We are creating a series of YouTube videos under the “edu-“ label to guide users through the migration from ArcoLinux to Arch Linux. These tutorials aim to make the transition process smoother by explaining each step clearly and providing practical examples. Whether you’re switching to gain more control or to learn vanilla Arch, our edu- videos are here to support your journey.

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5 How to autostart applications on LXQt like plank

Most desktops offer the user a way to autostart applications. LXQt has also an application.

You can find it in Session Settings.

We add plank to the autostart.

Only after clicking the close button is your new autostart setting saved

We install the applications needed to have plank

sudo pacman -S plank


sudo pacman -S arcolinux-plank-themes-git


sudo pacman -S arcolinux-plank-git

We acted a bit to fast and typed skel in our terminal.

This means the settings from /etc/skel are copied over to the home directory and after a reboot we see the standard ArcoLinux look is back.

We show you how easy it is to get our tweaked LXQt back. Remember the application meld. As developers we use it all the time to compare files and folders.