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hardened_malloc
Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability / integration over time.
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blur-my-shell
Extension that adds a blur look to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview
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bismuth
Discontinued KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.
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gse-sound-output-device-chooser
Gnome Shell Extension to show a simple chooser to select Input & Output device based on gnome control center
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material-shell
A modern desktop interface for Linux. Improve your user experience and get rid of the anarchy of traditional desktop workflows. Designed to simplify navigation and reduce the need to manipulate windows in order to improve productivity. It's meant to be 100% predictable and bring the benefits of tools coveted by professionals to everyone.
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Tiling-Assistant
An extension which adds a Windows-like snap assist to GNOME. It also expands GNOME's 2 column tiling layout.
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forge
Discontinued Forge - Tiling and Window Manager for Gnome-Shell [Moved to: https://github.com/forge-ext/forge] (by jmmaranan)
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- Pop_OS v24.04 LTS drops GNOME as default and sunsets Pop Shell
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Cosmic Alpha Released
> I love Gnome but I want (at least) quarter tiling
This is what I've used Pop!'s Gnome extension (https://github.com/pop-os/shell) for in the past. I don't think it'll receive much love after Cosmic is released (after all, Gnome itself is being dropped) but if it still works for whatever version of Gnome you use, it may be worth checking out.
After using FancyZones on Windows, Gnome's lack of tiling management on my ultrawide has become a bit of an annoyance for me. Unfortunately, my copy of Pop Shell broke at some point.
> no fragile plugin system
While I don't like Gnome's tendency to slow down or crash, I do very much like the plugin system. Things like GSConnect and various smaller tweaks improve my Gnome experience a lot.
I hope Cosmic does expose some kind of plugin system, though hopefully one that's not as prone to lag and crashes.
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syntax error on installing pop shell
sudo apt install git node-typescript make git clone https://github.com/pop-os/shell.git cd shell
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Rethinking Window Management in Gnome
If you use gnome, I can recommend Pop-Shell
https://github.com/pop-os/shell
- Why can't we have window management on a desktop environment ?
- Help. Iām using the PopOS tile windows extension(not on popOS) and most apps when opens after boot opens in a weird zoomed way as shown.
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Best extension to mimic tiling windows manager?
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.
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Exterminate your desk: How to remove your mouse
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.
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Tiling speed
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).
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Vanilla OS 2.0 Orchid base is changing from Ubuntu to Debian
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
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