One extension that is a must have for me in regards to consistency is the rounded window corners (not to be confused with rounded corners) as it will "fix" the bottom corners of GTK3 applications to be round too :)
Thank you for this real world experience with the Gnome desktop. So much more useful than a video showing installation in a VM with high level overview of features.
This is probably the best Linux for productivity video ever. It's excellent pacing with essential details and some gold advanced tips that nobody else talks about. Really Nick you fucking nailed it.
I've been using linux on and off for the past few years, but have recently decided to use it as my primary driver permanently. This video was amazing, very informative, thank you!
This video reminds me of why I stuck with GNOME for so long. I like my current KDE setup quite a bit. It is just hard to beat the UX/UI consistency of GTK4. The GNOME Circle apps are also great.
KDE apps: A full blown paiting app that is arguably better than paid options; an app that can output a graph if you input an equation; an RStudio like app; feature rich text editors and an IDE with support for tree view and LSP; an entire office suite; a video editor; a music conerter; a tagging aplication; KDE Connect, etc. GNOME Circle apps: an app that allows you to visit wikipedia without opening a browser; a lorem ipsum generator... for when you want to not open the browser; a radio app, so that you don't need to open the browser; a magic ball app, so that you don't need to open the browser to do t-that, uh, yeah. GNOME apps are great indeed.
@@kuwandak They only good one you mentioned is Krita, all the other ones are utter garbage, specially Kwrite/Kate and Kdenlive. Also, it's very easy to say such a thing when you compare the most complex KDE apps against the simplest Gnome apps
Protip: Get a mouse with reprogrammable buttons (I use the Logitech G203) and remap an extra key to activate Gnome overview. I use a program called piper. That way, you can manipulate windows and switch windows/workspaces without using the keyboard or moving the mouse up to the activities button.
Oh man, you have no idea you saved my life. I’m pretty new to Linux and I have a mouse MX Master 3S, on Windows works just great, but I have no ideia on Linux. How do I install piper? I’m using fedora… sorry if the question is too simple 😢
@@TheLinuxEXP KDE is a security nightmare, their password management is stuck in pre 2010. No authentication whatsoever, every application has access to ALL passwords, every app can pretend to be another app.
@@owlmostdead9492 Is this only the case if you use kwallet? I feel like if you're using a different password manager like Bitwarden this would not be the case.
@@axonn101 What about your WiFi password? Login Password(if autologin is enabled)? All of that is stored in an unsecure way, basically in plain text. I'm not trusting any KDE dev because they think it's not an issue, I question their competence as an entire project because of this. I used KDE, I would like to use it but I'm not going to trust people like that with anything, let alone my DE.
This video is wonderful!!! I've never seem a video like this. It helps me to know a lot of things to resolve some problems I am having lately!!! Thank you and please, keep doing videos like this one (about organizing the PC in order to work properly with different devices in syncronization)
Ive been loving using arch+sway at work for the past 3 years. As soon as you have everything set up, just the way you want it because it's arch, it runs as stable as any other distro, and perhaps even more so due to the lack of automatic updates. If you do want to update for the sake of security, stability or installing new software, the process will be less or more involved depending on how long you waited, but it's a tradeoff that *you* are making, actively. You can set aside a couple minutes to run the upgrade, and if it all goes well you'll be done in no time. If it doesn't, well, I've only managed to brick my kernel twice, and that was one time because I used a zfs package compiled for a specific kernel version (Fix: DKMS), and one time because a kernel update GPLed some symbols which zfs wasnt updated for yet, but that one did not stop me from working because I installed an LTS kernel alongside the regular one.
Kinda unrelated to video, but thanks to you, I finally went from Win11 to linux this february. It's openSUSE, and I use it for gaming. It even can run old titles which latest windows couldn't even launch. That's the alternative I wished and got.
Thank you for this video. I learnt something: double press on the super button to open the application menu. And the super+middle click to resize a window without pointing precisely to a corner.
pro tip for GNOME users who continuously switch between dark/light mode: you can use the "Legacy (GTK3) Theme Scheme Auto Switcher" extension to switch the gtk theme when the GTK4 theme is switched as well
Wow! Thank you so much. Did not know that you could hold the mouse wheel to resize windows with the super key. That is awesome. It's so handy in my tiling WM when I have floating windows around!
THANKS NICK!! This video is an excellent confidence builder for my intentions to migrate my Audio and Video Media production workflow from Mac to Linux (leaving behind several older Macs hitting an OS max of HighSierra or Mohave). Lots in common with my style of interface usage as well -- virtual desktops all the way. 🙂Totally on board with ALL your choices of tools as well -- DaVinci Resolve and BitWig Studio support for Linux are big reasons for my migration decision. Hard choice moving forward is high end System76 or new Framework 16". Based on your experiences, Nvidia GPU may be the deciding factor. Your thoughts on both that choice and on the better Linux distros for keeping those older Macs out of the landfill would be welcome!
