gnome-shell VS gnome-settings-daemon

Compare gnome-shell vs gnome-settings-daemon and see what are their differences.

gnome-shell

Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell (by GNOME)

gnome-settings-daemon

Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon (by GNOME)
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gnome-shell gnome-settings-daemon
31 3
771 45
1.0% -
9.8 8.6
3 days ago 13 days ago
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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gnome-shell

Posts with mentions or reviews of gnome-shell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-09.

gnome-settings-daemon

Posts with mentions or reviews of gnome-settings-daemon. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-09.
  • I don’t agree on the macbook meme, so i made my own version
    3 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 9 Mar 2022
    (Original commit that changed it: https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/69d9d8b1eda2d50acca5b4da58003afb8b82a7f1 "Note that "power off" is not an option as this would make the default action too destructive." )
  • how to contribute?
    2 projects | /r/gnome | 5 Oct 2021
    The wifi part is likely in gnome-shell or .gnome-settings-deamon (I would search "wifi" in filenames/code). After hacking, you can create merge request. But tbh such a useless button will never be merged into gnome. If someone would really really need it, you can create gnome extension
  • Setting up Printer Notifications
    2 projects | /r/swaywm | 17 Mar 2021
    Here is the code from gnome, you should be able to write a daemon that listens to the same events and creates notifications. https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/tree/master/plugins/print-notifications

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gnome-shell and gnome-settings-daemon you can also consider the following projects:

mutter - Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter

gamescope - SteamOS session compositing window manager [Moved to: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope]

GTK+ - Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk

CUPS - Apple CUPS Sources

Adwaita-recolor - Script for recoloring Adwaita. Public Domain because of Feren's wishes.

gamescope - SteamOS session compositing window manager

plasma-desktop - Plasma for the Desktop

greenfield - HTML5 Wayland compositor :seedling:

flathub - Issue tracker and new submissions

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

shell - Pop!_OS Shell

xonsh - :shell: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell.