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?

Hi everyone, I often find myself in need to do actions to the opened applications in the overview in bulk, so I coded this gnome shell extension with the help of code generating tools.

Not uploading to the extension portal cause i don't want to crowd it with AI-generated code and don't know much about maintaining an extension, but if you want to check it out, you can find it here

Github repo

If you like it consider leaving it a star! Cheers!

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!

Hello everyone, does anyone here use clamshell mode with GNOME? If you do (or have done so), did you need any extra system configuration?

A few weeks back I shared Tempus here, a Pomodoro timer for GNOME (GTK4 + libadwaita, GPLv3). The comments were genuinely useful and most of them went straight into the last couple of releases.

What you asked for that's now shipped:

• Session length without opening Preferences — scroll on the ring while the timer is stopped and it nudges the current session a minute at a time, clamped to sane limits and saved automatically. The 25/50 quick-toggle is still there too.
• End sound that loops — option to keep the alert going until you actually dismiss the session, for when you've walked away from the desk.
• Two-way Markdown sync — load a task list from any .md file (Obsidian vaults work great) and when you tick a task done in Tempus, it writes - [x] back to the exact line in the file. Your notes and your timer stay in sync without touching the file by hand.

What's coming next, also from this thread:

• .org import/export alongside Markdown, with the same two-way file sync, for the org-mode crowd.
• Automatic ambient sound (rain, etc.) that fades in and out with your focus sessions — no separate app to babysit. This is the headline feature for 1.0.

Repo: https://github.com/EmaLica/Tempus — being packaged for Flathub, until then the README has build instructions.

If you find it useful, a star on the repo goes a long way — it's a solo project and it helps more than you'd think.

Thanks for the notes, keep them coming.

Hello everyone,

I am trying to use Gnome wayland on my laptop but the issue is my laptop's oled display is very saturated by default hence I need to use an icc profile which I found on a review website it works perfectly in kde and even in hyprland.

But when I am loading the same profile in Gnome, it does not change the colour of display and contents at all.

I don't know what could be the issue I tried searching on the internet but haven't had any luck.

Tried in Fedora Gnome 50 & Pikaos Gnome 50

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
• google earth view (see 0.1.3 pre-release)
• lorem picsum (see 0.1.3 pre-release
• (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.