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My Sane GNOME Setup

28/09/2025

In this post i will try to explain my setup and ramble about gnome devs and this DE

The Idea:

Just a Screen. Simple as that.

I call all my programs through shortcuts. I use the overview sometimes to switch workspaces or to see the time/date, I think it works pretty great.

Themes

I just use the normal adwaita theme. To be honest I kinda like the old one more, with all the depth and that kinda-like skeuomorphic design. It was “modern” but not taste-less like GTK4.

To make everthing consistent i installed Adw-GTK3, it makes the GTK3 programs look like GTK4 ones.

Icons

I gave up trying to customize stuff, i just use MoreWaita now, i think it looks cute.

Extensions

Extensions screenshot

  1. Auto Activities

This is kinda useless, but i like it. it opens the overview when there is no programs open.

  1. Caffeine

I use this to disable the screensaver when i am doing something where i don’t touch the mouse for a long time. It also disables the screensaver when i am in fullscreen.

  1. Custom Accent Colors

I don’t like much color, so i made everything gray.

  1. GSConnect

This is incredible, it works so well. I can have notifications, sync the clipboard, mute the computer when i get a call, control the music, send files and etc. I use it with KDEConnect on my phone.

  1. GTK3 Theme Switcher

So when the night-theme kicks in, the GTK3 programs also change to the dark theme.

  1. Just Perfection

This has everthing, i use to only show the top bar in the overview, make the dock slighly smaller and some other stuff.

  1. No Titlebar When Maximized

I use shortcuts to close, minimize and maximize programs, the titlebar is useless in programs like vscode.

  1. Rounded Window Corners

So that every window looks cute.

Extras

Firefox Gnome Theme

There is a theme for firefox that makes it look like Gnome Web, it’s called Firefox Gnome Theme, it also hides the tabs when there is only one open.

Firefox screenshot

Good Firefox Extensions

i will throw some firefox extensions so that the feds can fingerprint me.

Obsidian Adwaita Theme

I use Obsidian for most of my stuff, there is This theme for it, i also have a public Vault where i index Kanye West Music lyrics, you can check it here

Obsidian vault screenshot

Kanye vault screenshot

Keybindings

When i started using LARBS i got used to these keybindings, so i use them in every distro i use.

ActionKeybinding
Open TerminalSuper + Enter
Open BrowserSuper + W
Open File ManagerSuper + R
Open Music PlayerSuper + M
Open CalculatorSuper + C
Open SettingsAlt + F1
Lock ScreenSuper + X
ScreenshotPrtSc
LogoutSuper + Esc
Close WindowSuper + Q
Toggle Window StateSuper + Space
Left WorkspaceSuper + D
Right WorkspaceSuper + A
Move Window to Left WorkspaceSuper + Shift + D
Move Window to Right WorkspaceSuper + Shift + A
Move to Workspace [Number]Super + [Number]
Move Window to Workspace [Number]Super + Shift + [Number]

Final Thoughts

I am happy with my setup. I Hate gnome so much you have no idea, but I guess I got used to it? I like the overview and a bit of the design. I tried KDE for about 20 minutes and gave up. Maybe someday I will be happy with a riced i3 setup again but i don’t want to configure it.