Thank you, it is nice to see improvements for regular users. My development setup differs a lot - sway without any decorations at all to maximize space and to reduce distructions, up to 20 virtual desktops tied to Win + digits and Fs rows - highly effective but I can't recommend it for everyone.
What Up from Detroit Nic! Love the videos Sir; Keep em Coming! I Fell hard from KDE Pre Plasma to Gnome momentarily, then Fell hard for Cinnamon These extensions setup work well, gonna have to give this a shot
Text scaling is a good workaround for not having DPI scaling, but it is set for the computer rather than for each monitor. I run a custom script in the Run Command dialog (Alt+F2) to switch off my laptop's text scaling when I dock it to my monitor (and back on when it's undocked). There's an extension which does the same thing from an icon in the Top Bar, but typing is so much quicker!
Except for the graphics card, my tower build is the same... Ive a RX 6600 XT cause we all know about Linux+Nvidia. Still, everything runs great here on Vanilla OS. Its my gaming + work pc, just like you!
I hope Gnome soon develops the touchpad gestures a little bit more. Looking to Mac OS, I would love to have some of the three finger gestures like drag and drop, resizing windows and selecting text. And last but not least: open link in new tab 🙏 Is it possible to go back and forth between pages in Firefox with a swipe?
@@sadmage8 for drag and drop and resizing windows you have to go to the Accessibility settings. To open a link in a new tab, I use an app called middle
Seeing the workflow of other people is super interesting. I personally don't really use workspaces and alt tab a lot. That muscle memory is so set, I'll never unlearn it :\
Very interesting topic, definitely useful and inspiring 👍. I've always wondered how to configure Gnome for work, but I didn't know exactly how to configure it. Personally, I've used the Xfce desktop environment so far, sometimes I've used Cinnamon. But now the video makes me want to try Gnome. However, I'm wondering whether to choose Fedora, Nobara project or Debian Unstable 😅🤣. Also, I'd love to see some functionality in Gnome in the near future that vanilla Gnome definitely lacks. And they are in Ubuntu, for example acent color.
@@ShimmerismYT For me personally, this is not a good idea for several reasons. The first reason I always prefer to start over, especially since I'm going to replace the current drive with a larger capacity. The second reason I've always wanted to try Fedora or Debian, because I've never used those systems for a longer period of time. Another reason my current system is mess 🤣. I tested and installed various things, and now it doesn't work very well.
the same, I use gnome on my work and private laptops since gnome 40 (manjaro). unbelievable touch pad gesture support easy to use and understand, pretty simple, good scalability and very thoughtful.
This was really interesting. Especially the extensions part. I'm doing an experiment where I'm using Linux exclusively for a few weeks. When it comes to Gnome I like the clean UI, but one thing really bugs me: The screenshot tool :D There is no editing feature to highlight what I want to show and the alternatives I tried seem to integrate really badly with Gnome/wayland. What do you use?
I love your stuff, super fun way to keep up to date on the comings and goings of Linux! I have noticed recently, that your lights are out of sync with your shutter settings! I might be in the minority, but I find it quite distracting, as it gives me a bit of a headache. Just wanted to give you a heads up in case you didn't notice!
@@TheLinuxEXP j'oublie fréquemment que t'es français, donc le commentaire en français m'a buggué parmi tous les commentaires anglais. Mais oui tes vidéos sont vraiment cool !
Great video, amazing explanation of each extension, shortcut and application. It really does make a man test Linux out, try few things. Overall, great video with your great explanations!
GNOME on mutli-monitor desktop settings could be better, some basic extensions really should be built in, but overall stock experience is great and customisable enough to suit most users.
Very detailed workflow demo. I hate having to use multiple devices. Ever since I got work laptop more powerful than my desktop, I do not even turn it on except for backups. I am not a big fan of desktops environments since most of apps I use are not tied to them. I use nvim and code mostly. Brave,mpv, lf as file manager, lazygit as git client, cmus music player, insomnia for APIs, neomutt for emails...
How did you do transparent file manager in kde? I would like to make a similar look on my steam deck desktop mode, EDIT: nevermind found your video about it :P
I've been using Linux for work since 1997. And I think Linux is very comfortable to work with. For day to day I use Debian Linux with i3. And for my laptop, I use Fedora Linux and Debian Linux with Gnome DE.
