I think, however weird that may sound, that Gnome is a very customizable desktop when using extensions. However the enormous problem with this is that extensions are not officially supported, and your whole desktop setup (or at least bits of it) might completely break after an update, especially if you're on a rolling release

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. It is said, that at some point the changes which break most extensions would stop, however that's not how progress works 😅

@WohaoG

Жыл бұрын

So it's like windows

@Purjo92

Жыл бұрын

To make Gnome extensions reliable, you need to compromise by using an older Gnome desktop, which is counterintuitive if you want the most recent stuff the latest Gnome versions have to offer, but still want to customize some things. Fixed release distros with somewhat current Gnome implementation are the best middle ground IMO, for example, Ubuntu or Fedora instead of Arch or Gentoo. For me, Ubuntu is the jack of all trades, after some customizations (removing forced snap integrations for example.)

@benign4823

Жыл бұрын

Themes are not officially supported on KDE either, if a theme breaks on KDE you're asked to move to the default theme and wait for the theme maintainer to update it, same as with extensions on Gnome.

@AleDag93

Жыл бұрын

@@Purjo92 yep, I agree, and that's a deal breaker for me unfortunately. Even though lately with flatpaks stable distros have become much more attractive (to my eyes). I'm curious to try some of them, but also a little uncomfortable to leave arch after so many years, where honestly I had a very stable and reliable experience

Also: Caffeine - quick way to disable/enable screen going off (sleeping) Transparent Window Moving - makes windows half-transparent when you're moving them so you can see what's behind and choose best place gTile + Tiling Assistant - organize windows in tiling manner Clipboard Indicator - a clipboard history tool

Thank you, Michael, for a great list of Gnome extensions. This is really helpful to show us Noobs what are the best customizations for our Linux Experience, coming from an expert like you. Also, I love the Community that you have and are creating. It really helps soften the transition away from Windows into an environment that I can see myself falling in love with and staying with long-term. But, again, it's giving up 20/25+ years of a very stable skillset, yet I'm always willing to learn new things and change when it is necessary.

@octopusonfire100

Жыл бұрын

It really pays off when you get a little bit of skill. You feel unstoppable with your computer.

Great stuff man, I found a couple of extensions I didn't know about here. Thanks!

Every time I hear this outro, it reminds me of Count Duckula show ("Good night out there, whatever you are"). Since I've recently switched to Pop (not a big Gnome fan, but it seems to do many things I need well), I'm happy you've done this video. Thanks. Hopefully, Cosmic won't be bad when it finally does come out.

Some extensions I installed on my Gnome desktop that not on the video: *Clipboard History* stores every clipboard you've copied, and you can pin some important clipboard items if you need *Emoji Selector* will add Emoji selector on the top bar (need Noto Emoji Fonts installed) *Burn My Windows* will customize the opening/closing app animations *User Style Sheet & Fonts* makes the selected fonts for the applications applied to the shell *Aylur's Widget* for customizing the top bar

Recently installed Fedora on my Surface after watching your Linux-Surface video. Very kind of you to read into my mind and tell me exactly what to install to customize my installation exaclty how I wanted 1 week after I got to learn how Fedora works! I'm no stranger to Linux distros but coming from Debian-based distros, I was a bit scared of RedHat bases distros since apt doesnt exist and deb packages are not supported natively. Thank you a lot! Oh also foot note: installing Fedora on my Surface was indeed the better move. You said "it's a tablet and GNOME feels better on tablets" and boy oh boy you were RIGHT

@t1r1g0n

Жыл бұрын

I never used Fedora before, but switched to Nobara a few month ago as daily driver, because Win11 really got really annoying. And I'm in love. Now that I know more about it I would probably go with vanilla Fedora and install all utilities from Nobara myself, but man is Fedora a smooth experience. I also loved Endevour OS, but while Fedora isn't as bleeding edge as Arch it's way more stable in my opinion and worth the compromise. All in all a great distro that for some reason isn't talked about much, even if it's one of the great three. I really, really love Vanilla OS, but as long as Vanilla OS 2.0 Orchid isn't released I will stick with Fedora as daily driver. That's for sure.

Great recommendations, I was able to make the sleekest, fastest, most user friendly OS I've ever had with this, I honestly had no idea gnome was so customizable lol

Thank you boss! I've been confused watching so many videos, now I found the best one

Great suggestions! Dash to panel - that's one of my favorites, recalled me the Windows panel.

Noice, and right in time as i just wondered how to improve my opensuse aeon a bit further! Thank you!

For me the must haves are: - tray icons reloaded - this one is pretty self explanatory - hot edge - to replace the default hot corners, makes much more sense to have it activate on the bottom - grand theft focus - for the few apps that show "application is ready" instead of showing me the content -fullscreen avoider - must have for multi-monitor setups, moves the top bar to a secondary monitor when in fullscreen -tiling assistant - also a must have for vertical monitors because not being able to tile apps vertically very much limits their functionality in gnome

Thanks a lot. Great extensions suggestions! Thanks a lot! I'd like to suggest three more: No overview at start up, Status area horizontal spacing and Clipboard indicator.

Here is my list of extensions, without which I can't imagine using gnome - Gnome 4x UI improvements: can't imagine using multiple workspaces without this one. Makes previews bigger and adds wallpaper to them - Rounded Window Corners: cuts rounded corners on every window, so *every* window look consistent - Disable Menu Switching: disables switching menus in panel on hover (now you wouldn't accidentally do something wrong because you hovered your mouse above wrong icon for 0.01s) - Battery Health Charging: stops your battery from charging to full capacity, which should make it's life longer

@airilsra

Жыл бұрын

This is a nice list. Thanks !

@Arcane_Ayush

10 ай бұрын

Disable menu switching can be done without extensions too ig ( I don't remember exactly cuz I had done it but I don't remember using any extension)

@abishekbaiju1705

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this list man. The final one was the one I was looking for. I was manually editing the settings for always charging the battery to 80%. This works

Thank you.. i really needed some of these

i already Gnome as it is, been using Fedora and loving every bit of it because it just seamlessly works with my work set-up.

Nice video! I could imagine that this could be a series

@brandleesee

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, there are so many suggestions in the comments to merit at least a second video on the subject.

Great selection, thanks!!

some very important extensions for me are the "pop-shell" and "hide activities button" (in combination with the mentioned "app icons taskbar"). makes the gnome laptop experience so much better for me.

@belphegor_dev

6 ай бұрын

Pop shell is no longer being maintained. Use Forge instead.

Hey, dude. *Custom Accent Colors* was exactly what I was looking for. *Vielen Dank!!!*

Fedora, and its UI, are the main reason a now run Linux on everything but my main computer. Being a Mac user, I never liked the start bar, and not having one was an instant improvement. Command + Shift and type is how modern Mac users launch apps and have for years. On Fedora, I tap the "Windows" key and type a letter or two. The coherence of the UI relaxes me. It's stable and attractive. The first Linux desktop I didn't want to change.

You could add "Burn my windows" to the list even though it's mainly cosmetic like the "Blur my shell". Besides the funny name it provides really smooth tweakable game ui like window open and close transition effects. (which also look even better on high refresh rate monitor)

@ex0ja

Жыл бұрын

The burn effect is a bit over the top, is there an animation you recommend from that extension?

@malayamigo

8 ай бұрын

@@ex0ja glitch, glide, tv Ya gotta play with em and tweak it quite a bit but its worth it. If you work with a lot of windows that you constantly open and close - I'd stick with just glide cause the rest may cause motion sickness. Toodles (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~

@belphegor_dev

6 ай бұрын

It's hard to think of an extension more useless than that one.

This is great, thank you!

As a longtime Gnome user, 44 exceeded my expectations. But like you, I would have liked to see the developers integrate some of these must-have extensions by now. I subscribed!

@belphegor_dev

6 ай бұрын

Which of these are must-haves? None of the extensions in this video are essential and should be kept off vanilla gnome.

@user-xv8xh2ib6p

2 ай бұрын

@@belphegor_dev Accent color and show background apps are essential, as well as desktop icons.

*Blur my shell* allows the user to colour the top panel as well. I used this to make the tray icons more visible. Other extensions I use are: *Recent Items* - allows you to open recently opened files or the folders they are in. *Places Status Indicator* - direct access to the file manager from the panel. *Tactile* - tile windows using hot keys Using or opens notifications in the panel , and from there , the arrow keys allow navigating to the other tray items such as the ones I mentioned above.

I will check those out! My 3 extensions I can't live without are: - Sound Input & output device chooser - gtile (with a 32:9 ultrawide, this one is a must!) - wireguard-indicator (there is nothing in the gui to manage wireguard vpn otherwise!)

Some I recommend *Bring out submenu of power off/logout button* - because it saves you one extra click every time you suspend or power off *Coverflow Alt-tab* - if you miss coverflow for your windows *Custom hot corners* - extended - one hot corner is not enough, this one for you. Also customizable as well *Maximize to workspace with history* - Everytime you maximize an app it goes to a new desktop as god intended *Media controls* - for your media pleasure all in the topbar *Night light slider* - adjust night light from the quick menu but needs tweaking and is buggy because developer dropped support from gnome 42 onwards. Still works tho *Tiling assistant* - just like Windows but better *Top bar organizer* - is a must to organize this many extensions *Top hat* - vitals alternative. I like the double line internet speed monitor *Volume scroller* - control volume scrolling from the top bar *Workspace indicator* - manage workplaces from your top bar, so good *Workplace indicators by open apps* simplifies at a glance apps and workplace by icons in the top bar Finally the best one *Just Perfection* - just install it. Play with it. Enjoy Gnome. You don't need Gnome 4x UI improvements anymore. Please like this comment if it helps you.

very usefull video thanks!

This is the best youtube video on gnome extensions.

I have disabled extensions completely, they cause a lot of problems: E.g. not properly coming back from suspend etc. Vanilla Gnome is a great experience though. But after years of playing with extensions ... just dont do it :-)

Most of these extensions are in Pop!_OS by default. Plus the Pop Shell tiling tool is a Gnome must have.

@damnhatesyou

Жыл бұрын

I love this tiling extension. I use it with spacebar a gnome extension that makes the Workspaces turn into something more like i3 or bswpm

Great video!

Workspaces Indicator extensions are great. I put my mouse cursor on it and can scroll thru my workspaces.

thank you, I was looking for something to integrate app icons in the panel and "app icons taskbar" was exactly that

The "Tilling Assistant" is one of the best extensions.

I personally turn off the dock and use arcmenu in the top bar to launch applications. I just looks and feels cleaner for me.

I find that Pano is a VERY VERY VERY good clipboard manager extension. Saves images and integrates very well with Gnome!

@AS-jd1vr

Жыл бұрын

I prefer Clipboard Indicator. I have hotkeys to switch back and forth. The only thing is it does not save images, but it is a feature I really don't need

@belphegor_dev

6 ай бұрын

Too noisy UI/UX wise for what it does. A clipboard manager doesn't need to be very heavy.

Than You So much Michael

I have been using the material shell for the past weeks and I am completely in love with the workflow change. I recommend it if you are interested in tilling windows or using multiple programs at the same time and with a more organized desktop.

@belphegor_dev

6 ай бұрын

Too much centric and UI bloat. Forge or paperwm are much better.

Dash to dock is a must have in my opinion. When I'm casually using pc my second hand isn't always on a keyboard, so pressing super key to access open apps isn't ideal

@ordinaryhuman5645

Жыл бұрын

Lol, you can take your hand off your doodle for one second to tap the super key if you really want to open an app.

@ex0ja

Жыл бұрын

Use hot corner?

Thanks!!

Some other simple, yet useful extensions: Removable Drive Menu; Click to close overview; Overview Hover; Quick Close in Overview

One of the best extension is one of "bing wallpaper" or "google earth wallpaper" It will change daily your wallpaper with great photos

Thanks for this videos 🐧

The main thing I want out of GNOME is the ability to cut the size of everything in adwaita by half, and for nautilus to have as many features as Dolphin on KDE does, since I'll literally open Nemo instead of Nautilus on gnome via a command shortcut just to get a more functional file browser. I feel like adwaita's window bars, buttons, everything is too big and wastes so much collective screen real estate. I'm surprised the extensions Fly-Pie, Just Perfection, and Vertical Workspaces weren't mentioned, since I consider all of those basically essential any time I am stuck on an immutable distro that won't let me use something other than GNOME.

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

It's really interesting, because I feel like the new flat shading and old bulky one just make it look that way. From the actual size, it's really not all that different, especially if we take Windows in the equation

@WMan37

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelNROH I am aware, however, I'd prefer things to be _better_ than how windows does it since I have similar issues with Windows 11's chunkiness too. Breeze on KDE is about the right size window bar for me but I tend to use themes sometimes that make it even smaller than that (but only slightly). I think window bars should not even _feel_ too chunky, cause it makes me feel like I'm interacting with a smartphone interface, and not a desktop PC.

can you share the wallpaper of your desktop, the orange one :)

@MichaelNROH

11 ай бұрын

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@wonderfullife5665

11 ай бұрын

@@MichaelNROH thank you 😄

great video! i will try on my arch linux with gnome!

How he made top right corner like that 😮

I use most of them (apart from desktop icons and dash to panel). The problem with gnome extensions is that they break upon (almost) every new release and the themes take at this point too much effort especially since are not currently works by default and you have to manually copy the the themes to gtk4 folder etc, otherwise you end with apps in white etc

I hope there are extensions for battery indicator for common devices like hyperx headsets and the glorious Mouses. Thank you for the great video.

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

There is. I forgot how it was called since Linux doesn't show my G303 by default, but my G Pro Wireless was picked up and could be added to the dash.

Overview background extension is an alternative for Blur my shell that offers more performance and compatibility. But lack customization and is a bit clearer, appears not to be as polished.

super awsome video - do you know if theres a way to blur the calendar widget ? i use blur my shell but that calendar widget is solid. need it to be uniform for my eyes hahaha and also do you kknow if i can remove the notifications section from teh calendar widget?

I like using the "bring out submenuof power/logout button" extension. saves one click for turning off my pc.

My grandma with dementia love Gnome extensions too.

Very nice vid...and may i add...removable drive menu, coverflow alt-tab, and alphabetical app grid...and yes blur my shell dosent need to blur the dock..they will update it though surley...if you use minimalistic wallpaper with no too much detalis then it is ok...and in general settings it is wise to se rendering to "no artifact" also it is very important to enable app. menu and places indicator..so ypu dont have to go to files and than going through the steps to reach desired file..just go to top left menu at places and directly select where you wanna go..much less steps..and app. menu shows what it says drop down menu with apps:D

@0Raik

Жыл бұрын

Blur my shell does blur the dock, there's an option for it, whoever... it requires tinkering with the dash to dock settings and disable their dock customization and have the default. Then Blur my shell does work. Still has the wonky corners so it will look rectangle sharp and not curvy smooth. Thanks to this video I learned it was Gnome fault and not the extensions. Oh well.

Man how do you find such cool wallpapers I literally can't tbh

I use KDE Plasma because it suits me much better, but the best extension I've ever seen for any desktop environment is actually Gnome-only: Fly-Pie

Personally I'm quite fine with the "default" Gnome on Nobara OS (which comes with some extensions ootb). But what really annoys me is that I find it very hard to tell different windows apart from each other when they overlap. I wish some optical tweak to make that better but I don't want to change the theme completely. Oh and I also don't like that clicking on a window in the background receives not only the focus but triggers the action instantly if there is something under the mouse cursor making it hard to move windows around...

a really essential extension for me is Impatience. I just want to move quickly

I use KDE Plasma but I always try out Gnome, at least once a year. Every time I've used extensions it either causes a memory leak, lags the system, or both, so I never use them. Have things gotten better since, say, last year?

Nice video!! Definitely going to try the accent color extension, thanks! However I would have mention some more like Caffeine and Peek Top Bar.

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh, yes those would have made sense as well

Bro, please make a video on how to build a PC for any Linux distro. How to select the hardware (Intel or AMD) ? How to control Case and CPU fan Speed in Linux Distro ?

how did you install gta v

Ive always shied away from gnome because i need desktop icons and every time i searched how to enable them the responses were always "oh you dont need them" or "its better without them". I may give it a shot now that youve shown me its easy to enable.

I knew all of them *smug emoji*, also openweather is really useful in my holy opinion.

i was having a lot of lock ups and freezes with a recent version of openweather, hopefully they have solved the isssue but i just haven't gone back since i had that problem. i use a different extension to show weather in the clock now.

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

What's it called? I'm curious

@AmarRajvanshi

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelNROH It's called Weather O'Clock. Another one I would recommend is QSTweak to move notifications under the quick settings and give you quick access to the sound device picker among other things.

Blur my Shell is superb - if you're using XOrg as your display manager. It's still a little glitchy on Wayland.

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but the issue was identified though. Not sure if the Gnome team is gonna tackle it any time soon though, since it is just a mutter bug for one single extension

I Loooooove this extension called "Pano", to anyone this is a game changer when it comes to clipboard manager!

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

Haven't heard of it yet. Thanks ❤️

I would recommend RunCat, it is cutest cat related cpu monitor thingy

Personally, I prefer my dock to be always on top, with windows only coming against it when maximized rather than under it. (Like on Ubuntu. Which make it the only thing I like about Ubuntu lately, but that’s another subject.) I also prefer to have it on the right of my screen, rather than on the bottom. (Or on the left, like it is by default on Ubuntu.)

I am not surprised that Gnome Devs dont want to make Blur My Shell a default feature..... They also cited performance issues when they removed TRANSPARENCY from Gnome Terminal *facepalm* my laptop from 2009 is able to use Compiz and have many many animations and blur effects without issues, im sure every computer out there can handle some transparency

I haven't had a goo experience with blur my shell

The only extensions I need for gnome are the extensions that make it function with dynamic tiling in the master-stack layout. Unfortunately, these are all super buggy on every distro I've tried. So, I use KDE or DWM.

I am personally a KDE guy, However I never saw Gnome as non customizable. There are a ton of extensions to make suit anyone's taste and the ability to change the layout to behave like other environments. I never understood the hate for it.

Hello, pardon my ignorance but what distro are you using in the video? Great video! I loved the ArcMenu extension and I'm using it right now

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

Two distros were used here. My main Desktop is Fedora 38, and I've also shown Debian 12 for a short while.

@chiralowl5096

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelNROH I've been wanting to try Fedora for a while, thank you so much!

All of these are great, however where does he find them?

Can you do a tutorial on how you get this theme?

Appreciate it man. Well made video.

Definitely thought this video said "Chrome Extensions" when I clicked 😂

I use dash to panel to do the same thing that blur my shell or app icons taskbar, can't see the difference really.

Bro, provide the link for yellow minimalist wallpaper. Thanks.

It's amazing how this guy sounds exactly like Yang from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

hello. I want to you ask. I like your wallpaper. where can find it? sorry for my english.

Can you share the orange 🧡 wallpaper please.

I like the extensions featured in the video. Are there similar extensions for other distributions or are they compatible? I want to switch to Linux, I'm a beginner (in the past I used Ubuntu for at least 3 months to get a feel for Linux). Not sure what to choose: Mint, KDE Kubuntu or Neon. What does Ubuntu look like after the latest updates, is it still recommended for beginners? As far as I know, there have been issues with this cast…

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

Ubuntu is still pretty nice, and it is based on Gnome, so most extensions work just fine. Generally speaking, most of the shown extensions can work on old Gnome based Desktop Environments, if they still have old versions.

@AndyTurcu

Жыл бұрын

For a Linux beginner, which distro do you recommend from the three mentioned in the comment? I like all three Linux distros, but I'm undecided on which one to choose.

@PoeLemic

Жыл бұрын

@@AndyTurcu It's more of a personal preference, but everyone always says to start with Mint with Cinnamon. But, I'm a Noob too, and that's what I'm more familiar with.

@dktol56

Жыл бұрын

@@AndyTurcu Linux Mint. Overall, good hand-holding for the beginner. The Cinnamon Desktop also provides a similar experience to Windows. You can always venture out to other distros and DE's later, once you become more comfortable with Linux.

Pano TopHat And the most annoying thing in GNOME desktop, when switching languages, the language selector window steals selection from the current window, especially with JetBrains IDEs, therefore I use Quick Lang Switch

Caffeine Extensions Sync Forge (a pretty useful tiling extension) Lock Keys (useful for laptops) User Avatar in Quick Settings my all self explaining best gnome extensions.

Does it have screensavers.

The only one I bothered adding was Wallpaper Switcher to get my desktop background to change randomly every few hours to a different dark-theme-friendly anime girl image. It's the only truly essential extension IMO.

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

I still find it weird that they didn't implement that yet. I mean Gnome does technically support it, as seen with their default switcher? Why do custom images require an extension or a workaround?

@WohaoG

Жыл бұрын

Don't trust anyone who uses anime girls as backgrounds if they're over 16 years old. Those are always the people who do the weirdest stuff.

@ordinaryhuman5645

Жыл бұрын

@@WohaoG Honesty is the best policy. I'm very trustworthy, even if I do weird stuff.

@WohaoG

Жыл бұрын

@@ordinaryhuman5645 Thank you for the honesty. I shall trust you

How can you make a list like that and not include "Just perfection"

I'm missing tools related to improving battery life on laptops. AFAIK, by default all cores runs at full power and not underclocked when they're idle. This drains a lot of battery in Linux. I hope one day we get a simple fix for this.

@MichaelNROH

8 ай бұрын

The easiest methods are to install the package "tlp" or "auto-cpufreq". The second one is only available on Github to my knowledge, but it works really well.

Can you share the yellow wallpaper ?

What wallpaper is that?

maybe I missed it, but I never saw the basic steps on how to intall those extensions in the first place... I'm lost!

How were you able to get the fedora icon on the ArcMenu?

@MichaelNROH

2 ай бұрын

You can select it from a list in the extension settings

Is there anything for window decorations? I really miss the ghost theme from kde window decorations. I don’t know why nothing like that exists for ubuntu.

@MichaelNROH

9 ай бұрын

You can only change the window styles slightly, since everything is built on GTK. Many themes that just change the color, some transparencies, etc. are available on gnome-look.org

I'm missing Caffeine, Just Perfection, Burn My Windows, Removable Drive Menu and Clipboard Indicator.

@nezu_cc

Жыл бұрын

replace Clipboard Indicator with Gpaste and I agree

3:30 What Theme is that?? Where can i download it. Please? Thanks!!

I don't seem to have a browse option in gnome extensions. Are you using a different application?

@MichaelNROH

Жыл бұрын

Depends on what you are using. I use Extension Manager which is basically a shortcut for browsing extensions without a browser.

Where can I get the orange forest wallpaper?

@MichaelNROH

11 ай бұрын

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