A Noobs Guide to Hyprland | Customizing SDDM Display (login) Manager

In this video:
We’ll walk you through customizing your SDDM (Simple Desktop Display Manager) login manager on Hyprland. Whether you're a Linux newbie or looking to spruce up your login experience, this guide will show you how to tweak settings, choose a custom theme, and add those little personal touches to make your login screen more unique. Get ready to enhance your Hyprland desktop setup!

Tips Covered:

Installing and configuring SDDM on Hyprland
Customizing the login manager's theme and layout
Adjusting graphical settings to match your style
Practical tweaks to make SDDM feel truly yours!

Commands

#Install Yay
sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

#Install Sugar-Candy
yay -S sddm-theme-sugar-candy

#Set Theme
sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf

[Theme]
Current=Sugar-Candy

#Add your image to theme
sudo cp yourimage /usr/share/sddm/themes/Sugar-Candy/Backgrounds

#Navigate back to Sugar-Candy base dir
cd ..

#Open themes.conf
sudo nano themes.conf

#Modify Background image
Background="Backgrounds/yourimage"

🔗 AlphaObeisance GUIDES:
A Noobs Guide to Hyprland | Family Friendly Version:   • A Noobs Guide to Hyprland | Welcome!  

DISCORD:   / discord  
Tilix Terminal: https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/

Clock Alias Command:
alias clock='tty-clock -c -s -b -f "%H:%M:%S" -C 3 -B "#6a2c8d" -t'
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“You can’t have no idea how little I care.” - Monte Walsh
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