Up until 9:52 your video didn't teach me anything new. But then you scrolled all the way down on Extensions List and I saw "X11 Gestures". That got me interested. Now I finally have gestures without needing Wayland. Thanks DT.
I agree with your comment of GNOME being great since the 40 series. The only thing that's lacking for me is a system tray and that's the only thing forcing me to use a extension.
Stock GNOME 42 on Fedora with Dash to dock for cosmic. Thing I like about GNOME, super simple and not an overload of settings and options found in other DE's or operating systems. I live in the terminal so don't really need all the fluff. GNOME is great when you use it like GNOME, sucks when you try to use it like more 'traditional' ( Windows ) desktop's, so stop fighting it, just learn the keyboard shortcuts. My Ten cents worth.
I found caffeine crucial for most GTK desktops, for some reason GNOME, Cinnamon and Mate don't detect that I'm using a controller to play games, the controller works but it doesn't detect I'm using and the screen shuts down. Only Plasma doesn't do that.
I love GNOME, but I keep it relatively clean with minimal extensions (caffiene and app tray as needed). Using this number of extensions on a rolling release distro is just asking to break on a new release. 😬
You forget to mention an important feature of Dash To Panel extension, and that is the full screen preview (aero mode in windows). This is a difficult to find feature in most linux distros, but in my view quite important if you fully use multi-tasking.
I discovered gTile recently which is a really nice window placement extension. I don't use the grid view much but set shortcuts to quickly tile a window.
Hey DT regarding to the issue @8:40 there are apps that auto moves your camera view up or down, if mouse goes there. Maybe You could do that with some custom scripts too
I have a lot of extensions on my desktop to turn it into a macOS-like interface (it's my usual daily driver so keeping commonality is convenient). Unfortunately some of them seem to be unstable or have compatibility issues with others as I sometimes need to toggle a couple of them off and on when they clash. And then it crashes about once or twice a week, graphics rendering just stops, artifacts draw across the screen and it goes blank and unresponsive and needs to be hard rebooted.
As someone who's been having some pretty nasty issues with KDE Plasma as of late I think these extensions will help nicely in my shift to Gnome. Always fun to try new things and see what works for us!
Migrated to Fedora Silverblue recently, and all I've needed were User Themes to use the Yaru shell theme, and the aforementioned Auto Move Windows since I stopped tinkering with window managers but found auto assigning windows too useful to give up.
With Budgie, I find I have to always install DesktopFolder just to get back desktop functionality because GNOME is locked down by default. The panel is broken in that doesn’t pin everything so I replace it with Plank. The top bar is better than GNOME because a running window instance replaces the useless Activities tab. Much more sane defaults that don’t inhibit a traditional workflow.
I use KDE, so knowing that Gnome can be changed to work more like KDE is good. Although, I auto-hide my taskbar and I can't even remember the last time I opened an app by hitting just the Meta/Super/WinKey and then typed something to find the app. I've got everything I use on a daily basis, and then some, set with their own shortcut key. Anyone else do that?
imo I actually quite like the design of GNOME 3.38 and really the entire GNOME 3x series with the default OOBE and I'm not much of a fan of the GNOME 40 series UX design but I don't actually use GNOME, I use KDE Plasma 5x DE (on KDE Neon which lets me switch to GNOME 3.38 in the SDDM menu) and Windows 11. | do however think that many GNOME 40x applications look better and function better than the 3x series. Personally, I would pick SDDM + GNOME 43 using the Breeze GTK theme and Breeze QT Theme and no extensions...
I get the idea of this video, but I also think that videos like this would affect the audience retention of DistroTube in a negative way, considering most people subscribed already know these extension and look at other similar channels, the only users who would watch this completely is the very new users who have come into Linux and have not subscribed to anything Linux based.
If you really wanted vanilla gnome you would have waited for 5 more days to get the Vanilla-est gnome 43 on fedora 37. Essentially, you extended gnome into kde.
