Gnome Shell Tweaking with Extensions and Themes on Fedora 16
This is a guide on howto modify and tweak Gnome 3.2 Gnome Shell on Fedora 16, easily with application called gnome-tweak-tool, using extensions and themes. With this guide you have two option, install all extensions and themes once or install just extensions and themes what you want to use. There’s a lot of other themes and the extension, but those which are presented in this guide can be installed via the YUM package management, as well as they are of good quality.
1. Install Gnome Shell Extensions and Themes on Fedora 16
1.1 Change root user
su - ## OR ## sudo -i
1.2 Install dependency gnome-tweak-tool
yum install gnome-tweak-tool1.3 Install Gnome-Shell extensions
Following command installs all Gnome Shell extensions at once
yum install gnome-shell-extension*
Or alternatively, you could install just selected Gnome Shell extensions with yum.
Descriptions and Install Commands of all Gnome Shell Extensions
Classic Alt+Tab behavior (Window based instead of app based URL)
Lets you use classic Alt+Tab (window-based instead of app-based) in GNOME Shell. GNOME Shell groups multiple instances of the same application together. This extension disables grouping.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tabReplace Suspend with “Power off” on status menu / user menu
For those who want a power off item visible at all the time, replaces GNOME Shell status menu with one featuring separate Suspend and Power Off. Adds the ability to hibernate as well.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menuGNOME 2.x style application menu for GNOME Shell
Application menu for GNOME Shell. Add a GNOME 2.x style menu for applications.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-apps-menuAssign specific workspaces to applications
Lets you manage your workspaces more easily, assigning a specific workspace to each application as soon as it creates a window, in a manner configurable with a GSettings key.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-auto-move-windowsCollection of extensions providing additional and optional functionality to GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell Extensions is a collection of extensions providing additional and optional functionality to GNOME Shell. Common files and directories needed by extensions are provided here.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-commonShow CPU temperature on GNOME Shell
Gnome Shell Extensions that adds an applet on the panel which reveals current CPU temperature in Degree Celsius and Fahrenheit.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-cpu-temperatureShows a dock-style task switcher permanently
Shows a dock-style task switcher on the right side of the screen permanently.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-dockDisk device manager in the status area
Adds a menu in the system status area that tracks removable disk devices attached and offers to browse them and eject/unmount them.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-drive-menuGNOME Shell extension for GPaste
yum install gnome-shell-extension-gpasteManage icons in top bar
A gnome-shell extension to manage icons in top bar. Add/remove icons from top bar panel by simple editing gsettings.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-icon-managerControl Mediaplayers
A gnome-shell extension to control mediaplayers. Gnome shell extension Mediasplayers is a simple extension for displaying player control, music and music cover in Gnome Shell.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-mediaplayersArrange Windows in Overview
Arrange windows in overview in a more native way. This extension employs an algorithm (taken from KDE) for layouting the thumbnails in the overview that more closely reflects the positions and relative sizes of the actual windows, instead of using a fixed grid.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placementRemove Name and IM Status
A gnome-shell extension for removing the name and the IM status.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-noimDisable Hot Corner Ripple Effects
This Gnome Shell extension disables Activities hot corner ripple effects.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-noripplePidgin Integration
This package contains the necessary components to integrate pidgin with GNOME Shell.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-pidginGnome 2.x Style Menu
Places menu indicator in the system system status area that resembles the Places menu from GNOME 2.x.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-places-menuPomodoro Helper
This extension helps you to work with the pomodoro technique here. It provides a countdown timer in the gnome-shell and keeps track of completed 25 minute cycles.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-pomodoroPresentation Mode (disable screen saver and the automatic suspend)
Gnome-Presentation-Mode is a tiny gnome-shell extension that adds a new entry to the power indicator (the menu that opens when you click the battery icon). While presentation mode is on the screen saver and the automatic suspend will not kick in, allowing you to sit back and enjoy whatever you are doing without having to wiggle the mouse every few minutes.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-presentation-modeRemove Accessibility (a11y) Icon