I don’t think so, especially since they have or will paywall that feature! And the added cost of gear and production time isn’t worth it either, especially since in a few years, all GPUs will upscale 1080p to 4K on their own
@@TheLinuxEXP I think that because on the TH-cam search the tag 1080p do not exist but 4k yes, it's not here for anything ;) And about paying for 4k : it's gonna happen and I think TH-cam gonna push you to produce content in 4k for youtube premium members :) Great video like always 😄
@@akPasta Obsidian has a paid sync service that will keep everything consistent. I have two different vaults I use, one for Linux, the other for everything else. I use iCloud Drive to host, but Dropbox or Google Drive works, as well as any network share one might favor. An Obsidian vault is simple a folder with .md files in it, so anything works.
11:10 Did you do anything special to get OBS's title bar to look like that? Whenever I've used Qt apps on Gnome, they either used the old adwaita (pre-libadwaita) style, ignoring the currently selected GTK theme or a titlebar that looked somewhat like Window's.
I'd love to be able to use Linux. I used EOS and Fedora for over a year, and I loved it. But when it came to collaborating with others in MSWord, Powerpoint, Excel etc, it killed the experience. The webapps were not great to keep the formatting and the linux apps have the same issue. I had to run MS Office in a windows VM which ruined the experience, so I ended up going back to W11. I will try back in a few years.
Touchpad gestures are so nifty and so ingrained into my own workflow and daily even on the fenêtre OS that I'm actually considering getting a touchpad for my desktop PC just to get the gestures on my desktop that I much prefer over keyboard shortcuts or hotcorners (ew) Think Apple Magic Trackpad, but not apple. It just sucks that similarly sized ones are also similarly priced...
I'm a long-term KDE user. I recently tried out gnome on fedora, which I do every couple of years. It looks good, but didn't find it as usable. Also, it gave me huge mouse lag after a bit of use and just moving the mouse around would cause the cpu to spike to nearly 100% on one core. (I have a 6 core Ryzen 4500U.) I tried to troubleshoot it but couldn't find the problem. I had NO extensions installed or even extensions enabled and it was pretty much a fresh install. So that lasted about a week and then I went back to KDE Manjaro.
Why not KDE Arch or KDE EndeavourOS? (Manjaro is an unstable distro without being current. Not to mention the DDOSing and certificate expiring multiple times.)
@@d.paradyss8791 EndeavourOS has a really great community; idk why you're calling it creepy. Maybe Ubuntu was when the Amazon shopping lens feature was a thing, but not really Arch.
That is a really interesting demo of your flow. I found myself wondering if LTT collab'd for a hardware upgrade, how Linus would do it with you. Watching him install Linux, if nothing else, would be fun. :)
I had issues with Wayland and Nvidia hybrid graphics as soon as I try to use an external display :/ Specially if both native and external displays have different dpi needs. Also, for some reason the external display was super slow and choppy. Had to disable integrated graphics in the end. Nvidia drivers 525 also don't allow me to use keyboard shortcuts to set brightness. 515 are ok though... Overall I still don't enjoy Nvidia in linux
Using NobaraOS gnome for 3 months now. Didn't really want to switch from Manjaro KDE but I bought a new beast laptop and guess I'd try using the "new gaming distro". And yeah, I don't see myself switching any time soon. 🙂
Great video! As someone who uses Linux at work, I found your insights into using GNOME extensions, apps and workflow to be really helpful. It's great to see other Linux enthusiasts sharing their experiences and tips with the community. One of the things I appreciated about this video was how you went into detail about the various GNOME extensions available and how they can be used to improve productivity. I also liked how you discussed the different apps that you use in your workflow, as this can be a helpful reference point for others who are looking to streamline their own work processes. I especially appreciated your emphasis on the importance of customizing your Linux environment to suit your needs. It's one of the things that makes Linux such a powerful tool, and it's great to see you highlighting this in your video. Overall, I found this video to be really informative and well-presented. It's clear that you have a lot of experience using Linux in a professional setting, and I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge with others. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos in the future! (Experiment with ChatGPT, who had no further information besides the title and name of the channel)
The next time you make this type of video I expect to see, and here is where I ask an AI to write my scripts, create a thumbnail, and upload it after I'm done.
Hey Nick! You might already know this, or you might have another use for the shortcut, that button that falls under your thumb on ypur Logitech mouse? Mine is set to activate the Overview. Each workflow is different, but I'm a dev and this little button helps me a lot for switching tasks!
Dear Nick. While you showed your ultrawide Monitor, please allow me to make an excursion to Windows 11, even if you're not using it (at least regularly). And please don't start bashing everybody. When I saw the first screenshots of windows 11 I was thinking "What the he'll did they think to center the menu button!?". It was against all commons and "used to" that time. When I managed to workaround-install Windows 11 on my unsupported PC I realized the idea 💡 behind this: It makes sense to center the Menu Button on Ultrawide Monitors. Imagine now your mouse cursor is on the right edge of the monitor and you have to move to the left edge to click on the start button (you will use the meta key of course but less experienced user would likely not). Of course some Linux Desktops like KDE (and maybe gnome -I don't know exactly) offer customization in that way that the menu button can be placed on the center. On KDE the panel has to be edited by a right click and selection of the corresponding menu item for edit the panel, then a spacer has to be placed on the left side of the panel (I'm aware that you know it already, I'm writing this in a way where every reader can follow up). Due to my job I have to use Windows (mostly), Linux or Mac OS, depending on customer 's requirements. That's all from my side. Thanks for all the awesome videos you create.
