gnome-shell-extension-system76-power VS shell

System76-power gnome extenstion: https://github.com/pop-os/gnome-shell-extension-system76-power

Is it possible to get this working on cinnamon?

Yes, that works! If you have ever used Pop!_OS and moved to another distro, you probably miss their GPU switching functionality. Follow the instructions on this COPR repo and if you want the GNOME extension as on Pop!_OS, you can get it from here. Clone the repo, cd into it, then change the metadata.json and add a 41 so it does support Gnome 41 (not necessary on Fedora 34) and then run make and make install. Log out and log back in and then enable it in the extensions app. This method makes it possible for you to run Wayland even on the 470 driver version.

I have tried optimus manager multiple times, but it never seemed to disable my card correctly and save as much power as on Pop!_OS so I installed the system76 drivers from the tutorial on the System76 website. You might as well want to grab the Gnome extension to switch GPUs from their Github. It is also available on the AUR if you don't want to compile it yourself.

I have installed Manjaro today and wanted to set up the system76-drivers with the system76-power gnome extension, but the command that the extension uses seems to require root privileges. Here is the driver and the extension. On Fedora, this kind of permission change is not necessary because apparently the copr repo takes care of that already.

PopOS's system-76-power actually lets you completely turn off the nvidia GPU by selecting the integrated graphics mode, which is way more power efficient.

sudo apt install git node-typescript make git clone https://github.com/pop-os/shell.git cd shell

If you use gnome, I can recommend Pop-Shell

https://github.com/pop-os/shell

Pop Shell is what I use, and it works really well (not available on the GNOME extensions store, get it from here, installation instructions are present near the bottom). Forge is another great option. If you want to completely change the look of Gnome, and have a completely different experience, try Material Shell, another awesome tiling extension.

I quite like Pop!_OS Shell (https://github.com/pop-os/shell) for tiling on Gnome, it feels like the right compromise for me of tiling while still having access to a full DE. Seems that installing it on other distribution should be easy enough.

Is there a config of speed in PopShell https://github.com/pop-os/shell/tree/b5acccefcaa653791d25f70a22c0e04f1858d96e where we can adjust the speed of tiling? Just saying that extention like impatient only adjust the speed of animation, not the actual tiling or windows pops up (example would be archive manager pop-up).

One of my best friends uses the Pop Shell [1] GNOME extension to bring in an i3-like experience. It seems to lag behind a few GNOME versions, but system76 has instructions on how to use it on other distributions if you don't want to use Pop!_OS [2]

[1] - https://github.com/pop-os/shell

I am actually a pretty happy GNOME user -- granted, it is due to being able to tweak my experience with GNOME extensions and managing the aspects I care about with dconf settings managed with Home-Manager/Nix.

These are the GNOME extensions I find critical to me enjoying the UI:

- PopOS' Shell[0] for tiling windows

- Just Perfection[1] for making the appearance even more minimal/removing elements I don't use

I think if the GNOME team removed extension support altogether, I would absolutely switch to KDE. But for now, I get an extremely minimal desktop, and I really like it.

That being said, I typically live in my terminal, so I don't spend much time actually using the tools provided with my desktop environment.

(Just want to vocalize that there is at least one person who enjoys GNOME's approach of visually staying out of my way, but giving me a robust backend when I need it)

[0] https://github.com/pop-os/shell

[1] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/

Just started playing with Pop Shell under GNOME, and I can see the allure.