Best of Gnome Extensions

Gnome Extensions

Some of our favourite Gnome Extensions we use everyday on our Linux machines. Try the out or if you have some good ones you like to use every day then let us know and we can possibly add them to our machines and this list.

A prerequisite of installing these extensions is installing the Gnome Browser add on in your browser. I use Google chrome for installing these and the add on can be found here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore
And if you use Mozilla fFrefox use this link: https://addons.mozilla.org/

CPU Power Manager
Manage Intel_pstate CPU Frequency scaling driver.

Dash to Dock
A dock for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash out of the overview transforming it in a dock for an easier launching of applications and a faster switching between windows and desktops. Side and bottom placement options are available.

Desktop Icons
Add icons to the desktop.

Dynamic Panel Transparency
his extension will fade your top panel to nothingness when there are no maximised windows present.

Extension List
Simple gnome shell extension manager in top panel.

Extensions
Enable and disable easily gnome shell extensions from a menu in the top panel. Also allows to edit the settings of the extensions.

Frippery Move Clock
Move clock to left of status menu button.

Hide Top Bar
Hides the top bar, except in overview. However, there is an option to show the panel whenever the mouse pointer approaches the edge of the screen. And if “intellihide” is enabled, the panel only hides when a window takes the space.

No activities button
Do not show the activities button.

Tray Icons: Reloaded
Tray Icons Reloaded is a GNOME Shell extension which bring back Tray Icons to top panel, with additional features.

Tweaks & Extensions in System Menu
Put Gnome Tweaks and Extensions in the System menu.

User Themes
Load shell themes from user directory.

Sound Input & Output Device Chooser
Shows a list of sound output and input devices (similar to gnome sound settings) in the status menu below the volume slider.

Dash to Panel
An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell.

Applications Menu
Add a category-based menu for applications.

ArcMenu
Application Menu for GNOME, with various layouts to choose from.

Auto Move Windows
Move applications to specific workspaces when they create windows.

Desktop Icons NG (DING)
Adds icons to the desktop. Fork of the original Desktop Icons extension, with several enhancements .

GameMode
Status indicator for GameMode.

GSConnect
GSConnect is a complete implementation of KDE Connect especially for GNOME Shell with Nautilus, Chrome and Firefox integration. It does not rely on the KDE Connect desktop application and will not work with it installed.

Hide App Icon
Hides the icon and/or title of the currently focused application in the top panel of the GNOME shell.

Horizontal workspaces
Use a horizontal workspace layout.

AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support
Adds AppIndicator, KStatusNotifierItem and legacy Tray icons support to the Shell.

Launch new instance
Always launch a new instance when clicking in the dash or the application view.

Material Shell
A modern desktop interface for Linux – packaged as an extension for GNOME Shell. 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.

Native Window Placement
Arrange windows in overview in a more compact way.

Night Theme Switcher
Night mode for GNOME! Automatically toggle your light and dark GTK, GNOME Shell, icon and cursor themes variants, switch backgrounds and run custom commands at sunset and sunrise.

Places Status Indicator
Add a menu for quickly navigating places in the system.

Removable Drive Menu
A status menu for accessing and unmounting removable devices.

Screenshot Window Sizer
Resize windows for GNOME Software screenshots.

Unite
Unite is a GNOME Shell extension which makes a few layout tweaks to the top panel and removes window decorations to make it look like Ubuntu Unity Shell.

Window List
Display a window list at the bottom of the screen.

windowNavigator
Allow keyboard selection of windows and workspaces in overlay mode. number selects a workspace, and number selects a window.

Workspace Indicator
Put an indicator on the panel signaling in which workspace you are, and give you the possibility of switching to another one.

Cpufreq
System Monitor and Power Manager is a lightweight system monitor and power management tool.

Neo Desktop Icons
This adds desktop icons to GNOME. A fork of Desktop Icons NG with a massive amount of customizations (like icon shapes and curved corners), features, bug fixes, and overall polish.