What GNOME Shell extensions do you use?

Question

I personally use Blur my Shell and Ubuntu AppIndicator, I use BmS mostly for asthetics, and Ubuntu AppIndicator because `pkill`ing Discord has the tendency to not start at all.

bundie · Accepted Answer

I use Clipboard History on Pop!_OS. Pretty neat.

DiabloD3 · Answer

You'd probably get a more meaningful discussion if you had instead asked what desktop environment they use.Most Linux users abhor what Gnome has become.

chrsig · Answer

none, and I do use gnome.to be honest, I'm not even sure where I'd get a shell extension, or what I'd want out of one. I tend to run apps in full screen and switch between virtual desktops.

blablablerg · Answer

Blur My Shell, Espresso, Just Perfection, Pomodoro, Reorder Workspaces, Top Bar Organizer.

abenga · Answer

- Tray Icons Reloaded- Simple System Monitor.

rajveermalviya · Answer

On Fedora, one first things I do on a new install:
- flatpak install com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager
- Disable the fedora's "Background Logo" extension.
- Install the "AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support" extension.
And that's it. No fancy things. Avoiding the weird way to install a shell extension, the browser extension - which won't work for me because I use Firefox from flatpak.

Krssst · Answer

Remove alt tab delay: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2741/remove-alttab-de...Removes the 150ms delay on alt tab that remains even with animations are disabled. Not sure why there is a delay in the first place.

arran-nz · Answer

- ForgeA tiling window manager, It makes working with an ultrawide more practical

fbhabbed · Answer

workspace-indicator@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.comBasically multiple desktop applet.Gnome is pretty useless to me without that

plouc · Answer

Just Perfection (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/) for all the little tweaks (like moving OSD notifications popups, taskbar to the bottom, etc etc).

kevincox · Answer

I'm currently using 4 extensions.system-monitor (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/). It is nice to see my CPU and memory usage at a glance with some history. I don't look too often but it can be good for understanding how builds are progressing, check that my software is utilizing parallelism well and see when things are in an infinite loop gobbling RAM.Clipboard History (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4839/clipboard-histor...)I can't live without a clipboard manager, this seems to do a decent job.Bing Wallpaper (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1262/bing-wallpaper-c...)I don't see my wallpaper often but when I open the menu or log in it is nice to have a new beautiful picture.AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-supp...)I like icons in my toolbar.

pedrovhb · Answer

Clipboard history, Pop! Shell, and workspace scroller (scroll across the top bar to quickly go through workspaces), on NixOS.
I also set up dconf options so I always have 10 workspaces, not just one more than the number currently being used, which is a pretty bad default imo. Muscle memory works much better when you can quickly go to the workspace you associate with some program of your workflow, say, Win+8 for a music player, rather than having to adapt to whatever order you happen to open programs in on this reboot.
One extension that I find really clever is Tactile [0], but unfortunately it doesn't synergize very well with Pop shell. One day I'll switch to qtile and build a custom everything with both those ideas.
[0] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4548/tactile/

kevinherron · Answer

Looks like Dash to Dock is the only extension I have installed.The rest of the changes were done through Gnome Tweak or Accessibility settings.

lbhdc · Answer

I use a bunch.Caffine (disable sleep), Clipboard Indicator, Night Theme Switcher (I like manually controlling dark/light theme), Open Weather, Window Is Ready Notification Remover, Launch New Instance, Window List (gnome2 style bottom bar)

yndoendo · Answer

Arch Linux Updates Indicator, Bluetooth Quick Connect, Blur my Shell, Burn My Windows, Caffeine, Clipboard Indicator, Desk Changer, Espresso, GSConnect, Night Theme Switcher, Pomodoro, supergfxctl-gex, Tray Icons: Reloaded.Burn My Windows is great for visually seeing the Crash to Desktop on a heavily modded game.

khimaros · Answer

smart-auto-move: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4736/smart-auto-move/Customized-Workspaces: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1583/worksets/

throwaway751 · Answer

Dash to Dock. Freon. GTK Title Bar. Netspeed.

dabber · Answer

Workspace Matrix to organize virtual desktops in a grid. https://github.com/mzur/gnome-shell-wsmatrix
gTile for tiling window manager type functionality https://github.com/gTile/gTile
Extension Manager via Flatpak for managing extensions https://github.com/mjakeman/extension-manager
And a few more but I don't have the links/names in front of me right now.

a_bored_husky · Answer

Vitals: A glimpse into your computer's temperature, voltage, fan speed, memory usage and CPU load https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1460/vitals/
GSConnect: Implementation of KDE Connect for Gnome https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/
Impatience: Speed up the gnome-shell animation speed https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/277/impatience/
Focus changer: Change focus between windows in all directions using your keyboard https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4627/focus-changer
Clipboard Indicator: Clipboard Manager extension for Gnome-Shell https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicat...

iudqnolq · Answer

I disabled all my extensions while trying to debug random logouts while I was away from the computer, and realized I didn't miss them. (Turns out the issue was a faulty hard drive)

What GNOME Shell extensions do you use?

I personally use Blur my Shell and Ubuntu AppIndicator, I use BmS mostly for asthetics, and Ubuntu AppIndicator because `pkill`ing Discord has the tendency to not start at all.

I use Clipboard History on Pop!_OS. Pretty neat.

You'd probably get a more meaningful discussion if you had instead asked what desktop environment they use.
Most Linux users abhor what Gnome has become.

none, and I do use gnome.
to be honest, I'm not even sure where I'd get a shell extension, or what I'd want out of one. I tend to run apps in full screen and switch between virtual desktops.

Blur My Shell, Espresso, Just Perfection, Pomodoro, Reorder Workspaces, Top Bar Organizer.

- Tray Icons Reloaded
- Simple System Monitor.

Remove alt tab delay: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2741/remove-alttab-de...
Removes the 150ms delay on alt tab that remains even with animations are disabled. Not sure why there is a delay in the first place.

- Forge
A tiling window manager, It makes working with an ultrawide more practical

workspace-indicator@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
Basically multiple desktop applet.
Gnome is pretty useless to me without that

Just Perfection (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/) for all the little tweaks (like moving OSD notifications popups, taskbar to the bottom, etc etc).

Looks like Dash to Dock is the only extension I have installed.
The rest of the changes were done through Gnome Tweak or Accessibility settings.

I use a bunch.
Caffine (disable sleep), Clipboard Indicator, Night Theme Switcher (I like manually controlling dark/light theme), Open Weather, Window Is Ready Notification Remover, Launch New Instance, Window List (gnome2 style bottom bar)

smart-auto-move: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4736/smart-auto-move/
Customized-Workspaces: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1583/worksets/

Dash to Dock. Freon. GTK Title Bar. Netspeed.

I disabled all my extensions while trying to debug random logouts while I was away from the computer, and realized I didn't miss them. (Turns out the issue was a faulty hard drive)