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A repository of tweaks for desktop Linux.

A short vacation causes all sorts of small tweaks, mostly of cosmetic nature.

Here is the Linux journey I would’ve set to myself if I started getting into Linux. Fedora: Sane defaults I’d start with Fedora KDE Plasma. KDE is the most DE with sane defaults. Fedora has a sane release schedule, and has a sane default for native packages. This is unlike Ubuntu with Snaps and flatpaks everywhere. Sane post-installation walkthrough for any Linux distro: Auto-cleaners for pacman and pamac caches. Mirrors Input Methods (1st step for non-English speakers) Firewall Mouse/touchpad sensitivity a. natural/logical scrolling b. tap to click1 c. Autoscroll: a very sane default from windows that is missing for some reason on Linux.2 File indexing: for quicker searches. Snapshots/timeshift3 Light/Dark theme3 Theming options. E.g: What if users want text selection highlight to be blue (like Windows) instead of green (theme of Manjaro) Turn off non-sensical defaults:

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Ubuntu: There is now an official guide for Optimizing Ubuntu Battery Life on the Framework Knowledgebase written by Linux Support Lead @Matt_Hartley! If you are using Ubuntu, that is the recommended course of action. For other distros: There are many threads on linux battery life. I think we should probably have a wiki page with the relevant information. I’ve dug out some relevant bits from various threads. Tuning idle power usage Install the powertop and tlp. The idle power usage can be tune...