I hate your videos so much. Because you allways make me think about switching to Linux and abandoning Windows. You basicaly got me to a state where I told myself "As soon as there is a decent way to use Microsoft office on Linux (cuz i need to use them), Im ditching Windows in a second!" .... also Microsoft being more and more sassy about collecting your data and advertising you literally any random bullshit on W11 (on a OS that you have to pay for !!!), its making Linux more and more tempting expecialy since it looks so good..... PS: You and your videos literally made me buy second SSD so I can doubleboot when I feel like it. Keep doing great job and in time I will join the penguin club fully !!
Maybe I am boring, but I have been using Linux Mint for work as my primary OS since... 2011... using the Cinnamon desktop of course. Yeah back then it was pretty revolutionary, but it hasn't changed all that much really, with most changes being iterative, which I like. When I am working, I don't like dorking around with stuff. I just want to turn the computer on, and be able to use my applications, and do my job. Mint is great at this. If you're using mainstream applications and not doing anything to odd, it's perfect. I have no intentions of changing LOL... so maybe I am boring, that's OK.
Maaaan, you really don’t have too complex tasks to do and everything is quite „linear“. Pity that material-shell doesn’t work with LibreOffice. Until then, I use Plasma on my work laptop.
tried fedora 38 for a while.everything works except the brightness slider. my laptop is lenovo legion 5 pro. tried so many fixes none worked and i finally gave up.
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One extension that is a must have for me in regards to consistency is the rounded window corners (not to be confused with rounded corners) as it will "fix" the bottom corners of GTK3 applications to be round too :)
Thx for the tip. That's been bugging me for ages.
Great video! We need more videos (and blogs) like that to show what "normal" people do on Linux. It's not only for developpers.
Thank you for this real world experience with the Gnome desktop. So much more useful than a video showing installation in a VM with high level overview of features.
This is probably the best Linux for productivity video ever.
It's excellent pacing with essential details and some gold advanced tips that nobody else talks about. Really Nick you fucking nailed it.
I've been using linux on and off for the past few years, but have recently decided to use it as my primary driver permanently. This video was amazing, very informative, thank you!
Its always really cool to see someone else's workflow and take ideas from.
This video reminds me of why I stuck with GNOME for so long. I like my current KDE setup quite a bit. It is just hard to beat the UX/UI consistency of GTK4. The GNOME Circle apps are also great.
KDE apps: A full blown paiting app that is arguably better than paid options; an app that can output a graph if you input an equation; an RStudio like app; feature rich text editors and an IDE with support for tree view and LSP; an entire office suite; a video editor; a music conerter; a tagging aplication; KDE Connect, etc.
GNOME Circle apps: an app that allows you to visit wikipedia without opening a browser; a lorem ipsum generator... for when you want to not open the browser; a radio app, so that you don't need to open the browser; a magic ball app, so that you don't need to open the browser to do t-that, uh, yeah.
GNOME apps are great indeed.
@@kuwandak They only good one you mentioned is Krita, all the other ones are utter garbage, specially Kwrite/Kate and Kdenlive. Also, it's very easy to say such a thing when you compare the most complex KDE apps against the simplest Gnome apps
@@catto-from-heaven also some of the gnome apps even the simple ones are quite useful
Protip: Get a mouse with reprogrammable buttons (I use the Logitech G203) and remap an extra key to activate Gnome overview. I use a program called piper. That way, you can manipulate windows and switch windows/workspaces without using the keyboard or moving the mouse up to the activities button.
Oh man, you have no idea you saved my life. I’m pretty new to Linux and I have a mouse MX Master 3S, on Windows works just great, but I have no ideia on Linux. How do I install piper? I’m using fedora… sorry if the question is too simple 😢
cool
I find it interesting, after seeing that KDE was boldly declared "the best" I still see Gnome and a mostly gtk environment of apps/and UI.
Yeah, nowadays, they’re equal in my eyes. Completely different goals an visions, but equally great!
Agreed with Nick, both are good! However, they're not the same in vision and that's way too conflicting to people
@@TheLinuxEXP KDE is a security nightmare, their password management is stuck in pre 2010. No authentication whatsoever, every application has access to ALL passwords, every app can pretend to be another app.
@@owlmostdead9492 Is this only the case if you use kwallet? I feel like if you're using a different password manager like Bitwarden this would not be the case.
