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Numlock on startup

It infuriates me that the numlock is not activated by default and that Linux doesn't remember that numlock was activated before shutting down the computer.

And I never saw in the install process how to activate it.

For the moment there will be only for KDE because that's the desktop environment I use for the moment.

Step​

KDE​

  • Open System Settings > Keyboard.
  • Set NumLock on Startup to Turn on.
  • Go to Colors and Appearance > Login Screen (SDDM).
  • Click Apply Plasma Settings... at the top right to make it apply to the login screen.

I didn't know you needed to apply the settings for the login screen until today (2026-03-22). Not really intuitive if you want my opinion.