC}"
+                exit 1
+            }
+        }
+    else
         printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}Starship already installed${RC}"
-        return
     fi
 
-    if [ "$PACKAGER" = "eopkg" ]; then
-        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y starship || {
-            printf "%b\n" "${RED}Failed to install starship with Solus!${RC}"
-            exit 1
+    if ! command_exists fzf; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Installing fzf...${RC}"
+        _install_pkg fzf 2>/dev/null || {
+            printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Package manager install failed, using git...${RC}"
+            git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" ~/.fzf/install
         }
     else
-        curl -sSL https://starship.rs/install.sh | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sh || {
-            printf "%b\n" "${RED}Failed to install starship!${RC}"
-            exit 1
-        }
-    fi
-
-    if command_exists fzf; then
         printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}Fzf already installed${RC}"
-    else
-        git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
-        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" ~/.fzf/install
     fi
 }
 
@@ -86,10 +96,14 @@ installZoxide() {
         return
     fi
 
-    if ! curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh; then
-        printf "%b\n" "${RED}Something went wrong during zoxide install!${RC}"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+    printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Installing Zoxide...${RC}"
+    _install_pkg zoxide 2>/dev/null || {
+        printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Package manager install failed, using curl...${RC}"
+        if ! curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh; then
+            printf "%b\n" "${RED}Something went wrong during zoxide install!${RC}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    }
 }
 
 linkConfig() {
diff --git a/core/tabs/applications-setup/waydroid-setup.sh b/core/tabs/applications-setup/waydroid-setup.sh
index 2caffe9b3..71f6add21 100755
--- a/core/tabs/applications-setup/waydroid-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/applications-setup/waydroid-setup.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ installWaydroid() {
                     "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm dkms
                 fi
 
-                installed_kernels=$("$PACKAGER" -Q | grep -E '^linux(| |-rt|-rt-lts|-hardened|-zen|-lts)[^-headers]' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+                installed_kernels=$("$PACKAGER" -Q | grep '^linux' | grep -v '\-headers' | grep -v '\-firmware' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
                 for kernel in $installed_kernels; do
                     header="${kernel}-headers"
                     printf "%b\n" "${CYAN}Installing headers for $kernel...${RC}"
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/pacman-config.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/pacman-config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b04e38a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/pacman-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+. ../../common-script.sh
+
+configurePacman() {
+    conf="/etc/pacman.conf"
+
+    if [ ! -f "$conf" ]; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${RED}${conf} not found.${RC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i 's/^#Color/Color/' "$conf"
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i '/^Color/a ILoveCandy' "$conf"
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i 's/^#VerbosePkgLists/VerbosePkgLists/' "$conf"
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i 's/^#ParallelDownloads/ParallelDownloads/' "$conf"
+    if ! grep -q "^ParallelDownloads" "$conf"; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Adding ParallelDownloads...${RC}"
+        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i '/^#ParallelDownloads/a ParallelDownloads = 20' "$conf"
+    fi
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i "/\[multilib\]/,/Include/"'s/^#//' "$conf"
+
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}pacman.conf configured: Color, ILoveCandy, VerbosePkgLists, ParallelDownloads=5, multilib enabled.${RC}"
+}
+
+configureMakepkg() {
+    conf="/etc/makepkg.conf"
+
+    cores=$(nproc)
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i "s/^#MAKEFLAGS=\"-j[0-9]*\"/MAKEFLAGS=\"-j${cores}\"/" "$conf"
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" sed -i "s/^MAKEFLAGS=\"-j[0-9]*\"/MAKEFLAGS=\"-j${cores}\"/" "$conf"
+    if ! grep -q "^MAKEFLAGS" "$conf"; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Adding MAKEFLAGS...${RC}"
+        printf "MAKEFLAGS=\"-j%s\"\n" "$cores" | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee -a "$conf" > /dev/null
+    fi
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}MAKEFLAGS set to -j${cores} in makepkg.conf${RC}"
+}
+
+checkEnv
+configurePacman
+configureMakepkg
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/snapshot-setup.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/snapshot-setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..645a5810c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/snapshot-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+. ../../common-script.sh
+
+checkBtrfs() {
+    if ! command_exists btrfs; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${RED}btrfs-progs not installed. Install it first.${RC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! mount | grep -q "btrfs"; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${RED}No Btrfs filesystem detected. Snapshots require Btrfs.${RC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+setupSnapper() {
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm snapper snap-pac grub-btrfs
+
+    if [ -f "/etc/snapper/configs/root" ]; then
+        printf "%s\n" "${RED}Error: Existing Snapper 'root' configuration detected. Aborting.${RC}" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if mountpoint -q "/.snapshots"; then
+        printf "%s\n" "${RED}Error: /.snapshots is actively mounted. Aborting.${RC}" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ -d "/.snapshots" ]; then
+        if "$ESCALATION_TOOL" rmdir "/.snapshots" 2>/dev/null; then
+            printf "%s\n" "${GREEN}Removed empty /.snapshots directory.${RC}"
+        else
+            printf "%s\n" "${RED}Error: /.snapshots exists and is not empty or could not be removed. Aborting to avoid data loss.${RC}" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" snapper -c root create-config /
+
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" systemctl enable --now snapper-timeline.timer snapper-cleanup.timer 2>/dev/null || true
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" systemctl enable --now grub-btrfsd 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}Snapper configured with hourly snapshots.${RC}"
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}snap-pac installed (auto snapshots on pacman operations).${RC}"
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}grub-btrfs installed (boot into snapshots from GRUB menu).${RC}"
+}
+
+checkEnv
+checkBtrfs
+setupSnapper
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/system-maintenance.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/system-maintenance.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20abea1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/arch/system-maintenance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+. ../../common-script.sh
+
+setupPaccache() {
+    if ! command_exists paccache; then
+        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm pacman-contrib
+    fi
+
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" systemctl enable --now paccache.timer 2>/dev/null || true
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}paccache.timer enabled (weekly cache cleanup).${RC}"
+}
+
+removeOrphans() {
+    orphans=$(pacman -Qtdq 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ -n "$orphans" ]; then
+        printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Removing orphan packages...${RC}"
+        printf "%s\n" "$orphans"
+        printf "%s\n" "$orphans" | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" xargs "$PACKAGER" -Rns --noconfirm 2>/dev/null || true
+    else
+        printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}No orphan packages found.${RC}"
+    fi
+}
+
+cleanJournal() {
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" journalctl --vacuum-time=30d 2>/dev/null || true
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}System journal trimmed to 30 days.${RC}"
+}
+
+printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Arch System Maintenance${RC}"
+checkEnv
+setupPaccache
+removeOrphans
+cleanJournal
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/pipewire-setup.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/pipewire-setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6154eff81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/pipewire-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+. ../common-script.sh
+
+installPipewirePkgs() {
+    case "$PACKAGER" in
+        pacman)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack wireplumber lib32-pipewire
+            ;;
+        apt-get|nala)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber pipewire-jack pipewire-audio-client-libraries 2>/dev/null || \
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber pipewire-jack
+            ;;
+
+        dnf)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y pipewire pipewire-pulseaudio wireplumber pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+            ;;
+
+        zypper)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" --non-interactive install pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber pipewire-jack
+            ;;
+        apk)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" add pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber
+            ;;
+        xbps-install)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -Sy pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber
+            ;;
+        eopkg)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y pipewire wireplumber
+            ;;
+        *)
+            printf "%b\n" "${RED}Unsupported package manager: $PACKAGER. Install pipewire and wireplumber manually.${RC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+installPipewire() {
+    installPipewirePkgs
+
+    if command_exists systemctl; then
+        "$ESCALATION_TOOL" systemctl --user enable --now pipewire.service pipewire-pulse.service wireplumber.service 2>/dev/null || true
+        printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}PipeWire services enabled.${RC}"
+    fi
+
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}PipeWire with WirePlumber installed. Reboot or relogin to apply.${RC}"
+}
+
+checkEnv
+installPipewire
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/tab_data.toml b/core/tabs/system-setup/tab_data.toml
index decacca59..0f679dd4a 100644
--- a/core/tabs/system-setup/tab_data.toml
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/tab_data.toml
@@ -97,6 +97,29 @@ description = "Yet Another Yogurt - An AUR Helper Written in Go. To know more ab
 script = "arch/yay-setup.sh"
 task_list = "I"
 