@@axonn101 What about your WiFi password? Login Password(if autologin is enabled)? All of that is stored in an unsecure way, basically in plain text.
I'm not trusting any KDE dev because they think it's not an issue, I question their competence as an entire project because of this.
I used KDE, I would like to use it but I'm not going to trust people like that with anything, let alone my DE.
it's fun to see other peoples very specific workflows. There are so many ways to do things
The firefox gtk4 theme is A M A Z I N G. By the way, you can set it so it doesn't have that singular massive tab when there is only one tab.
This video is wonderful!!! I've never seem a video like this. It helps me to know a lot of things to resolve some problems I am having lately!!! Thank you and please, keep doing videos like this one (about organizing the PC in order to work properly with different devices in syncronization)
Ive been loving using arch+sway at work for the past 3 years. As soon as you have everything set up, just the way you want it because it's arch, it runs as stable as any other distro, and perhaps even more so due to the lack of automatic updates. If you do want to update for the sake of security, stability or installing new software, the process will be less or more involved depending on how long you waited, but it's a tradeoff that *you* are making, actively. You can set aside a couple minutes to run the upgrade, and if it all goes well you'll be done in no time. If it doesn't, well, I've only managed to brick my kernel twice, and that was one time because I used a zfs package compiled for a specific kernel version (Fix: DKMS), and one time because a kernel update GPLed some symbols which zfs wasnt updated for yet, but that one did not stop me from working because I installed an LTS kernel alongside the regular one.
By the way: I work as an IT service and security engineer, and a most of my customers are unfortunately windows users.
Kinda unrelated to video, but thanks to you, I finally went from Win11 to linux this february. It's openSUSE, and I use it for gaming. It even can run old titles which latest windows couldn't even launch. That's the alternative I wished and got.
Just realized that I was not subscribed to the channel. Meanwhile - this is among of the top 5 favorite linux sources.
Thank you for great work, Nick!
Just in time! I started using Fedora/Gnome this week on my laptop after using Cinnamon for many years.
Thank you for this video.
I learnt something: double press on the super button to open the application menu. And the super+middle click to resize a window without pointing precisely to a corner.
pro tip for GNOME users who continuously switch between dark/light mode: you can use the "Legacy (GTK3) Theme Scheme Auto Switcher" extension to switch the gtk theme when the GTK4 theme is switched as well
Thanks ❤
I keep forgetting the super + left click and super + middle click tricks, thanks a lot for bringing them up!
Gnome workflow is very efficient
Wow! Thank you so much. Did not know that you could hold the mouse wheel to resize windows with the super key. That is awesome. It's so handy in my tiling WM when I have floating windows around!
I would highly recommend having an offsite backup for your external hard drive just in case. Love your videos❤
THANKS NICK!! This video is an excellent confidence builder for my intentions to migrate my Audio and Video Media production workflow from Mac to Linux (leaving behind several older Macs hitting an OS max of HighSierra or Mohave). Lots in common with my style of interface usage as well -- virtual desktops all the way. 🙂Totally on board with ALL your choices of tools as well -- DaVinci Resolve and BitWig Studio support for Linux are big reasons for my migration decision. Hard choice moving forward is high end System76 or new Framework 16". Based on your experiences, Nvidia GPU may be the deciding factor. Your thoughts on both that choice and on the better Linux distros for keeping those older Macs out of the landfill would be welcome!
Thank you, it is nice to see improvements for regular users. My development setup differs a lot - sway without any decorations at all to maximize space and to reduce distructions, up to 20 virtual desktops tied to Win + digits and Fs rows - highly effective but I can't recommend it for everyone.
Super+middle click for window resize is new to me, and highly useful, thanks!
Thanks for this deep dive into your private workflow.
Awesome! NIck! keep it up! Gnome is awesome! Unique as Linux should be.
As always writing a comment to support the channel
Okay, but you're missing... Blur my shell!
It looks sooo gooood
Hey Nick, this insight has been amazing thank you for all your videos ❤
love the last shorcut!
Funny...I saw the email I sent you in the video. Ty for sharing what you do with Linux.
What Up from Detroit Nic!
Love the videos Sir; Keep em Coming!
I Fell hard from KDE Pre Plasma to Gnome momentarily, then Fell hard for Cinnamon
These extensions setup work well, gonna have to give this a shot
Not gonna lie, your workflow looks super comfy and I'm kinda jealous
Great video, there are very great tips, i will try out all of them, thank you very much
Thanks for sharing your workflow.
Text scaling is a good workaround for not having DPI scaling, but it is set for the computer rather than for each monitor. I run a custom script in the Run Command dialog (Alt+F2) to switch off my laptop's text scaling when I dock it to my monitor (and back on when it's undocked). There's an extension which does the same thing from an icon in the Top Bar, but typing is so much quicker!
