This is a list of five must have gnome shell extensions. You can find the commands below on how to install each extensions. After installing you need to restart gnome shell (type alt + f2 and press ‘r’) or logout and back again for the extension to start working.
1) Alternative status menu
This is one of the most important and immediate changes required in the new gnome shell. The user menu have only a ‘suspend’ shown by default; no restart, no shut-down, no hibernate. It is more funny if you have only one account in your desktop/laptop. You will get options like logout and switch user in the menu but still no shut-down or restart.
This is one of the most important and immediate changes required in the new gnome shell. The user menu have only a ‘suspend’ shown by default; no restart, no shut-down, no hibernate. It is more funny if you have only one account in your desktop/laptop. You will get options like logout and switch user in the menu but still no shut-down or restart.
Except the gnome decision makers, everyone else (I guess that includes many gnome developers) is using the alternative status menu which makes sense if you have at least basic common sense. This adds the hibernate and shut-down options back to the menu. No more Google searching or pressing if you want to shut-down your computer. You can save countless amount of energy by not pressing unnecessary keys to accomplish basic tasks.
Type the following command in terminal to get it installed.
yum install gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu
What a small name for the extension!!!!
I use a slightly modified menu that do not have suspend and switch user options.
2) Alternative alt-tab
This extension provides an alternative alt-tab that is window based. The default alt-tab in Gnome shell is application based. Multiple windows of same application are grouped together. If you want separate entries for each windows, then you could use this extension.
This extension provides an alternative alt-tab that is window based. The default alt-tab in Gnome shell is application based. Multiple windows of same application are grouped together. If you want separate entries for each windows, then you could use this extension.
Type in terminal
yum install gnome-shell-extensions-alternate-tab
I rather start to like the default alt-tab. You could change between windows of the same application by clicking on alt + (the key above the tab key in your keyboard). If you want to change between different windows then use alt + tab keys. This is a cool feature to have. So this may not be a must have extension in the future for me.
3) Places menu
This extension adds a nice new menu to the right hand system indicator area at the top panel. The menu contain your home and favourite locations including the locations of devices connected. This is a very nice and useful feature.
This extension adds a nice new menu to the right hand system indicator area at the top panel. The menu contain your home and favourite locations including the locations of devices connected. This is a very nice and useful feature.
Type in terminal
yum install gnome-shell-extensions-places-menu
The only concern here is the menu does not contain icons from the default symbolic icon set. So, this makes this menu feels like out of place in the otherwise beautiful gnome top panel. Hopefully this will get solved in the future versions.
4) Weather extension
The weather is an important part of our life and I like to keep an eye on the weather conditions. There is an extension which helps you to have a weather notification on the panel itself. This extension adds a notification and a menu next to the dateNtime menu at the center of the panel. This is a rather new extension and still have some rough edge to it.
The weather is an important part of our life and I like to keep an eye on the weather conditions. There is an extension which helps you to have a weather notification on the panel itself. This extension adds a notification and a menu next to the dateNtime menu at the center of the panel. This is a rather new extension and still have some rough edge to it.
Unfortunately there is no way you can install this using a simple terminal command. This extension is hosted in git; get it from here. You could either use git core to get this installed or rather download the folder to your computer. Extract the content and copy the folder ‘weather@venemo.net’ inside to the /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions folder.
5) No a11y extension
One of the nuisances of the gnome shell is the accessibility menu that is always visible in the panel. For a normal user this menu does not serve any purpose at all. If you are one of those user who gets irritated by the menu and want to remove this from the panel, use this extension.
One of the nuisances of the gnome shell is the accessibility menu that is always visible in the panel. For a normal user this menu does not serve any purpose at all. If you are one of those user who gets irritated by the menu and want to remove this from the panel, use this extension.
To install get the noa11y.tar.gz from here. Extract the contents and copy the folder inside to the /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions folder.
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