*Timestamps*
00:00 Introduction
01:45 Astra Monitor
02:36 Pano Clipboard Manager
03:14 PaperWM
04:04 MiniView
04:51 Quick Settings Tweaker
05:12 Privacy Settings
05:29 Apps Menu
05:50 Places Status Indicator
06:04 Logo Menu
06:36 Just perfection
07:25 Top Bar Organizer
08:01 SpeedUp Gnome Shell
08:43 Wiggle
09:07 Blur my shell
09:30 Burn My Windows
09:56 Caffeine
10:20 DDTerm
I dont necessarily agree.
- a different clipboard manager (whatever is equal to KDEs)
- blur my shell
- quick settings tweaker probably
- privacy settings (which is only for pipewire apps I guess, so nearly none)
- wiggle
- probably some maximize to workspace
This many extensions in gnome will be fragile. Extensions have a tendency to stop working on gnome updates. The more extensions, the more issues you’re gonna have. Though will probably work fine on a stable slow moving distro like debian or something.
Personally I use 3 extensions: dash to dock, app indicators and desktop icons.
The fact that “Dash to Dock” isn’t built in because Gnome is going all in on the ridiculous minimalist tablet like interface is seriously one of the things that makes me uninstall it after five minutes every time I’ve tried to give it a shot.
I’m running a desktop with two 32 inch monitors, not a frickin’ tablet. The reason traditional desktop interfaces have survived for so long is because they work, dammit. I shouldn’t have to click into an app drawer every time I want to run an often used app just because some developer thinks they should look like a tablet.
/end rant
I regularly use an 11” laptop and I appreciate how much screen space GNOME allows for my applications. The interface is very keyboard-friendly as well, so launching apps is just one keypress away.
I prefer to do everything on a command line, and that’s because it’s almost the only thing that will continue to work on Gnome.
I literally don’t understand how people use Gnome without extensions. We must be built different or I’m slow
I use zero extensions these days. In the beginning I hated it (the Windows UX was heavily burned into my mind) but once the Gnome workflow “clicked” anything else felt super clunky.
Not that there’s anything wrong with extensions. Some of them look great
Same, that video is pretty silly but many extensions are really awesome.
- blur my shell: just make it look beatiful instead of a bit ugly
- appindicators: needes to basic app support
- more quicksettings are always good
- window decorations: why doesnt GNOME have a maximize button, this makes no sense
With those extensions though, GNOME is pretty cool. I prefer KDE a lot, and even though I hope to be able to use workspaces smoothly one day (which is still not easy in KDE I think) I am pretty happy.
But if you think about it, not having workspaces is a total pain.
why doesnt GNOME have a maximize button
Probably because you can double-click the window ‘bar’ to achieve the same.
Interesting. KDE too but you also have a button. Makes more sense to control windows through buttons instead of a button, a doubleclick on a bar and a keystroke (meta)
I can’t use gnome without dash to panel and no overview at login.
I wish there was a setting to show the action bar on all displays in standard gnome (similar to how macOS behaves).
I also use the AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support plugin as the background process indicator isn’t great from a UX perspective just yet.
Fair point, this is pretty vanilla and fixes the workflow for like, launching 2 programs on the same workspace (how dare you?)
Caffeine is why I use Gnome.
KDE has this feature built-in.
every DE should.
I recommend Runcat, its the only extension I have installed aside from blur my shell (:
