10+ GNOME Tips & Tricks that make your life easier!

The GNOME desktop environment has a lot of great features and power, but some of it isn't the easiest to find. This video provides numerous tips and tricks to make your use of the GNOME desktop easier and more productive.

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End Screen Music:
Inspiring Ambience by Scott Holmes Music

Video Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:02 Quickly access Activities & Search
2:18 Accessing & managing apps
2:45 Workspaces (and their shortcuts)
3:47 Keyboard shortcut customization
4:41 View app keyboard shortcuts
5:05 Instantly search in apps
5:46 GNOME Tweaks options
7:29 Extensions (how to use, dock, panel, app indicators)
12:04 Conclusion

[denisstpierre]

Nicely done short, sweet and useful! Thank You

[rupe]

Thanks! The crtl+alt+arrow keys is exactly what I was looking for. I've been trying different distros and desktop environments and Gnome is most interesting to use coming from Windows because it's so different.

[tanmaypatel]

It was fun talking to you mate! Great work👍

[jakobw]

Kudos on this video! 👍

Do Tweaks and Extensions include things like:
changing the background or wallpaper on the Overview and Workspaces environments? Can you make transparent and hide/reveal the Dock at the bottom as well as the Toolbar on top?

[Kensownvids]

Excellent tips. Gnome on Fedora is an excellent choice.

[NetScalerTrainer]

Finally now I know how to get a windows like panel back!

[rmcellig]

Excellent video!! What gnome distros would you recommend? Which one do you use? Right now I'm using lmde. I like debian.

[cybernit]

ddterm (drop down) extension is nice just press F12 and have terminal. 1 Question how do you have unique background images for different workspaces? I am using Gnome 47 btw, thanks.

[neotwenty-nineBzH]

One of the best explanations of how to use gnome correctly

[anatolijbondarenko]

Please add Google documents, voice dialing, night theme with warm colors and 3-D live wallpapers. Thank you!

[human]

Ope, you betcha time to watch the video. What if I do not have a super key (1:33)? it does not exist like onions on a pizza. When I use to run the ol penguin go getter I never seen web search results appear there 2:08. So, I noticed straight away like a hot pocket out of the oven that you are running Fedora but wait this is a reason why I said this. It may be just Gnome and I just used the flavored tea version but when I used it I had the option of it appearing when I got near the edges but anyways Debian>Fedora heh heh. Since I know a lot of people who still run Linux have multiple monitors It might be quicker for those people just to drag it to that monitor instead of that way said at 3:00. This is just my observation since some people prioritize efficiency but your way works too. Oh my I see your location on clocks. So, I have your name, your distribution and location this sounds like you are inviting your fans for a meetup. Did I hear human interface at 5:12? I thought any visible interface wouldn't be considered human? I do enjoy Gnome Twerks its quite bopping if I says so myself. Now for pointer location I prefer the version that talks to you where it is you can have it yell if you wanted. So, for the minimize and maximum button I feel Gnome is pushing more towards developers and such for workflow maybe that is why they turned it off by default. Whoa there, did I just witness a jump cut for the downloading of Extension but why? it is ok if you have slow internet we won't judge. I could be misremembering but I vaguely remembering when I installed tweaks it also installed Extensions maybe I am misremembering or its only a terminal thing. Well I beg to bark that Dash to Panel is like Windows I say its more like Solus Budgie instead of Windows also the Windows power button is in a drop up aka inside the Windows button not the corner :). Great video even though I am waiting for a a KDE version of this video that may be my cup of water even if I do not run Linux anymore but I still like seeing both vastly popular environments.

[davidwayne]

GREAT JOB on fhe video... even a dumb hillbilly like me can understand how this works by watching you. I got all confused listening to some of the "ramblers" and talkers try to explain these things. :) THANKS.

[wiz]

my internet connection keeps cutting off so the system doesn't complete updating. Have to try again late at night

[jakobw]

P S.
By changing the background or wallpaper in my comment below - I meant independently in each workspace and overview.

[philipekema]

Is there a good auto tiling extension, like pop os?

[maxim]

I hate GNOME for many reasons, including their decision to remove minimize/maximize and hide buttons from window, including their decision to remove anything that tweaking and customizing smth in your GNOME system (and that tweaks also with the highest chance will be broken completely after another one system update in the GNOME system).
maybe KDE Plasma has much less money and investors, maybe KDE does not gain promotes from big tech like Red Hat, Canonical, Microsoft, but.... KDE Plasma at least allow end users do what they want in the context of tweaking customizing, in the context of gaining BASE FUNCTIONALITY OF WINDOW SYSTEM :D

[brads]

My biggest concern using extensions is them breaking on an update. Or just breaking something period. Is that a concern? I'm using Fedora with Gnome and a small number of extensions. Not bad though I like kde plasma a bit more (I also have a machine with Fedora KDE)

[alejandroivan]

One of the reasons I don’t like or use GNOME is that “double super key” stuff. I can’t find the first super key’s screen useful. I’d rather see only ONE screen with the spaces on top and apps at the bottom.

[jaunie]

Is there a live update website as a desktop wallpaper?

[PrinterMan]

Now if only gnome would stop tripping over itself and screwing everything up. Still horrible drag and drop with Wayland. Plasma 6 got it right why not gnome?