Xubuntu 18.04: Bluetooth OFF by default
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:24 am
I'm very happy that recent kernels support bluetooth chipsets properly out of the box! Hooray!
But, I like to have bluetooth disabled after boot - and only turn it on manually on demand. Especially on notebooks.
On recent Xubuntu 18.04, the following command disables that the bluetooth service starts on boot:
That's it.
Now you should still see the bluetooth icon in the panel, but turned off by default.
But, I like to have bluetooth disabled after boot - and only turn it on manually on demand. Especially on notebooks.
On recent Xubuntu 18.04, the following command disables that the bluetooth service starts on boot:
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$ systemctl disable bluetooth.service
Now you should still see the bluetooth icon in the panel, but turned off by default.