Except for the graphics card, my tower build is the same... Ive a RX 6600 XT cause we all know about Linux+Nvidia.
Still, everything runs great here on Vanilla OS. Its my gaming + work pc, just like you!
Well, Linux + nvidia works great these days. Expect a video soon!
I hope Gnome soon develops the touchpad gestures a little bit more.
Looking to Mac OS, I would love to have some of the three finger gestures like drag and drop, resizing windows and selecting text. And last but not least: open link in new tab 🙏
Is it possible to go back and forth between pages in Firefox with a swipe?
Wait I never knew you could do all that on MacOS. How do I do it?
You can already open links in new tab by tapping the link with three of your fingers on the touchpad (it's basically middle click).
@@ens5n1e07p I tried it but it didn't work. I'll check the settings to see if it's disabled or something
@@sadmage8 for drag and drop and resizing windows you have to go to the Accessibility settings.
To open a link in a new tab, I use an app called middle
you can go forward and back in Firefox with two finger swipe
for maximizing you can also double click title bar
Seeing the workflow of other people is super interesting. I personally don't really use workspaces and alt tab a lot. That muscle memory is so set, I'll never unlearn it :\
I do IT work from home and I switched to Fedora 37 with GNOME 43 back in January on my work laptop. I never wanna go back to Windows for work!
Very interesting topic, definitely useful and inspiring 👍. I've always wondered how to configure Gnome for work, but I didn't know exactly how to configure it. Personally, I've used the Xfce desktop environment so far, sometimes I've used Cinnamon. But now the video makes me want to try Gnome. However, I'm wondering whether to choose Fedora, Nobara project or Debian Unstable 😅🤣. Also, I'd love to see some functionality in Gnome in the near future that vanilla Gnome definitely lacks. And they are in Ubuntu, for example acent color.
Accent color in Gnome may be in the works
you can install gnome alongside your DE instead of replacing your entire distro
@@ShimmerismYT For me personally, this is not a good idea for several reasons. The first reason I always prefer to start over, especially since I'm going to replace the current drive with a larger capacity. The second reason I've always wanted to try Fedora or Debian, because I've never used those systems for a longer period of time. Another reason my current system is mess 🤣. I tested and installed various things, and now it doesn't work very well.
@@bloopotronica Very interesting, the question is how long will it take for this feature to appear in the vanilia version of Gnome.
@@timnowak8573 Indeed. In the meantime, there’s the Custom Accent Colors extension. Works pretty well in my fedora 37 except for some flatpaks
the same, I use gnome on my work and private laptops since gnome 40 (manjaro). unbelievable touch pad gesture support easy to use and understand, pretty simple, good scalability and very thoughtful.
This was really interesting. Especially the extensions part. I'm doing an experiment where I'm using Linux exclusively for a few weeks. When it comes to Gnome I like the clean UI, but one thing really bugs me: The screenshot tool :D There is no editing feature to highlight what I want to show and the alternatives I tried seem to integrate really badly with Gnome/wayland. What do you use?
I love your stuff, super fun way to keep up to date on the comings and goings of Linux!
I have noticed recently, that your lights are out of sync with your shutter settings! I might be in the minority, but I find it quite distracting, as it gives me a bit of a headache. Just wanted to give you a heads up in case you didn't notice!
C'est une dinguerie comment tes vidéos sont trop bien
Hahaha merci beaucoup!
@@TheLinuxEXP j'oublie fréquemment que t'es français, donc le commentaire en français m'a buggué parmi tous les commentaires anglais.
Mais oui tes vidéos sont vraiment cool !
Great video, amazing explanation of each extension, shortcut and application. It really does make a man test Linux out, try few things. Overall, great video with your great explanations!
This is what I needed,super helpful
Nice and simple workflow
A recap with full links in the description can be useful
Arch gnome here, great extension list!
Hi Nick I love your contact big fan from Egypt ❤❤
for podcast recording i recoment just use Davincis build in audio suite.
GNOME on mutli-monitor desktop settings could be better, some basic extensions really should be built in, but overall stock experience is great and customisable enough to suit most users.
What would you improve on multi-monitor ? I don't have any issues
For some time I had the exact same wallpaper you have on your desktop PC.
awesome video. thank you, Nick!
I use cinnamon at work, would love to see your take on that DE from a work perspective
Very detailed workflow demo. I hate having to use multiple devices. Ever since I got work laptop more powerful than my desktop, I do not even turn it on except for backups. I am not a big fan of desktops environments since most of apps I use are not tied to them. I use nvim and code mostly. Brave,mpv, lf as file manager, lazygit as git client, cmus music player, insomnia for APIs, neomutt for emails...
Awesome video, love GNOME!