:I see that your channel is very valuable. I would love to repost your whole channel, without changing anything, on the nice platform named Gan Jing World. If you agree with that, please let me know. Thanks!
Gnome shell continues to get worse and worse. They are so focused on creating a touch interface the UI continues to suffer for no purpose. No one creating a tablet/phone would ever consider gnome shell as it has too many issues.. It is beyond absurd how much wasted effort the shell project gas. They should use wlroots and grk instead of st. That being said, I'm glad these extensions exist, it is a shame that upstream doesn't incorporate them nativity.
Or Budgie. It will move away from GNOME beginning with 11. Its beautifully integrated with the GNOME stack. Just the way GNOME would have been had it been designed right.
I completely disagree with you here, why do you bother to use Gnome at all if you do not like It's lay-out? You should just use Mint, or other distros with what you call "traditional" lay-out. I mean, why would you use Gnome Desktop and make it look like any other desktop environment?
Unfortunately, GNOME has never been good in terms of user experience. Neither for new Linux users nor for anyone else. You would never convince anybody to use Linux if there was only GNOME desktop environment. Sorry, but It is worse than the experience with FVWM twenty years ago...
Dude, let the taskbar go... Why would you wunna take gnome and make it like every other desktop environment? The point of gnome is that it's stripped down and clean. You of all people should know that the start menu is just bloat.
arch and fedora got vanilla gnome
Debian too
Up until 9:52 your video didn't teach me anything new. But then you scrolled all the way down on Extensions List and I saw "X11 Gestures". That got me interested. Now I finally have gestures without needing Wayland. Thanks DT.
Exactly what ive been looking for. Thank you!
Great video, all the extensions that I didn't know I needed :)
I like the fact that how the word "traditional" was used repeatedly
I went from being a GNOME hater to being a fan. Thanks to Fedora 36 Workstation and Ubuntu 22.04LTS 💪🙏
After literally 2 decades of distrohopping, Debian unstable plus Gnome (and a small handful of extensions) is Linux bliss for me.
This is nice! Gonna go install a couple of these now; thanks DT! 👋
Yesss.. thank you very much DT, i really need this video
As always writing a comment to support the channel
I agree with your comment of GNOME being great since the 40 series. The only thing that's lacking for me is a system tray and that's the only thing forcing me to use a extension.
Right, the System Tray and Dash to Dock may be part of Gnome by defaut. That's also my only extensions since Gnome43. ^^
Stock GNOME 42 on Fedora with Dash to dock for cosmic. Thing I like about GNOME, super simple and not an overload of settings and options found in other DE's or operating systems. I live in the terminal so don't really need all the fluff. GNOME is great when you use it like GNOME, sucks when you try to use it like more 'traditional' ( Windows ) desktop's, so stop fighting it, just learn the keyboard shortcuts. My Ten cents worth.
Exactly. KDE kills me within 15 minutes with its settings EVERYWHERE!
GNOME keeps things calm.
Gnome 43 on openSUSE is awesome. Although I like some things a bit more on Gnome 42.
Already excited for 44 😅
I found caffeine crucial for most GTK desktops, for some reason GNOME, Cinnamon and Mate don't detect that I'm using a controller to play games, the controller works but it doesn't detect I'm using and the screen shuts down. Only Plasma doesn't do that.
I love GNOME, but I keep it relatively clean with minimal extensions (caffiene and app tray as needed). Using this number of extensions on a rolling release distro is just asking to break on a new release. 😬
You forget to mention an important feature of Dash To Panel extension, and that is the full screen preview (aero mode in windows). This is a difficult to find feature in most linux distros, but in my view quite important if you fully use multi-tasking.
I discovered gTile recently which is a really nice window placement extension. I don't use the grid view much but set shortcuts to quickly tile a window.
When you make Linux look like windows.
This is what windows should have been.
Subbed!
Hi... how I can integrate VITAL with dash?
I use a few of these myself, the other extensions I like are "No overview at startup" and "Sound Percentage"
great example, used it for Ubuntu 24.10 to get that traditional desktop look. Thought I was going to have to switch to Ubuntu Cinnamon. Thanks!
