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00:00 Introduction
01:45 Astra Monitor
02:36 Pano Clipboard Manager
03:14 PaperWM
04:04 MiniView
04:51 Quick Settings Tweaker
05:12 Privacy Settings
05:29 Apps Menu
05:50 Places Status Indicator
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06:36 Just perfection
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08:43 Wiggle
09:07 Blur my shell
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09:56 Caffeine
10:20 DDTerm

I dont necessarily agree.

  • a different clipboard manager (whatever is equal to KDEs)
  • blur my shell
  • quick settings tweaker probably
  • privacy settings (which is only for pipewire apps I guess, so nearly none)
  • wiggle
  • probably some maximize to workspace
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[–] RedNight@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I literally don't understand how people use Gnome without extensions. We must be built different or I'm slow

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I use zero extensions these days. In the beginning I hated it (the Windows UX was heavily burned into my mind) but once the Gnome workflow "clicked" anything else felt super clunky.

Not that there's anything wrong with extensions. Some of them look great

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Same, that video is pretty silly but many extensions are really awesome.

  • blur my shell: just make it look beatiful instead of a bit ugly
  • appindicators: needes to basic app support
  • more quicksettings are always good
  • window decorations: why doesnt GNOME have a maximize button, this makes no sense

With those extensions though, GNOME is pretty cool. I prefer KDE a lot, and even though I hope to be able to use workspaces smoothly one day (which is still not easy in KDE I think) I am pretty happy.

But if you think about it, not having workspaces is a total pain.

[–] ByteWelder@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

why doesnt GNOME have a maximize button

Probably because you can double-click the window 'bar' to achieve the same.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. KDE too but you also have a button. Makes more sense to control windows through buttons instead of a button, a doubleclick on a bar and a keystroke (meta)

[–] imecth@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The reason it was cut is more about the drag action, dragging to panel maximizes and grabbing it will automatically restore it down. It's basically combined with the move window action.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

Thats also how it works on KDE :D

Just not on Cosmic, I hope they add that

[–] toikpi@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Tweaks application has a switch to enable maximize buttons on windows https://itsfoss.com/gnome-minimize-button/

Gnome has workspaces. I currently 3 workspaces open. I regularly have four or more open. https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-workspaces.html.en

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

Yes I meant GNOME is the only one where I could use workspaces easily.