How did you do transparent file manager in kde? I would like to make a similar look on my steam deck desktop mode, EDIT: nevermind found your video about it :P
I've been using Linux for work since 1997. And I think Linux is very comfortable to work with. For day to day I use Debian Linux with i3. And for my laptop, I use Fedora Linux and Debian Linux with Gnome DE.
4K is a + for youtube ranking your video :)
I don’t think so, especially since they have or will paywall that feature! And the added cost of gear and production time isn’t worth it either, especially since in a few years, all GPUs will upscale 1080p to 4K on their own
@@TheLinuxEXP I think that because on the TH-cam search the tag 1080p do not exist but 4k yes, it's not here for anything ;)
And about paying for 4k : it's gonna happen and I think TH-cam gonna push you to produce content in 4k for youtube premium members :)
Great video like always 😄
@@TheLinuxEXP ça c'est une remarque intéressante !
I use Obsidian, a free but not open source extensible markdown editor. I like it because I can use it on every device and every OS I use.
How do you sync it?
@@akPasta Obsidian has a paid sync service that will keep everything consistent. I have two different vaults I use, one for Linux, the other for everything else. I use iCloud Drive to host, but Dropbox or Google Drive works, as well as any network share one might favor. An Obsidian vault is simple a folder with .md files in it, so anything works.
You definitely should spread this topic out into a series. It's very useful for those of us that actually use Linux for real everyday work.
Never clicked so fast on a video like now
Hahah well done, that’s impressive!
@@TheLinuxEXP love your videos!
Excellent video, thanks heaps
Thanks!
11:10 Did you do anything special to get OBS's title bar to look like that? Whenever I've used Qt apps on Gnome, they either used the old adwaita (pre-libadwaita) style, ignoring the currently selected GTK theme or a titlebar that looked somewhat like Window's.
You actually can host a Firefox account locally
8:55 it's weird how everyone I know that uses Linux has that one Firewatch wallpaper
Doesnt surprise that most enterprise distros (RHEL, SuSE SLE, Ubuntu Pro) use GNOME as their go-to desktop 💪😎
7:16 most of us do, natural light is good
I'd love to be able to use Linux. I used EOS and Fedora for over a year, and I loved it. But when it came to collaborating with others in MSWord, Powerpoint, Excel etc, it killed the experience. The webapps were not great to keep the formatting and the linux apps have the same issue. I had to run MS Office in a windows VM which ruined the experience, so I ended up going back to W11. I will try back in a few years.
Touchpad gestures are so nifty and so ingrained into my own workflow and daily even on the fenêtre OS that I'm actually considering getting a touchpad for my desktop PC just to get the gestures on my desktop that I much prefer over keyboard shortcuts or hotcorners (ew)
Think Apple Magic Trackpad, but not apple. It just sucks that similarly sized ones are also similarly priced...
I'm a long-term KDE user. I recently tried out gnome on fedora, which I do every couple of years. It looks good, but didn't find it as usable. Also, it gave me huge mouse lag after a bit of use and just moving the mouse around would cause the cpu to spike to nearly 100% on one core. (I have a 6 core Ryzen 4500U.) I tried to troubleshoot it but couldn't find the problem. I had NO extensions installed or even extensions enabled and it was pretty much a fresh install. So that lasted about a week and then I went back to KDE Manjaro.
Why not KDE Arch or KDE EndeavourOS? (Manjaro is an unstable distro without being current. Not to mention the DDOSing and certificate expiring multiple times.)
Endeavour in my opinion is creepy, give a chance to clear Linux, works very well for me
@@d.paradyss8791 EndeavourOS has a really great community; idk why you're calling it creepy. Maybe Ubuntu was when the Amazon shopping lens feature was a thing, but not really Arch.
Really nice video thank you.
5:15 are you using a custom theme for Firefox? I love the headerbar-over-tabbar look.
Yea, it’s a custom user chrome css, but I can’t remember the name, it’s the one that’s supposed to make Firefox look like a libadwaita app
That is a really interesting demo of your flow. I found myself wondering if LTT collab'd for a hardware upgrade, how Linus would do it with you. Watching him install Linux, if nothing else, would be fun. :)
I’d love to do that, but I’m too small for them to take notice or offer something like that, I think!
Super + middle click will change my life if I can remember it haha. I will save hours of my life not having to hunt for window corners.
Is there an alternative for touchpad?
I had issues with Wayland and Nvidia hybrid graphics as soon as I try to use an external display :/ Specially if both native and external displays have different dpi needs. Also, for some reason the external display was super slow and choppy. Had to disable integrated graphics in the end. Nvidia drivers 525 also don't allow me to use keyboard shortcuts to set brightness. 515 are ok though... Overall I still don't enjoy Nvidia in linux
Using NobaraOS gnome for 3 months now. Didn't really want to switch from Manjaro KDE but I bought a new beast laptop and guess I'd try using the "new gaming distro".
