https://eloymelo.com/tutorials/gnome/ Recent content in GNOME on Eloy Melo Hugo -- 0.147.9 en-US Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0300 https://eloymelo.com/tutorials/gnome/gnome-extensions/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0300 https://eloymelo.com/tutorials/gnome/gnome-extensions/ <p>My recommended extensions for GNOME 48+:</p> <ul> <li>App Indicator</li> <li>Blur My Shell</li> <li>Caffeine</li> <li>Dash to Dock</li> <li>GNOME 4x UI Improvements</li> <li>Impatience</li> <li>GSConnect</li> <li>Just Perfection</li> <li>Notification Timeout</li> <li>QS Tweak Quick Setting Tweaker</li> <li>Tiling Assistant</li> <li>Unblank Lock Screen</li> </ul> https://eloymelo.com/tutorials/gnome/gnome-fix-qtapps/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0300 https://eloymelo.com/tutorials/gnome/gnome-fix-qtapps/ <p>First install the adw-gtk3 package.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: left"></th> <th style="text-align: left"></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">Fedora</td> <td style="text-align: left"><code>dnf install adw-gtk3-theme</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">Arch</td> <td style="text-align: left"><code>pacman -S adw-gtk-theme</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">Debian</td> <td style="text-align: left"><a href="https://gitlab.com/julianfairfax/package-repo#how-to-add-repository-for-debian-based-linux-distributions">3rd party repo</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Then open your terminal and make the following changes to the <strong>environment</strong> file.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo nano /etc/environment </span></span></code></pre></div><p>QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb</p> <p>QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=adw-gtk3-theme</p> <h3 id="optional">Optional</h3> <p>GSK_RENDERER=ngl</p> <p>FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=&ldquo;cff:no-stem-darkening=0 autofitter:no-stem-darkening=0&rdquo;</p> https://eloymelo.com/tutorials/gnome/gnome-settings/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0300 https://eloymelo.com/tutorials/gnome/gnome-settings/ <h3 id="just-a-couple-of-adjustments-that-i-usually-make-whenever-i-use-gnome-as-my-default-de">Just a couple of adjustments that I usually make whenever I use GNOME as my default DE</h3> <p>Changing the timeout of the &ldquo;App is not responding&rdquo; popup.</p> <p>The default time is set to 5 seconds. In order to change it to a higher value or to remove it, follow these steps.</p> <ol> <li>Open the terminal and paste these values:</li> </ol> <p>To 60 seconds:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-plaintext" data-lang="plaintext"><span style="display:flex;"><span>gsettings set org.gnome.mutter check-alive-timeout 60000 </span></span></code></pre></div><p>To completely disable it:</p>