Linux: Settings

This is a list of common settings one might want to change at some point

Battery

TLP is a CLI for saving lapptop battery power.

sudo pacman -S tlp

then enable/start the service

sudo systemctl start tlp.service
sudo systemctl enable tlp.service

GRUB

WIP

SDDM

High Resolution Displays

Following the SDDM Arch Wiki Page. To scale the SDDM login screen, first create/edit the file

[Wayland]
EnableHiDPI=true

[X11]
EnableHiDPI=true

When using KDE Plasma, which has a Qt-based greeter, add the following

[General]
GreeterEnvironment=QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=2,QT_FONT_DPI=192