Venturing into Linux ricing with i3 was an eye-opener. While I appreciated its potential, those key bindings were a handful. So, in this post, I’m exploring a different path in Linux ricing, adding just a touch of flair. It’s about giving Ubuntu a little charm, not necessarily amping up productivity.
Showcase
It’s not much, but it’s as stable as I like it.
GTK Theme “Nordic”
For the overall desktop color theme, I am using Nordic.
GNOME Terminal color theme
The color themes are downloaded from Gogh. I have Tokyo Night, Tokyo Night Storm, and Tomorrow Night Blue. I think these three suit well with my noridc theme.
GNOME Extentions
- Blur my Shell: I only use this to turn my top bar transparent
- Just Perfection: I use this to modify the top bar
- Rounded Window Corners: It not only can make your window looks rounded, but also add shadow around the edges
- Vitals: It is a top bar status monitor monitoring temp, fan speed, CPU Load, etc
- Other built-in extensions comes with GNOME 42
How to use the zip file downloaded from gnome extension website
- Ensure you have the
gnome-shell-extensionspackage installed.1
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions
- Unzip the zip file and looking for a file named
metadata.json. Open this file to find a line that reads"uuid": "some-name@domain.com". The value of uuid is the proper name you should rename the extension folder to. - Move the folder to
~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensionsand you will find your other gnome extensions are all sitting in there. - Log out and log back in to restart GNOME Shell.
- Now you can use the
Extentionapp to enable/disable extentions.