A gnome-shell extensions for removing the accessibility icon. This simple extension does nothing more than to remove the accessibility icon in the top right corner of the GNOME panel.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-remove-accessibility-iconRemove Bluetooth Icon
A gnome-shell extension for removing the bluetooth icon. This simple extension does nothing more than to remove the bluetooth icon from the GNOME panel.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-remove-bluetooth-iconRemove Volume Icon
A gnome-shell extension for removing the volume icon. This simple extension does nothing more than to remove the volume icon from the GNOME panel.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-remove-volume-iconTop Right Hot Corner
A gnome-shell extension for an additional hot corner to upper right of monitor.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-righthotcornerMonitor Your System Status
yum install gnome-shell-extension-systemMonitorGnome Shell User Theme Selector
Gnome shell user theme selector with preview.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-theme-selectorLets the User Select a Custom Theme for the Shell
Lets the user select a custom theme for the Gnome shell. It will allow you to apply a style from /.themes/[themeName]/gnome-shell/gnome-shell.css
yum install gnome-shell-extension-user-themeeyboard Selection of Windows and Workspaces in Overlay Mode
Allow keyboard selection of windows and work-spaces in overlay mode in GNOME Shell. Switch to overview mode (press the windows or ALT+F1 key) and press the alt key to show numbers over windows. Press any number to switch to the corresponding window.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigatorWorkspace Indicator
Put an indicator on the panel signaling in which workspace you are, and give you the possibility of switching to another one.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-workspace-indicatorFast Switching Workspaces
A gnome-shell extension that add workspaces menu to status area of Gnome Shell for fast switching.
yum install gnome-shell-extension-workspacesmenuMonitor Status Indicator
This extension adds a systems status menu for rotating monitors (overrides what is currently provided by gnome-settings-daemon).
yum install gnome-shell-extension-xrandr-indicator1.4 Install Gnome-Shell Themes
Following command installs all Gnome Shell themes at once
yum install gnome-shell-theme*
Installs following themes atolm, dark-glass, elementary, gaia, orta and smooth-inset.
1.5 Fix Gnome Shell User Theme Bug
Simply run following command:
sed -i 's/THEME_EXT_NAME = "user-theme@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org"/THEME_EXT_NAME = "user-theme@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"/' /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_shell.py
1.6 Enable Extensions with Restarting the Gnome Shell
Press ALT+F2 -> write r (lower r letter) -> press Enter
2. Enable / Disable and Configure Gnome Shell Extensions and Themes on Fedora 16
2.1 Open gnome-tweak-tool
On menu it’s called Advanced Settings or on command line write:
gnome-tweak-tool
2.2 Advanced Settings (gnome-tweak-tool) Basic Config Screens
Here is screenshots just basic options, like Gnome Shell fonts, Gnome Shell date & time settings, etc.
Advanced Settings (gnome-tweak-tool) Main Screen
Advanced Settings (gnome-tweak-tool) Shell
Advanced Settings (gnome-tweak-tool) Windows
2.3 Advanced Settings (gnome-tweak-tool) Enable User Themes
Turn “User Themes Extension” ON and then restart gnome-tweak-tool to enable user themes.
2.4 Advanced Settings (gnome-tweak-tool) Shell Extensions and Themes
Then you can enable / disable all extensions that you want…
Change User Theme:
2.5 Configure Gnome Shell Extensions (Themes) with gsettings
Get all current Gnome Shell extensions settings:
gsettings list-recursively |grep "org.gnome.shell.extensions"
Example output:
org.gnome.shell.extensions.alternate-tab behaviour 'all_thumbnails' org.gnome.shell.extensions.alternate-tab first-time false org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock autohide true org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock hide-effect 'resize' org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock hide-effect-duration 0.29999999999999999 org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock position 'left' org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock size 48 org.gnome.shell.extensions.auto-move-windows application-list @as [] org.gnome.shell.extensions.native-window-placement strategy 'natural' org.gnome.shell.extensions.native-window-placement use-more-screen true org.gnome.shell.extensions.native-window-placement window-captions-on-top true org.gnome.shell.extensions.icon-manager desaturation-factor 1.0 org.gnome.shell.extensions.icon-manager top-bar @as [] org.gnome.shell.extensions.user-theme name ''
Modify settings with following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.[name] [key] [value]
Example
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock size 60
3. Screenshots of tweaked Gnome Shell
Gnome Shell – Workspaces menu
Gnome Shell – Classic Gnome 2.x menu
Gnome Shell – Dock
Gnome Shell – Atolm theme
Gnome Shell – Smooth Inset theme
Please let me know if you have some problems with Gnome Shell themes and extensions installation or usage?
