Autologin is a feature that is not
 recommended from a security perspective. However, this feature can 
still be enabled in the Display Manager settings. Calamares handles this
 setting by changing the display manager's configuration file in the 
final stage of installation. However, recent versions of calamares is 
failing to do so and there always have been such problems with 
Calamares. You can check the "issues" in the Calamares' Github site.

I'd
 still not recommend enabling this feature unless you are testing the 
distro quite often. Peux OS XFCE and LXQt use SDDM because of its 
flexibility and continuous development as compared to LightDM and it 
relies less on dependencies as compared to GDM (which is really a good 
display-manager).  There's always a good side and bad side to 
everything, but this is not the place to discuss it.

Ok, so to enable autologin for SDDM, modify "/etc/sddm.conf" with the below lines:

*   User = username

*   Relogin =   // enable this only if you want to autologin into sessions when it exits

With
 GDM, I am not seeing any issues. If it does not work, then you might 
have to modify "/etc/gdm/custom.conf" with the below lines:

*   AutomaticLogin = username

*   AutomaticLoginEnable= true / false

That's it. Enjoy!



Autologin Issue

Xfce**-blur-effects** is the actual name. It is a shameless copy of James Hoover's XFCE Effects. His site goes by  [**Kalideva**](https://www.kalideva.com/). All the credits for this package goes to him. If you are using XUBUNTU, then utilize the package on his site.

Since
 you can only create transparency to a certain level in XFWM4's default 
compositor settings, hence this was created by James only for Xubuntu.

I only changed the installation commands to port it to Arch-Linux. Few things to keep in mind before installing this:

*   Run software/package update before you install this

*   make the file executable by running chmod +x xfwm-effects-install.sh

\- **never run this without root-privileges**,
 or you will end up corrupting your Window manager. The end result would
 be a black screen after reboot. It's on you and you only.

Visit GitHub repo: [xfwm-blur-effects](https://github.com/dev-andi/xfce-blur-effects) for more details.



XFWM-Effects

> For the privacy-aware 
> users, tools like hBlock can be helpful to block malicious domains, 
> malware, advertisements, and trackers. Trackers could be pixels added to
>  websites to track which pages you visited, which might invade your 
> privacy.

\-- From LinuxSecurityExperts

General 
Public often is unaware of the malicious domains or trackers that run 
behind the actual GUI interface.  HBlock comes into the picture in such 
scenarios.

We, as end-users will only have to initiate HBlock and 
it will download the information from its source. Once downloaded, it 
will then activate the denylist and sanitize the blocklist.

To initiate Hblock, open up your terminal in Peux OS and type in:
\~> hblock

It may prompt you for the sudo-password after it sanitizes the blocklist.

**Behind the scenes**

hBlock
 works with the /etc/hosts file of the system which contains the 
blocklist. Requests to bad and malicious hosts are blocked as they 
relate the entries that are resolved to 0.0.0.0. This effectively 
prevents the system from connecting to these particular hostnames.

Link to Github repo: [https://github.com/hectorm/hblock](https://)





Hblock - What is it? 

In most cases, the laptop's 
touchpad should work. However, if it doesn't, then it means the 
"libinput" settings are not working properly.

In most scenarios, 
people would ask you to create a synaptic.conf file. Honestly speaking, 
if libinput is present, you don't really have to create any additional 
configuration files. The settings are present, and you just need to find
 a way to enable them. Follow the procedures below:

For XFCE:

1.  Enter XFCE Settings.

2.  Select the Mouse and Touchpad settings.

3.  If necessary, select your Touchpad device.

4.  In the General section, enable "Tap touchpad to click"

For LXQt:

1.  Settings, then go to Keyboard and Mouse.

2.  You should be able to see the "Mouse and Touchpad" option of the left side column. You can enable it from there.

For Gnome:

1.  Settings, then go to "Mouse and Touchpad".

2.  Enable "tap to click"



Touchpad - double-tap issue

Wifi issues are very common for 
Linux Systems. Though over years, this has improved and Linux now 
supports most of the drivers, that either come patched in with the 
System or you've to explicitly download the respective drivers.

This
 article is focused on the aspect where Linux would already identify 
your Wifi but the connection establishment gives an error. We are going 
to follow a simple procedure.

Follow the steps below:

1.  Ctrl+Alt+T would fire-up your terminal. Type lspci to identify the controller present.

2.  If you are able to see the wireless controller present, then the System has identified it properly.

3.  We will now restart the NetworkManager using the command: systemctl restart NetworkManager

4.  Next, type nmtui, and use your arrow keys to select the options.

5.  We are interested in the option that says : Activate a connection.

6.  Once
     you hit enter, you should be able to see the listed Wifi connections. 
    You can select the appropriate option and enter your password to 
    establish the connection.

**Note**:

Right-click
 on the Network-icon in the taskbar will also open up the 
Network-Connection-Manager for you. However, NMTUI is preferable, as it 
identifies the connection immediately. This will work for LXQt as well 
as for Gnome. However, on Gnome, wi-fi connection would be listed in the
 system-tray.



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