I'll update this list regularly, so I have a history of personalization I make to my OS in case I ever need a fresh install.
Enable S3 Deep Sleep
BIOS
Disable TPM, SGX, SMM, and
Absolute On the Power =- lid turns on machine
disable early sign of life
/etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash ibt=off mem_sleep_defualt=deep intel_pstate=active"
/etc/bluetooth/main.conf
Experimental=true
Software
libinput xorg-xinput xf86-input-libinput xdotool
powertop
powertop --calibrate
cpupower
as serviceAURs
mkinitcpio-firmware
- get rid of the annoying 'WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module:' messages
v4l2-ctl
- webcam
KDE
add a 5 second delay to the .desktop file of all applications that autostart
Exec=sleep 5 && /usr/bin/protonmail-bridge
Notes
"Kernels between 5.17 and 5.18.3 (included) can not suspend properly when Bluetooth is enabled
" - "Bug fixed in linux-5.19.2" link