And yeah, I don't see myself switching any time soon. 🙂
Great video! As someone who uses Linux at work, I found your insights into using GNOME extensions, apps and workflow to be really helpful. It's great to see other Linux enthusiasts sharing their experiences and tips with the community.
One of the things I appreciated about this video was how you went into detail about the various GNOME extensions available and how they can be used to improve productivity. I also liked how you discussed the different apps that you use in your workflow, as this can be a helpful reference point for others who are looking to streamline their own work processes.
I especially appreciated your emphasis on the importance of customizing your Linux environment to suit your needs. It's one of the things that makes Linux such a powerful tool, and it's great to see you highlighting this in your video.
Overall, I found this video to be really informative and well-presented. It's clear that you have a lot of experience using Linux in a professional setting, and I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge with others. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos in the future!
(Experiment with ChatGPT, who had no further information besides the title and name of the channel)
The next time you make this type of video I expect to see, and here is where I ask an AI to write my scripts, create a thumbnail, and upload it after I'm done.
Hey Nick! You might already know this, or you might have another use for the shortcut, that button that falls under your thumb on ypur Logitech mouse? Mine is set to activate the Overview. Each workflow is different, but I'm a dev and this little button helps me a lot for switching tasks!
Dear Nick.
While you showed your ultrawide Monitor, please allow me to make an excursion to Windows 11, even if you're not using it (at least regularly). And please don't start bashing everybody.
When I saw the first screenshots of windows 11 I was thinking "What the he'll did they think to center the menu button!?". It was against all commons and "used to" that time.
When I managed to workaround-install Windows 11 on my unsupported PC I realized the idea 💡 behind this: It makes sense to center the Menu Button on Ultrawide Monitors. Imagine now your mouse cursor is on the right edge of the monitor and you have to move to the left edge to click on the start button (you will use the meta key of course but less experienced user would likely not).
Of course some Linux Desktops like KDE (and maybe gnome -I don't know exactly) offer customization in that way that the menu button can be placed on the center.
On KDE the panel has to be edited by a right click and selection of the corresponding menu item for edit the panel, then a spacer has to be placed on the left side of the panel
(I'm aware that you know it already, I'm writing this in a way where every reader can follow up).
Due to my job I have to use Windows (mostly), Linux or Mac OS, depending on customer 's requirements.
That's all from my side. Thanks for all the awesome videos you create.
Just noticed the Fehu tattoo, was wondering if you have any other Elder Futhark tattoos?
I hate your videos so much. Because you allways make me think about switching to Linux and abandoning Windows. You basicaly got me to a state where I told myself "As soon as there is a decent way to use Microsoft office on Linux (cuz i need to use them), Im ditching Windows in a second!" .... also Microsoft being more and more sassy about collecting your data and advertising you literally any random bullshit on W11 (on a OS that you have to pay for !!!), its making Linux more and more tempting expecialy since it looks so good.....
PS: You and your videos literally made me buy second SSD so I can doubleboot when I feel like it. Keep doing great job and in time I will join the penguin club fully !!
Hahaha sorry about that 😂
@@TheLinuxEXP It is incredible that, at least in case of the bigger distros, it came down to "If this one app works, I can imagine myself daily Linux"
Maybe I am boring, but I have been using Linux Mint for work as my primary OS since... 2011... using the Cinnamon desktop of course. Yeah back then it was pretty revolutionary, but it hasn't changed all that much really, with most changes being iterative, which I like.
When I am working, I don't like dorking around with stuff. I just want to turn the computer on, and be able to use my applications, and do my job. Mint is great at this. If you're using mainstream applications and not doing anything to odd, it's perfect. I have no intentions of changing LOL... so maybe I am boring, that's OK.
Maaaan, you really don’t have too complex tasks to do and everything is quite „linear“. Pity that material-shell doesn’t work with LibreOffice. Until then, I use Plasma on my work laptop.
Damn, never heard of that quick menu tweaker.
I also use Fedora Gnome but I'm thinking of moving to ArcoLinux Gnome🤔
Can you make a video for setting up Linux for gaming
Will you be making a video about the Solus situation then?
Cool. Using Fedora, for a new versión... Upgrade or install from zero?
Never heard of Slimbook. If it have AMD I'll look for it to buy.
0:25 & 1:17 Never have I seen anyone change shirts that fast 🤯😁
I appreciate that you don't use dash to dock extension
Not needed!
Would you be able to do you "old" project manager job on Linux? Is it possible to use Microsoft Project or Primavera via Wine or similar?
tried fedora 38 for a while.everything works except the brightness slider. my laptop is lenovo legion 5 pro. tried so many fixes none worked and i finally gave up.