Category: Gnome Extensions
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Restoring Vertical Scrolling in the GNOME App Grid: A Simple Guide
A new GNOME Shell extension has been released that alters the app grid, allowing it to scroll vertically instead of the default horizontal layout introduced in GNOME 40. This modification responds to feedback from users who found horizontal scrolling less intuitive, especially when using a vertical mouse scroll wheel. The extension, called Vertical App Grid,…
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Bring Holiday Cheer to Your Ubuntu Desktop: Add a Pixel Santa for Christmas!
The holiday season brings a unique opportunity to add festive cheer to your desktop, and if you’ve been thinking about how to spice up your Ubuntu experience this Christmas, there’s a delightful solution. This year, you can introduce a collection of pixel art Santas that leap and roam across your screen, thanks to the latest…
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Achieving Blurred Windows on GNOME: A Simple Guide to Faux Effects
Window transparency with blur is a popular aesthetic among Linux users but often comes with performance drawbacks. A new approach offers a clever workaround to achieve a similar look without the associated resource costs by using the 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension. Instead of making application windows translucent and relying on dynamic blurring—both of which can…
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Tracking the Lunar Cycle: Introducing ‘Phases of Moon’ for GNOME Shell
Phases of Moon is a new GNOME Shell extension that enhances previous moon tracking tools by not only displaying the current lunar phase but also showing a visual representation of it. When opened, the panel icon reveals a well-illuminated moon that corresponds to the current lunar phase along with details on upcoming phases. Earlier this…
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Exciting Update: Floating Mini Panel Introduces New Vertical Orientation Option
The Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell extension has received an update that introduces a vertical orientation option for the panel. This feature allows users to reposition the compact widget, which transforms GNOME’s top bar into a floating element that can hover above windows on the desktop. This extension replaces the traditional horizontal layout with a…
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Enhance Your Ubuntu Experience: Live Calendar and Clock Icons Now Available in the Dock
You can now enhance the visual appeal of your Ubuntu dock with a new GNOME Shell extension that transforms static clock, calendar, and weather app icons into dynamic ones that display real-time information. With this extension, the pinned icons on your dock, whether it’s in the Ubuntu Dock or alternatives like Dash to Panel, can…
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Introducing GNOME 49: Enhanced Tiling Shell with New Keyboard Options
Tiling Shell, a popular GNOME extension that enhances window management, recently received an update that includes new features catering to keyboard users and support for GNOME 49. This extension, which is preinstalled in Zorin OS 18, offers various window tiling methods. The latest version, Tiling Shell v17, introduces the ability to raise all tiled windows…
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Elevate Your Ubuntu Experience with a Sleek Desktop Weather Widget
Checking the weather on Ubuntu is made easy with a new Desktop Weather Widget that acts as a simple, unobtrusive solution without the need for multiple applications or browser tabs. This widget is a GNOME Shell extension that places weather information directly on your desktop, making it particularly beneficial for users with external monitors. Originally…
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Quickly Monitor Disk Space in Ubuntu with This Handy Extension
I’m missing the ‘Other Locations’ feature from earlier versions of the Nautilus file manager, which provided a straightforward view of disk usage across partitions. This sentiment stems from my experience with a testing laptop that contains a 256GB SSD, partitioned for multiple operating systems. Each Linux partition ranges from 35-50GB, and it’s essential for me…
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Introducing the Mini Floating Panel Extension: Unlocking New Features You’ve Been Waiting For!
A new version of the Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell extension has been released, offering enhanced functionality to users. This update adds the useful feature of displaying and hiding indicator and applet icons. For those unfamiliar, the Floating Mini Panel transforms the GNOME Top Bar into a movable, compact widget that can be activated automatically…
