Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ships with two new extensions installed and active by default, both adding new search capabilities to the ...

Pigeon Email Notifier is a GNOME Shell extension that does one thing: show a desktop notification when new mail arrives in ...

Using Linux as a desktop operating system can be rewarding once you’ve customized it to fit how you actually work. Gnome’s minimalist design is beautiful, but it often hides features that many people ...

The recently released Linux Mint 12 offers a two pronged approach to supporting those who prefer the traditional Gnome desktop. Firstly, the Mint Gnome Shell Extensions (MGSE) transform Gnome 3 into ...

GNOME extensions personalize your desktop experience. My must-have extensions include Dash to Dock, ArcMenu, and LAN IP Address. Extensions don't need to be sophisticated to be useful. Doing one task ...

So far in this series I have looked at the Xfce and KDE desktops, which were conceptually similar in many ways. Now it is time for Gnome 3, but before diving into that, I would like to make clear, ...

As Lefebvre explained, "I'm not going to argue whether Gnome Shell is a good or a bad desktop. It's just not what we're looking for. The user experience the Gnome team is trying to create isn't the ...

The user interface shell of the open source GNOME desktop environment was completely redesigned for GNOME 3.0, which was released last month. The update brought a multitude of significant changes to ...