The default settings for xfce terminal are just black and white, basically. This makes it time-consuming to identify where your prompt was in a long list of rows as you scroll up the terminal. We need to have some kind of color contrast between prompt and output text, to make terminal usage more efficient and user-friendly. So I propose making the following changes to default settings in XFCE flavor of Garuda:
In home directory, create a file called .color with the following contents:
export red="\033[1;31m"
export green="\033[1;32m"
export yellow="\033[1;33m"
export blue="\033[1;34m"
export purple="\033[1;35m"
export cyan="\033[1;36m"
export grey="\033[1;37m"
export reset="\033[m"
And then in home directory's .bashrc file, add the following to the bottom:
# User specific environment and start programs
source ~/.color
export PS1="\n ${green} \w ${blue}\$ $reset"
garuda-inxi output:
System:
Kernel: 5.15.68-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=4bc99fd1-6a7e-4096-8fca-ccd010a3944b rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.34 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A315-56 v: V1.15
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: IL model: Sleepy_IL v: V1.15 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: 1.15 date: 07/13/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 40.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 40.2/47.8 Wh (84.1%)
volts: 12.2 min: 11.2 model: LGC AP18C8K type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-1005G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
gen: core 10 level: v4 built: 2019-21 process: Intel 10nm family: 6
model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xB2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 160 KiB desc: d-2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1100 high: 1101 min/max: 400/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1100 2: 1100 3: 1101
4: 1100 bogomips: 9523
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-11 process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:8a56
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Quanta HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:3
chip-ID: 0408:a061 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x07cb built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_icl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.68-1-lts running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer
Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Bluetooth type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:4 chip-ID: 04ca:3015 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 58.56 GiB (24.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston
model: RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: E8FK12.3 temp: 28.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 238.21 GiB size: 238.21 GiB (100.00%) used: 58.56 GiB
(24.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%) used: 594 KiB
(0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 238.21 GiB size: 238.21 GiB (100.00%) used: 58.56
GiB (24.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 238.21 GiB size: 238.21 GiB (100.00%) used: 58.56
GiB (24.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 238.21 GiB size: 238.21 GiB (100.00%) used: 58.56
GiB (24.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.56 GiB used: 1005.6 MiB (13.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 260 Uptime: 1d 19h 41m wakeups: 25 Memory: 7.56 GiB used: 3.61
GiB (47.8%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1274
libs: 360 tools: paru Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal
inxi: 3.3.21
Garuda (2.6.7-1):
System install date: 2022-09-11
Last full system update: 2022-09-18 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Snapshots: Snapper (maybe)
Failed units: