You can customise GNOME Shell notifications, including position on screen, RegEx filtering, and custom colours using the Notification Configurator extension.
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The Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell Extension I wrote about recently now includes an option to automatically activate the compact, movable panel based on your workflow. While there are a couple of caveats to how this auto-mode gets triggered, it’…
Image, PDF and other supported file thumbnails will once again appear on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop, after nearly a year of not showing.
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GNOME Shell extensions make it easy to reshape the standard desktop layout in novel new ways, with add-ons like Dash to Panel, OpenBar, and Task Up provide options to combine, configure and customise the top panel. Now, another choice has drifted on to…
If you want an easier way to control UxPlay on Ubuntu (or any other Linux distribution using GNOME Shell), there’s a new extension to help. The UxPlay Control GNOME Shell extension does exactly what it says it says: it gives you control over over…
A simple GNOME Shell extension that lets you search and copy ASCII emoji from your panel without needing to open a browser and hit up a website.
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No need to hunt through GNOME Settings to adjust Night Light temperature intensity as this nifty extension adds an intensity slider control in the Quick Settings menu.
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The Wellbeing controls available in Ubuntu 25.04 make it easy to get periodic prompts to move your butt or look away from your screen — you might not want them enabled all the time, though. Wellbeing controls were one of the flagship features of GNOME …
Luna brings moon phases to your Ubuntu desktop with a simple GNOME Shell extension. Track current phase, illumination percentage, and upcoming changes right from your panel.
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A new update to Tiling Shell, an efficient window snapping extension for GNOME Shell, is rolling out this weekend with a few appreciable enhancements in tow. For example, its nifty ‘Windows Suggestions’ feature, which makes it easy to tile …
If you’re an avid user of GNOME Shell extensions then a) you’re in good company, and b) you’ll be familiar with Matt Jakeman’s terrific Extension Manager app since it makes finding, installing and managing GNOME extensions terri…
A big update to the perennially popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is rolling out, including new settings to go from Dash to Panel to dock mode! Admittedly, that doesn’t sound like a new feature given that Dash to Panel is based on code …
The application picker (aka app grid) in GNOME Shell is pretty perfect as it comes, showing launchers for installed apps plus the ability to rearrange them using drag and drop and create custom folders to group apps together. Some folks prefer a little…
A set of four cool new window opening and closing animations got added to gaudy GNOME Shell extension Burn My Windows this weekend. A veritable Linux eye-candy essential, Burn My Windows makes it easy to apply a variety of visual effects to Ubuntu when…
A new version of Tiling Shell, the flexible window snapping assistant for GNOME Shell, is available. Tiling Shell v16.2 now surfaces nifty ‘Window Suggestions’, a feature introduced in last month’s v16.0 release, when using edge tilin…
Finding yourself annoyed at those ‘window is ready’ notifications which pop-up when you open some apps in GNOME Shell on Ubuntu? If so, you can disable them by installing a GNOME Shell extension. Now, notifications are helpful—heck, vital w…
Window snapping GNOME extension Tiling Shell —not that you need an introduction to it by now— adds a nifty new feature in its latest update. Tiling Shell v16 introduces Windows Suggestions, a feature the add-on’s author described as being able to…
You may have noticed (or not) that if an app is pinned to the Ubuntu Dock you don’t see a shortcut for it in the applications grid. This approach is by design to avoid duplication since the dock is always visible (by default) so those app shortcu…
macOS 15.2 is rolling out today (December 11), and my tech feeds are hyped with its highlights. Among the (non-AI) changes I spotted: the option to display weather info in the menu bar – native, built-in, ready to go. Seeing a “news peg” (a…
Fresh off its release adding automatic tiling, the developer behind GNOME Shell’s most configurable window snapping extension is back with another update. Tiling Shell v15.1 introduces support for smart border radius. This a small sounding featur…