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‎Desktop Environments/GNOME/GNOME.md

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title: GNOME
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description: My GNOME customizations.
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- linux
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# GNOME
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[GNOME](https://www.gnome.org/) is one of the most popular desktop environments in the whole Linux community. It is used by major Linux distributions such as [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/), [Pop!\_OS](https://pop.system76.com/), and [[Fedora Workstation]].
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## Customization
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### Setting up the theme
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1. Open *Settings* and do the following:
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- Select **Dark** in `Appearance > Style`.
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- Go to `Date & Time > Clock & Calendar` and set the following into their assigned values:
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- Week Day: *Disabled*
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- Date: *Disabled*
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- Seconds: *Enabled*
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- Week Numbers: *Disabled*
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2. Install [User Themes](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/) extension.
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3. Customize using [catppuccin/gtk](https://github.com/catppuccin/gtk).
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4. Customize using [catppuccin/papirus-folders](https://github.com/catppuccin/papirus-folders).
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5. Customize using [catppuccin/cursors](https://github.com/catppuccin/cursors).
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6. Install fonts and set via GNOME Tweaks.
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- Fonts
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- Interface Text: **SF Pro Rounded Regular**[^1]
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- Document Text: **SF Pro Text Regular**[^1]
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- Monospace Text: **JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Regular**[^2]
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- Appearance
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- Cursor: **Catppuccin-Mocha-Teal-Cursors**
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- Icons: **Papirus-Dark**
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- Shell: **Catppuccin-Mocha-Standard-Teal-Dark**
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- Legacy Applications: **Catppuccin-Mocha-Standard-Teal-Dark**
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7. [Blur my Shell](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3193/blur-my-shell/)
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- Enable `Applications > Applications blur (beta)`.
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- Add GNOME Terminal to Applications blur to the whitelist.
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8. [Just Perfection](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/)
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- Disable `Visibility > Keyboard Layout`
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- Disable `Visibility > Window Picker Caption`
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- Disable `Visibility > Background Menu`
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- Change `Behavior > Startup Status` to `Desktop`.
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9. [User Avatar In Quick Settings](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5506/user-avatar-in-quick-settings/)
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- Set `Position` to `Left`.
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### Installing the Rest of the GNOME Extensions
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- [Alphabetical App Grid](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4269/alphabetical-app-grid/)
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- [App Hider](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5895/app-hider/)
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- [AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/)
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- [Caffeine](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/517/caffeine/)
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- [Clipboard Indicator](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicator/)
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- [GSConnect](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/)
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- [Removable Drive Menu](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7/removable-drive-menu/)
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<!-- - [Disconnect Wifi](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/904/disconnect-wifi/) -->
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### Installing PaperWM
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1. Install [PaperWM](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6099/paperwm/).
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2. Edit settings
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- Turn on `Enable Gnome Workspace Indicator Pill`
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3. Adjust keybindings.
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| Operation | Keybind |
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
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| Open new window | `Super+Return` |
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| Close the active window | `Super+W` |
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| Switch to the next window | *Disabled* |
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| Switch to the previous window | *Disabled* |
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| Switch to the next window (with wrap-around) | `Super+]` |
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| Switch to the previous window (with wrap-around) | `Super+[` |
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| Switch to previously active window | `Super+Tab` |
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| Switch to previously active window, backward order | `Shift+Super+Tab` |
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| Switch to previously active scratch window | `Ctrl+Super+Tab` |
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| Switch to previously active scratch window, backward order | `Shift+Ctrl+Super+Tab` |
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| Move the active window to the left | `Shift+Super+Left` |
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| Move the active window to the right | `Shift+Super+Right` |
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| Move the active window up | `Shift+Super+Up` |
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| Move the active window down | `Shift+Super+Down` |
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| Activate the window under mouse cursor | `Super+Backslash` |
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| Switch to previously active workspace | *Disabled* |
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| Switch to previously active workspace, backward order | *Disabled* |
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| Move the active window to the previously active workspace | *Disabled* |
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| Move the active window to the previously active workspace, backward order | *Disabled* |
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| Switch to workspace above (ws only from current monitor) | `Alt+Super+Up` |
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| Switch to workspace below (ws only from current monitor) | `Alt+Super+Down` |
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| Move window one workspace up | `Shift+Alt+Super+Up` |
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| Move window one workspace down | `Shift+Alt+Super+Down` |
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| Switch to the right monitor | `Ctrl+Super+Right` |
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| Switch to the left monitor | `Ctrl+Super+Left` |
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| Switch to the above monitor | `Ctrl+Super+Up` |
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| Switch to the below monitor | `Ctrl+Super+Down` |
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| Swap workspace with monitor to the right | *Disabled* |
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| Swap workspace with monitor to the left | *Disabled* |
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| Swap workspace with monitor above | *Disabled* |
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| Swap workspace with monitor below | *Disabled* |
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| Move the active window to the right monitor | `Ctrl+Alt+Super+Right` |
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| Move the active window to the left monitor | `Ctrl+Alt+Super+Left` |
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| Move the active window to the above monitor | `Ctrl+Alt+Super+Up` |
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| Move the active window to the below monitor | `Ctrl+Alt+Super+Down` |
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| Toggles the floating scratch layer | `Super+Tilde` |
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| Attach/detach the active window into the scratch layer | `Shift+Super+~` |
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[^1]: SF Pro is made by Apple. You have to download their font package from [their website](https://developer.apple.com/fonts/), extract the fonts using `dmg2img`, and then install it into your system.
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[^2]: You can get nerd fonts at [nerdfonts.com](https://www.nerdfonts.com/).

‎Operating Systems/Arch Linux/Arch Linux.md

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‎Operating Systems/Fedora Workstation/Fedora Workstation.md

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This is a guide on how I customize my Fedora installation. [Fedora Workstation](https://fedoraproject.org/) is a great operating system if you want something between a beginner-friendly Linux distribution (e.g., [Linux Mint](https://linuxmint.com/)) and a highly customizable and experimental distro (e.g., [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/)).
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> "The [Z shell](https://www.zsh.org/) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a command interpreter for shell scripting. ZSH is an extended Bourne shell with many improvements, including some features of Bash, ksh, and tcsh."

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[Termux](https://termux.dev/) is an Android terminal emulator and a Linux environment. It can be used to run most Linux software without root. This guide will help at setting up and configuring Termux.

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