Hey DT regarding to the issue @8:40 there are apps that auto moves your camera view up or down, if mouse goes there. Maybe You could do that with some custom scripts too
So, Mint 21??
Can you make a video about compiling openage and convert game assets, openage is the open source age empiers 2 engine.
I have a lot of extensions on my desktop to turn it into a macOS-like interface (it's my usual daily driver so keeping commonality is convenient). Unfortunately some of them seem to be unstable or have compatibility issues with others as I sometimes need to toggle a couple of them off and on when they clash. And then it crashes about once or twice a week, graphics rendering just stops, artifacts draw across the screen and it goes blank and unresponsive and needs to be hard rebooted.
Greetings from germany.
hey DT, a heads up: your paypal link is borked on the odysee mirror.
You say you prefer a bottom panel, but on your main set up you use a top panel?
I just install Material Shell, I wish it was available for all platforms
As someone who's been having some pretty nasty issues with KDE Plasma as of late I think these extensions will help nicely in my shift to Gnome. Always fun to try new things and see what works for us!
My favorite gnome extensions : dash to panel & caffeine
Migrated to Fedora Silverblue recently, and all I've needed were User Themes to use the Yaru shell theme, and the aforementioned Auto Move Windows since I stopped tinkering with window managers but found auto assigning windows too useful to give up.
Note that ArcMenu is abandoned / not maintained anymore and does not work on GNOME 43.
The title should be "TOP 5 Extensions to make GNOME look like Windows"
Alternate title: "How to turn your Gnome into KDE"
Can you do a video about distrobox?
After using material shell, I don't think I'll ever be able to leave gnome or go through the hassle of setting up my own tiling wm
There is a newer Caffeine fork called Espresso
I am a big fan of vanilla Gnome since Gnome 40 and I would love to see more Distros to have a Vanilla version.
agreed, or at least have the option to use vanilla other than the specific configuration the distro uses.
@@ary2000 Yeah, that is what I meant actually.
I use arc menu top panel with the nicro doc workspace changer….ect i love it
Revealing I'm a Linux noob, but it would be useful to know how to access the extension manager (or install it -- Fedora 36 new install).
With Budgie, I find I have to always install DesktopFolder just to get back desktop functionality because GNOME is locked down by default. The panel is broken in that doesn’t pin everything so I replace it with Plank. The top bar is better than GNOME because a running window instance replaces the useless Activities tab. Much more sane defaults that don’t inhibit a traditional workflow.
Is Manjaro on Gnome 43 already?
I'm still waiting for too
@@CesarPeron seems like everyone is delayed. Fedora, Arch, Manjaro. Only openSUSE got it right after the release.
I don't get what a "power user" can't do with gnome that can be done with kde.
I love tiling windows managers, so, when I have to use gnome pop shell is all I need.
Would Love the Auto Move Windows Extension available for Linux Mint!
Hey DT what do u use for “caffeine” in your tiling WM distro?
I also use the Compiz effect. Can't live without my flaccid windows.
I use KDE, so knowing that Gnome can be changed to work more like KDE is good. Although, I auto-hide my taskbar and I can't even remember the last time I opened an app by hitting just the Meta/Super/WinKey and then typed something to find the app. I've got everything I use on a daily basis, and then some, set with their own shortcut key. Anyone else do that?
Please make a vid about nixOS and how to install DWM on it 🙏
I didn't know that Gnome needs coffee to work properly in the eyes of a Linux user
Why not just settle with zorin then
I always liked Gnome 3 series, but lately I've been using MATE with the Gnome 2 drop downs menus (Applications, Places, System).
My fav baldman S2
DT, After watching your video again, your Gnome desktop looks like KDE, you might as well use that.
I have Gnome extensions, I go back and forth on using them.
