GNOME

GNOME is one of the most popular desktop environments in the whole Linux community. It is used by major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, and Fedora Workstation.

Customization

Setting up the theme

1. Open Settings and do the following:
   • Select Dark in Appearance > Style.
   • Go to System > Date & Time > Clock & Calendar and set the following into their assigned values:
     • Week Day: Disabled
     • Date: Disabled
     • Seconds: Enabled
     • Week Numbers: Disabled
2. Install User Themes extension.
3. Customize using catppuccin/cursors.
4. Install fonts and set via GNOME Tweaks.
   • Fonts
     • Interface Text: SF Pro Rounded Regular¹
     • Document Text: SF Pro Text Regular¹
     • Monospace Text: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Regular²
   • Appearance
     • Cursor: Catppuccin-Mocha-Teal-Cursors
   • Startup Applications
     • EasyEffects
     • Vesktop
5. Blur my Shell
   • Enable Applications > Applications blur (beta).
   • Add the following classes to Applications blur whitelist:
     • org.gnome.Ptyxis
     • obsidian
     • io.missioncenter.MissionCenter
     • org.gnome.SystemMonitor
6. Just Perfection
   • Disable Visibility > Keyboard Layout
   • Disable Visibility > Window Picker Caption
   • Disable Visibility > Background Menu
   • Change Behavior > Startup Status to Desktop.
7. User Avatar In Quick Settings
   • Set Position to Left.
8. QSTweak

Installing the Rest of the GNOME Extensions

• Alphabetical App Grid
• App Hider
• AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support
• Caffeine
• Clipboard Indicator
  • Private Mode: ALT+SUPER+V
  • Toggle The Menu: SUPER+V
  • Clear History: SHIFT+SUPER+V
• GSConnect
• Removable Drive Menu

Disable the Background Logo built-in extension.

Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

• Accessibility
  • Turn screen reader on or off: Disabled
• Launchers
  • Launch Help Browser: Disabled
• Navigation
  • Move window one monitor down: Disabled
  • Move window one monitor to the left: Disabled
  • Move window one monitor to the right: Disabled
  • Move window one monitor up: Disabled
  • Move window one workspace to the left: SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+LEFT
  • Move window one workspace to the right: SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+RIGHT
  • Move window to last workspace: Disabled
  • Move window to workspace 1: SHIFT+SUPER+1
  • Move window to workspace 2: SHIFT+SUPER+2
  • Move window to workspace 3: SHIFT+SUPER+3
  • Move window to workspace 4: SHIFT+SUPER+4
  • Switch system controls directly: Disabled
  • Switch to last workspace: Disabled
  • Switch to workspace 1: ALT+SUPER+1
  • Switch to workspace 2: ALT+SUPER+2
  • Switch to workspace 3: ALT+SUPER+3
  • Switch to workspace 4: ALTB+SUPER+4
  • Switch to workspace on the left: CTRL+ALT+LEFT
  • Switch to workspace on the right: CTRL+ALT+RIGHT
  • Switch windows directly: Disabled
  • Switch windows of an app directly: Disabled
• Screenshots
  • Record a screencast interactively: SHIFT+SUPER+R
  • Take a screenshot: SUPER+S
  • Take a screenshot interactively: SHIFT+SUPER+S
  • Take a screenshot of a window: ALT+SUPER+S
• Sound and Media
  • Microphone mute/unmute: SUPER+M
• System
  • Focus the active notification: CTRL+SUPER+X
  • Log out: SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+DEL
  • Open the quick settings menu: SUPER+D
  • Restore the keyboard shortcuts: Disabled
  • Show all apps: Disabled
  • Show the notification list: SUPER+N
  • Show the run command prompt: SUPER+R
• Windows
  • Close window: SUPER+W
  • Toggle fullscreen mode: SUPER+F
• Custom Shortcuts
  • System Monitor
    • Command: flatpak run io.missioncenter.MissionCenter
    • Shortcut: SUPER+ESC

Footnotes

1. SF Pro is made by Apple. You have to download their font package from their website, extract the fonts using dmg2img, and then install it into your system. ↩ ↩²

2. You can get nerd fonts at nerdfonts.com. ↩