I have this problem that there is basically no good, modern-looking icon theme for Linux, and even the ones that do exist have this problem that, any unchanged icons look out of place (e.g. because all the icons follow some very specific design). I'm making my own icon pack to try to solve that (mostly for myself).

The goals are that it should look good and modern; unthemed icons shouldn't stand out; icons should have a freeform shape, not necessarily be bound to a circle or a square or something (similar to like macOS icons before Big Sur) (mainly because it helps icons fit in, but also is more versatile); and if an icon already looks good, especially if it's a recognizable app logo, I'd keep it mostly intact (and just make the necessary changes for consistency, like resizing it or replacing/removing the background shape). I made some of these myself; many were taken from other icon packs and modified (credits to WhiteSur, Kora, McMuse, MacTahoe, MoreWaita, and Deepin for some of the icons seen in the image); and some are official icons.

What do you think? Can anyone suggest a name for it?

I've used the GNOME desktop a long time ago (GTK3 times). Since then I have been mostly using i3.
I recently came back to GNOME because I wanted a stacking window manager. I have to say I really like the GNOME desktop with GTK4 and libadwaita. Everything looks and feels very polished and intuitive. I also like the redesign of the default apps.

Its great to be able to have such a nice polished desktop experience.

Just wanted to say thanks. Keep up the great work!

An extension that pushes app indicators to the Quick Settings while borrowing the "Background Apps" design elements.

Just added app-level overrides for ordering, labels and always hide. I intend to submit it for review sometime today.

Code source: https://github.com/VaZark/appindicator-quicksetting

Read the rules. Your stuff will get removed anyway, so why bother posting it in the first place?

I’m looking to go crazy with RICIng my fedora DE by installing…. An icon pack lol what’s the best pack in you guys opinion?

i've been working on "equinox", a gtk4/libadwaita app that could fetch new wallpapers at a set interval from:

• bing daily wallpaper
• windows spotlight
• nasa astronomy picture of the day
• wikimedia picture of the day
• (working on more sources like local folders and unsplash collections)

you could set how many wallpapers to keep locally, and view local/history wallpapers.

automatically catch up on missed updates (like planned update is during powered off or hibernating).

mainly for gnome desktop, also made it work on kde plasma and xfce4.

[ here is the link to github repo: nwkyz/equinox ]

note that this is still in early alpha, so bug reports are very welcome!

After relying on Windows for my primary daily driver, I finally made the jump and completely wiped the drive—no dual-booting or fallback partition.

My main goals were maintaining high video production workflows and modern gaming performance on an NVIDIA GPU. A few unexpected hurdles and fixes from Day 1:

• The 4K 30Hz Cable Wall: Initially ran into a 30Hz display lock over an HDMI 2.1 connection on GNOME. Swapping over to DisplayPort 1.4 immediately unlocked full 4K 60Hz RGB color output under proprietary drivers.
• DaVinci Resolve Studio on Linux: Runs exceptionally smooth with NVENC hardware acceleration, though managing AAC audio encoding required a quick script workaround to keep timeline playback smooth.
• Gaming Performance: Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 Next-Gen run smoothly via Steam Proton without noticeable input lag or shading stutters.
• Desktop Customization: Kept GNOME clean with Blur My Shell, Just Perfection, and Burn My Windows.

Put together a video documenting the setup process, benchmarks, and workflow tweaks for anyone curious about making the switch: https://youtu.be/Z0q4vyyI-gc?si=U3OOo6cAH7laTfQu

Do you have a recommendation of an extension that changes the wallpaper, shell theme and night light automatically based on the time of the day?

Just want to ask that is this normal?

I am using Fedora 44 Workstation on a ThinkPad X1 2in1 Gen6 and when I play a media this control for it appears multiple times for some reason.

I tried some troubleshooting such as:

• log out in back in
• restart the laptop
• turn off all extensions, disable them and enable them
• tried to play multimedia from different sources
• update the laptop and all my apps

I do not know what else I could do. Can anyone here help me out please?

I'm searching for macos sounds theme, but i could find one that's correctly mapped.

first i though this would work but it seems like a lot of them are wrong.

like power plug is begin record???

so i wonder if there's a sound theme that sounds exactly like macos, and the mapping is correct.

thanks

Anytime I use something that isn’t GNOME I constantly try to navigate by clicking the Super key and expecting an overview. That feature completely transformed how I use a Desktop or Laptop computer probably forever. If I could tell all the GNOME contributors just one thing it’d be this: Change anything you want, just please don’t ever get rid of the Overview feature.

I see this all the time on social media. People often joke about “GNOME knows best”, but in reality it’s when someone uses GNOME that other people start telling them to use KDE instead, not the other way around. Can we just all acknowledge that both DEs have pros and cons and neither is objectively better?

Two months ago I posted here about EvoDevo (then called "Evolution"), a highly configurable GRUB theme with scalable graphics, background blurring, and antialiased true-type fonts.

Some folks have been very helpful, and the theme has been improved considerably, with (among others) the ability to rename menu entries as you like, and the ability to show previews of the theme without rebooting and without needing to install a VM.

The theme generates high-quality graphics. The screenshot examples may not look good on Reddit, but rest assured that in real life everything is crystal clear **and** smooth.

The theme has been tested on Arch, Elementary, Kubuntu, Mint, and Endeavour, among other distros.

Important: (a) the theme cannot be installed on Fedora and derivatives; (b) the theme is incompatible with UKI (Unified Kernel Image).

Link:

https://github.com/ftonneau/grub-evodevo