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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Changing PC settings if laptop is docked/a second monitor is connected? (lemy.lol)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by flork@lemy.lol to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have a laptop that spends some of it's time docked to a monitor and keyboard/mouse. I would like to know how to change some settings depending on if it's connected to the dock or not. Is there a program that can help with this?

Some possible use-cases include:

Changing size of the taskbar to smaller/bigger
Changing the behavior of the taskbar to auto-hide
Changing the font size smaller/bigger
Changing power settings performance/battery saver
Enabling/disabling auto brightness
Enabling/disabling keyboard backlight

These are just a few things I can think of but can provide more.

Something like Android's Tasker but for Linux would be great.

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[–] squid_slime@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

bash is one of many ways to interface with linux from shell/terminal, it is what you use to install updates in terminal and can be used to create scripts for automation.

udev is like an admin tool, udev rules allows a user to apply rules to systems, like if keyboard is removed launch x-application.