Here’s a little script I use for every fresh install I do. It isn’t ground breaking stuff, but it saves me the hassle of diving into settings and finding all the check boxes to check. Here it is:

# Set Gnome Clock to AM/PM Mode
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-format '12h'

# Enable Fractional Scaling
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"

# Add Minimize and Maximize buttons
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'

# Display Battery Percentage
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface show-battery-percentage true

# Enable Tap to Click
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click true

# Enable Natural Scrolling
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse natural-scroll true
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll true

# Install Flatpak
sudo apt install flatpak

# Add Flathub repository
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

# Install GNOME Software plugin
sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak

To finish making gnome into a comfortable home for me, I also manually install the dash-to-dock and blur my shell gnome extensions.

Also note that I used to run into a bug with some apps and the fractional scaling option turned on. Even with the scaling set to a round number, apps like Vivaldi would be blurry when fractional scaling was enabled. When I had that issue I’d disable it and use gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.2 instead.

  • @luckykar
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    11 year ago

    Thanks for your setup, I have been trying to post up mine but the formatting is messing everything up.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Do you still need to isolate workspaces? I think that’s the default now, but on older versions I had to:
    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.app-switcher current-workspace-only true

    And then I have a volume wheel on my keyboard and I always need to set the volume steps to 1 via:
    gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys volume-step 1

    My wisdom to your wisdom