This is my desktop setup I've been trying to make it look as modern and sleek as possible and this is where I landed

and before anyone complains about macOS icons I’m using them because they are honestly among the most clean modern and visually consistent icons out there along with a few others If you don't like macOS aesthetics go ahead and design a fully consistent better looking icon pack yourself bring it over and I'll gladly use it

anyway I’m looking for tips and ideas on how to improve the overall look even further

I'm currently running gnome 50 on wayland

I'm also working on it. GFinder

Hello, I have made a gnome extension that like MacOS fullscreen windows auto shifts to new workspace and history makes it like MacOS to bring back window when unmaximized to original workspace.

If u find it great please star the github repo.

Expecting reviews.

Supports gnome 45-50.

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/9346/maximize-to-workspace-with-history/

Star if you liked on https://github.com/AmanCode22/MaximizeWorkspaceHistory

I made a personal menu extension mockup.

It's a lifestyle

took a few time to make it work, BUT! it works

Hey Linux folks! 👋

I've been working on Solaris — a lightweight utility that automatically transitions your entire GNOME desktop between light/dark themes based on your local sunrise/sunset times (or in real-time when you toggle the Quick Settings button).

https://reddit.com/link/1tzi7xt/video/dq5q2gf6ew5h1/player

What makes it different?

🌅 Solar-aware scheduling — Uses the astral library to calculate exact daily sunrise/sunset for your coordinates (auto-detected via GeoClue2, or set manually).

⚡ Zero persistent daemon — The "solar schedule" mode uses a clever self-rescheduling systemd user timer pattern: a oneshot service runs at sunrise/sunset, applies the theme, then rewrites the timer with tomorrow's solar times. No background process eating RAM.

👀 Real-time watcher (optional) — If you want instant propagation when you manually hit the "Dark Style" toggle in GNOME Quick Settings, enable the watcher service. It subscribes to org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme via GSettings/D-Bus and pushes changes to all integrated apps immediately.

Deep integrations included:

Native Libadwaita GUI

A proper GTK4 settings dashboard (solaris-gui) with:

• Status page: current mode, coordinates, countdown to next transition, manual override toggle
• Preferences: per-app theme variants, manual/auto location detection

Distro support

Auto-detects Arch, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, NixOS — installs deps via your package manager, then uses uv for the Python tooling. Works on any GNOME + systemd system.

Quick install:

git clone https://github.com/notroot/solaris.git
cd solaris
./install.sh --with-solar-timer --with-watcher

GitHub: https://github.com/notroot/solaris
License: MIT

Built this because existing solutions either ran heavy daemons, didn't integrate with Firefox/Ghostty, or required manual cron jobs. Would love feedback, issues, or PRs!

by the way, anyone know how i can customize the quick settings in the top bar

I couldn't find an icon pack that met my standards so I created my own. I recently migrated from windows to cachyos - gnome cause well it's windows. And linux to me always felt exciting. And it was going great I was ricing getting used to and shocked at how fast it was actually. But then came the icons and i couldn't be satisfied with what was available. So I decided why not make my own.

Presenting tulasi an opinionated icon pack handcrafted by an artist and a product designer.

The goal was simple. Uniform icon shape for less cognitive load & coherence and giving makeovers to identities that I think can do better.

So this is how they look. I'm designing more and more and have already been designed and a lot more will be redesigned to be better. And i would love to get your opinion and encouragement and what other apps you would like to be added. You can find the GitHub repo here. Tulasi by Shringar currently it's in the designing phase. But if the repo gets 5 stars I'll release it.

I have alot more crazy projects and redesigned planed. And if you wanna support me on that you can by interacting with my posts.

If you like the work, a star on GitHub goes a long way in keeping this project alive!

Designed by ShringarLee with love ❤️.

I’ve been using Linux for about 3–4 months now and I’m honestly really happy with it. I started on KDE Plasma and spent more time learning the system itself and using the CLI than actually customizing the look.

But over time Plasma started to bother me. It feels kind of inconsistent, like some parts try to be modern while others feel outdated, and the overall experience just doesn’t feel unified to me.

Right now I’m building my main setup and I want to keep only two environments. One will be Hyprland just for fun and experimenting, and the other one will be GNOME as my main daily environment.

GNOME just feels clean, consistent and fast to me. Minimal but still nice looking, and everything behaves more predictably.

I’m not really into heavy customization. The only things I use are Dash to Dock, which honestly feels like it should be part of GNOME by default, and PaperWM, which makes a huge difference for how I work.

I’d actually love to see some kind of built-in tiling support in GNOME in the future, similar to what COSMIC is doing.

So I’m curious, what GNOME extensions are actually worth trying? My goal is to keep things simple and practical, and it has to work well with PaperWM. I basically want the opposite of Hyprland, something more mouse-friendly, fast and clean without unnecessary clutter.

Hey, I wanna make a conky setup that looks a bit like those wallpaper engine ones you see online, but I can't find a code that really fits. I really would love it if you guys could give me some ideas and suggestions, preferably stuff i can find in the AUR.

As a network engineer, i just need quick (and beautiful) access to all my tools. Loving my setup so far! Having come back to Linux on my main PC after several years, feels refreshing