Pika OS

An up to date and modern distribution, with gaming optimizations that still has the new user in mind. While it isn't fully as beginner friendly as the likes of Zorin and Mint, it should still be considered beginner friendly. Much recommended!

Set timer or remove completely sudo nano /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf

Time in seconds, -1 removes the menu completely from startup.

• Follow these instructions: Pika OS Wiki
• Choose SDDM as display manager (same as KDE)

Remember you can do this at the login-screen with CTRL+ALT+F2:

sudo systemctl disable sddm.service
sudo systemctl enable cosmic-greeter.service

… to change from SDDM to the Cosmic-greeter.

There's no UI for changing cursor theme. Do this, the name of the theme is the folder name:

Extract the cursor icon theme to /usr/share/icons

sudo nano /etc/environment and add these:

XCURSOR_SIZE=48
XCURSOR_THEME=Future-cyan-cursors

sudo nano /etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme Change this row and add your theme:

[Icon Theme]
Inherits=Future-cyan-cursors,Adwaita

Run these two commands:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme Future-cyan-cursors
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size 48