Thanks a lot… very helpful…
I highly recommend cinnamon
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=274611
Klicking on “shell Extensions” I only get up an empty square. The other commands look as mentioned above.
Hi Ralph,
Could you post output of following commands:
Nice tutorial – sorted a problem out for me. Thanks!
Had a Linuxxcrash so had to install everything….. Seems to work. Anyway, the output is
[root@Samui ~]# grep THEME_EXT_NAME /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_shell.py
THEME_EXT_NAME = “user-theme@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com”
if ShellThemeTweak.THEME_EXT_NAME in extensions and extensions[ShellThemeTweak.THEME_EXT_NAME]["state"] == 1:
self._usertheme_extension_version = max(extensions[ShellThemeTweak.THEME_EXT_NAME]["shell-version"])
[root@Samui ~]#
[root@Samui ~]# rpm -qa gnome-shell-\* gnome-tweak-\* |sort
gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menu-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-auto-move-windows-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-common-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-cpu-temperature-0-0.3.git1f471c7.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-dock-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-drive-menu-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-gpaste-2.2.1-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-icon-manager-0-0.4.gitc34779c.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-mediaplayers-0-0.1.git259f96e.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-noim-1.0-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-noripple-1.0-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-pidgin-0-0.5.git80d4ea4b59.fc16.x86_64
gnome-shell-extension-places-menu-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-pomodoro-0-0.2.git13030cd.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-presentation-mode-0-0.3.gitbe7e0ae.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-remove-accessibility-icon-20111008-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-remove-bluetooth-icon-0.2-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-remove-volume-icon-0.3-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-righthotcorner-1.0-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-systemMonitor-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-theme-selector-0.9-3.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-user-theme-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-workspace-indicator-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-workspacesmenu-0-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-extension-xrandr-indicator-3.2.3-2.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-theme-atolm-3.2-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-theme-dark-glass-1.0-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-theme-elementary-3.2-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-theme-gaia-1.0-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-theme-orta-1.0-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-shell-theme-smooth-inset-3.2-1.fc16.noarch
gnome-tweak-tool-3.2.2-1.fc16.noarch
Hi again Ralph,
So you reinstalled your Linux and follow this guide and it’s not still working?
Press ALT+F2 -> write lg -> press enter -> Check Extensios tab, do you see any extensions?
If you start gnome-tweak-tool from command line, do you get any errors?
Installed Linx twice today, get error qwhen preasaing Alt-F2, running the progrgam in Terminal, the beginning says:
# gnome-tweak-tool
WARNING : Schema /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml missing summary text:
1
WARNING : Schema /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml missing summary text:
0
WARNING : Error detecting shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_shell_extensions.py”, line 145, in __init__
shell = GnomeShellFactory().get_shell()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/utils.py”, line 38, in getinstance
instances[cls] = cls()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/gshellwrapper.py”, line 123, in __init__
v = map(int,proxy.version.split(“.”))
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/gshellwrapper.py”, line 46, in version
return json.loads(self.execute_js(‘const Config = imports.misc.config; Config.PACKAGE_VERSION’))
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/gshellwrapper.py”, line 39, in execute_js
result, output = self.proxy.Eval(‘(s)’, js)
File “/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gio.py”, line 148, in __call__
kwargs.get(‘flags’, 0), kwargs.get(‘timeout’, -1), None)
File “/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gi/types.py”, line 43, in function
return info.invoke(*args, **kwargs)
GError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.Shell was not provided by any .service files
WARNING : Shell not running
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_shell.py”, line 57, in __init__
self._shell = GnomeShellFactory().get_shell()
Maybe I better go back to Windows?
First of all, did you run lg command after pressing ALT+F2?
You got following error when you try to start gnome-tweak-tool:
Do you have gnome-shell running at all? Or is your desktop running on fallback mode?