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KDE Desktop

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Download

Desktop

  • sudo pacman -S plasma-desktop konsole dolphin

Drivers

Display driver

  • kscreen

Sound driver Pipewire

Pipewire is for better sound but less compatibility

  • pipewire
  • pipewire-jack
  • pipewire-pulse
  • lib32-pipewire-jack
  • wireplumber
  • xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
  • plasma-pa
  • systemctl --user enable wireplumber.service pipewire.service pipewire-pulse.service
  • reboot

Sound Driver Jack

Normal audio driver

  • jack2
  • plasma-pa

Theme Configurations

  • kde-gtk-config
  • Enable in Startup and Shutdown -> Background Services -> GNOME/GTK...

Utils

System Monitor

  • plasma-systemmonitor
  • htop
  • partitionmanager

Night Vision

  • redshift
  • Add in KDE Startup: redshift -P -O 3500

Images, Videos

  • vlc
  • gwenview

File Manager

  • index-fm-git auracle

World

  • toad auracle sticky notes
  • kwrite text editor
  • calligra excel, powerpoint, word

Auracle

Internet Explorer

  • microsoft-edge-stable-bin auracle

Display Manager

sddm

  • Download

  • sudo pacman -S sddm sddm-kcm

  • Load on boot

  • systemctl enable sddm

  • reboot

lightdm

  • Download

  • sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-slick-greeter numlockx

  • Load on boot

  • sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service

  • Add the theme

  • sudo vim /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

  • #greeter-session=lightdm-slick-greeter

  • And the numlock script

  • #greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on

  • reboot

Finish

  • Have Fun

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