Better install Manjaro Cinnamon from the start. At least it's more reliable and update-proof that third-party extensions.
but your video content quality is so high. Really it is delight to watch.
imo I actually quite like the design of GNOME 3.38 and really the entire GNOME 3x series with the default OOBE and I'm not much of a fan of the GNOME 40 series UX design but I don't actually use GNOME, I use KDE Plasma 5x DE (on KDE Neon which lets me switch to GNOME 3.38 in the SDDM menu) and Windows 11. | do however think that many GNOME 40x applications look better and function better than the 3x series.
Personally, I would pick SDDM + GNOME 43 using the Breeze GTK theme and Breeze QT Theme and no extensions...
honestly gnome looks like a desktop environment that was built thinking about touch screens in mind.
Which is a great thing. Making GNOME suitable for environments (businesses, Enterprise) which reply on multiple types of computers 💪
You've achieved the initial Cinnamon experience. Lol
using pop os rn! it is awesome
IceWM has all these out of the box
So, if you want a behaviour and look like Windows, use KDE.
I get the idea of this video, but I also think that videos like this would affect the audience retention of DistroTube in a negative way, considering most people subscribed already know these extension and look at other similar channels, the only users who would watch this completely is the very new users who have come into Linux and have not subscribed to anything Linux based.
why?
Clipboard Indicator
ddterm
Gestures Improvements
Hey DT
Make a video on bedrock linux
If you really wanted vanilla gnome you would have waited for 5 more days to get the Vanilla-est gnome 43 on fedora 37.
Essentially, you extended gnome into kde.
Windows? What's that?
so basically you've turned gnome into the gtk kde :trollface:
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the top bar in gnome is useless
You promised us you would not do videos on gnome anymore...
:I see that your channel is very valuable. I would love to repost your whole channel, without changing anything, on the nice platform named Gan Jing World. If you agree with that, please let me know. Thanks!
Gnome shell continues to get worse and worse. They are so focused on creating a touch interface the UI continues to suffer for no purpose. No one creating a tablet/phone would ever consider gnome shell as it has too many issues.. It is beyond absurd how much wasted effort the shell project gas. They should use wlroots and grk instead of st. That being said, I'm glad these extensions exist, it is a shame that upstream doesn't incorporate them nativity.
Just use Mate or Cinnamon.
Or Budgie. It will move away from GNOME beginning with 11. Its beautifully integrated with the GNOME stack. Just the way GNOME would have been had it been designed right.
@@NormanF62 Yeah Budgie is ok. Like a more properly designed Gnome, as you say.
Looks similar to Mate"
Finally someone talks about the most useless Gnome's top panel.
Gnome is for garden.
why even use gnome if you have to do this to it. why not just use one of the many DEs that you're trying to hack gnome to work like
Yeah just use KDE Plasma.
I completely disagree with you here, why do you bother to use Gnome at all if you do not like It's lay-out? You should just use Mint, or other distros with what you call "traditional" lay-out. I mean, why would you use Gnome Desktop and make it look like any other desktop environment?
I'm a fan of Gnome Twerking.
First comment :D I hate Gnome.... ;)
First reply I somewhat like gnome. Couldn’t bring myself to say I love gnome.
I'm a plasma fan
@@plutorocks1 Me too... :)
I find this video redundant. If you're using GNOME, and you want a traditional workflow it's as easy as typing "yay -S kde-plasma-desktop".
I love Linux... take Gnome and make it look like KDE
Am I crazy? Is that how Gnome is supposed to be pronounced? Is it a meme or something?
It sounds like you just want windows lol
GVDT.
I've never been a fan of gnome.
Vanilla gnome is so terrible
Unfortunately, GNOME has never been good in terms of user experience. Neither for new Linux users nor for anyone else. You would never convince anybody to use Linux if there was only GNOME desktop environment. Sorry, but It is worse than the experience with FVWM twenty years ago...
Dude, let the taskbar go... Why would you wunna take gnome and make it like every other desktop environment? The point of gnome is that it's stripped down and clean. You of all people should know that the start menu is just bloat.
gnome is not a desktop. its a toaster menu app
just. install. kde.