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Install Gnome Shell Themes with the User Theme Extension and Gnome Tweak Tool ~ Ubuntu 11.10
November 14th, 2011 | Customization, Extensions, Gnome Shell, Shell Themes, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | 20 Comments
Once again, installing Gnome Shell themes has changed a tad. Below are the instructions for installing Gnome Shell theme in Ubuntu 11.10. Installation 1. If you don’t have it already, install the Gnome Tweak Tool: sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool 2. Install the User-Theme GNOME Shell extension from PPA. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/gnome3 sudo apt-get update sudo [...]

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Install Gnome Shell Themes with the User Theme Extension and Gnome Tweak Tool ~ Gnome 3
August 19th, 2011 | Extensions, Featured Slider, Gnome Shell, Shell Themes, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | No Comments
Earlier I wrote about the User Theme Extension to change the theme of Gnome Shell. Then I reported you should manually installing GTK themes in Gnome Shell due to the css bug. But with the fix css extension, you can now use the User Theme Extension again. Installation Open the Gnome Tweak Tool. Under Shell, [...]

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Fix Gnome Shell Theme CSS for User Theme Extension
August 19th, 2011 | Extensions, Featured Slider, Gnome Shell, Shell Themes, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | No Comments
Earlier I wrote about having to manually install Gnome Shell themes because using the User Theme extension messes up Gnome Shell themes when using extensions. This is because of the CSS bug themes’ CSS get ignored causing them to look weird. This can be remedied by installing the fix CSS extension. Installation Download the extension [...]

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Add Power Off Option to the Gnome Shell User Menu ~ Gnome 3 Ubuntu 11.04
July 26th, 2011 | Extensions, Gnome Shell, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | 1 Comment
Fpmurphy has created a Gnome Shell extension that adds a power off option to the Gnome Shell user menu. This makes it so you will not need to press Alt, with Suspend selected, to power off your computer. Installation Download the extension here. Extract the file and place the extracted folder in the ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ folder [...]

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Install and Configure Activities Button Gnome Shell Extension ~ Gnome 3 Ubuntu 11.04
July 26th, 2011 | Extensions, Featured Slider, Gnome Shell | Joe Steiger | 7 Comments
Fpmurphy has created a Gnome Shell extension that allows you to add a logo next to the activities button and edit the activities button text. Installation Download the extension here. Extract the file and place the extracted folder in the ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ folder of your home folder. Restart Gnome Shell by Pressing Alt + F2 and [...]

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Install Applications Menu Gnome Shell Extension ~ Gnome 3 Ubuntu 11.04
July 26th, 2011 | Extensions, Gnome Shell, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | 6 Comments
Fpmurphy has created a Gnome Shell extension that adds an applications menu to the Gnome Shell panel. Installation Download the extension here. Extract the file and place the extracted folder in the ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ folder of your home folder. Restart Gnome Shell by Pressing Alt + F2 and running r. Configure The extension defaults to show [...]

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Install Places Menu Gnome Shell Extension ~ Gnome 3 Ubuntu 11.04
July 26th, 2011 | Extensions, Gnome Shell, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | No Comments
Fpmurphy has created a Gnome Shell extension that adds a “places” menu to the Gnome Shell panel. Installation Download the extension here. Extract the file and place the extracted folder in the ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ folder of your home folder. Restart Gnome Shell by pressing Alt + F2 and running r.

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Install Move Clock Gnome Shell Extension ~ Gnome 3 Ubuntu 11.04
July 26th, 2011 | Extensions, Featured Slider, Gnome Shell, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | 2 Comments
Fpmurphy has created a Gnome Shell extension that moves the clock to the right side Gnome Shell panel. Installation Download the extension here. Extract the file and place the extracted folder in the ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ folder of your home folder. Restart Gnome Shell by pressing Alt + F2 and running r.

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Remove Accessibility Menu With noa11y Gnome Shell Extension ~ Gnome 3 Ubuntu 11.04
July 26th, 2011 | Extensions, Featured Slider, Gnome Shell, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | 1 Comment
With the noa11y Gnome Shell extension, you can remove the Accessibility menu from the Gnome Shell panel. Installation To install, run these 4 quick commands in the terminal: mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions git clone https://ecoleman@github.com/ecoleman/noa11y-colemando.com.git mv noa11y-colemando.com noa11y@colemando.com Restart Gnome Shell by pressing Alt + F2 and running r.

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Install ThemeSelector Extension ~ Gnome 3 (Gnome Shell)
July 9th, 2011 | Extensions, Featured Slider, Gnome Shell, Shell Themes, Ubuntu/Linux | Joe Steiger | 15 Comments
ThemeSelector is a Gnome Shell extension to change the theme of Gnome Shell. Below are the instructions if you installed Gnome Shell from the Gnome 3 PPA. Before beginning, make sure you have git installed by running the following command in the terminal: sudo apt-get install git-core Proceed with compiling Gnome Shell Extensions: cd git [...]

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