power-profiles-daemon package should be installed by default

[emir814]

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/power-profiles-daemon/ I think it's a necessary thing, of course it's up to the developers.

[Torxed]

I've been thinking for years, how this would be a nice thing if for instance there was a way to detect if we're on a laptop

And if we could put it under a "optimizations" menu that is strictly optional.

Would that be something?
I don't want to make people think we're trying to push things on them - but I do a lot of laptop installs and things like these would free up a lot of work.

Is there a better way than checking /sys/class/power/BAT*?

[arlsdk]

I've been thinking for years, how this would be a nice thing if for instance there was a way to detect if we're on a laptop

And if we could put it under a "optimizations" menu that is strictly optional.

Would that be something? I don't want to make people think we're trying to push things on them - but I do a lot of laptop installs and things like these would free up a lot of work.

Is there a better way than checking /sys/class/power/BAT*?

Maybe checking the lid?
/proc/acpi/button/lid Original answer

Or checking if battery is present and ask permission to install?

[joewood9364]

I've been thinking for years, how this would be a nice thing if for instance there was a way to detect if we're on a laptop

And if we could put it under a "optimizations" menu that is strictly optional.

Would that be something? I don't want to make people think we're trying to push things on them - but I do a lot of laptop installs and things like these would free up a lot of work.

Is there a better way than checking /sys/class/power/BAT*?

I just installed arch for the first time and I am really pleasantly surprised that my KDE desktop has everything working OOTB while simultanteosly being pretty much bloat-free (I consider pre-installed VLC and vim (dont know what that is) bloat). I think power profile daemon was the only thing missing and when i login it uses like an old school login screen.
+1 for including a package which doesn't bloat the app list even (unlike vlc, vim etc.).

[ymcx]

I'd say that going with tuned instead of PPD would be a better choice. Fedora did the migration a while back for the reasons listed here.