+[[data.entries]]
+name = "Pacman Config"
+description = "Enables Color, ILoveCandy, ParallelDownloads, VerbosePkgLists, multilib in pacman.conf and sets MAKEFLAGS in makepkg.conf."
+script = "arch/pacman-config.sh"
+task_list = "PFM"
+
+[[data.entries]]
+name = "Snapper Snapshots"
+description = "Sets up Snapper with hourly Btrfs snapshots, snap-pac hooks, and GRUB boot menu entries."
+script = "arch/snapshot-setup.sh"
+task_list = "I PFM SS"
+
+[[data.entries.preconditions]]
+matches = true
+data = "command_exists"
+values = ["btrfs"]
+
+[[data.entries]]
+name = "System Maintenance"
+description = "Enables paccache.timer, removes orphan packages, and cleans system journals."
+script = "arch/system-maintenance.sh"
+task_list = "PFM RP"
+
 [[data]]
 name = "Debian"
 
@@ -250,3 +273,15 @@ name = "TTY Fonts"
 description = "This Script will set the default TTY font to Terminus size 32 Bold"
 script = "terminus-tty.sh"
 task_list = "I PFM"
+
+[[data]]
+name = "PipeWire Audio"
+description = "Installs PipeWire with WirePlumber session manager for audio (replaces PulseAudio)."
+script = "pipewire-setup.sh"
+task_list = "I"
+
+[[data]]
+name = "Zram Swap"
+description = "Configures compressed RAM swap via zram-generator with zstd algorithm."
+script = "zram-setup.sh"
+task_list = "PFM"
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/zram-setup.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/zram-setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11202ebe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/zram-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+. ../common-script.sh
+
+installZramPkg() {
+    case "$PACKAGER" in
+        pacman)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm zram-generator
+            ;;
+        apt-get|nala)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y systemd-zram-generator
+            ;;
+        dnf)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y zram-generator
+            ;;
+        zypper)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" --non-interactive install zram-generator
+            ;;
+        apk)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" add zram-generator
+            ;;
+        xbps-install)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -Sy zram-generator
+            ;;
+        eopkg)
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y zram-generator
+            ;;
+        *)
+            printf "%b\n" "${RED}Unsupported package manager: $PACKAGER. Install zram-generator manually.${RC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+setupZram() {
+    installZramPkg
+
+    conf="/etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf"
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee "$conf" > /dev/null << 'EOF'
+[zram0]
+zram-size = ram / 2
+compression-algorithm = zstd
+swap-priority = 100
+EOF
+
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" systemctl daemon-reexec
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" systemctl start systemd-zram-setup@zram0 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    sysctl_conf="/etc/sysctl.d/99-vm-zram-parameters.conf"
+    "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee "$sysctl_conf" > /dev/null << 'EOF'
+vm.swappiness = 10
+vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 50
+EOF
+
+    printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}zram configured: zstd compression, swappiness=10.${RC}"
+    printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Reboot or run: sudo systemctl start systemd-zram-setup@zram0${RC}"
+}
+
+checkEnv
+setupZram