EOS is Missing a Bluetooth Manager

  • bluetoothctl — is the default frontend to pair / connect / trust BT-Devices
    type to see options to use:
bluetoothctl help

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth#Console

sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils
sudo systemctl start bluetooth // start the service till next reboot
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth // enable bluetooth to start automatic on every boot

If you want a GUI to handle BT:
install one of these:
blueberry
blueman
both will integrate into XFCE4 setting GUI also.

It is personal choice if you need/want to run a graphical tool for it, but it is not needed.
XFCE is not having a BT-GUI tool included.

We will not enable bluetooth by default, as it is a risk on security and wrong for powersavings.

See here how to connect to BT-Headset:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_headset

They are many ways to automate connections.

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