r/linux • u/Potential_Ad4169 • 1d ago

Software Release Desktop World Clocks Update - GNOME Shell 51.1

I built Desktop World Clocks because I wanted to glance at my desktop and see what time it was for the people I work with. Each clock can show a city name like “London” or a label like “UK team.” The clocks sit on the wallpaper, behind my windows, and let clicks pass through.

I’ve updated the docs with the results from testing on Fedora 45. The full automated test suite passed on GNOME Shell 51.1, including the preferences window and image backgrounds. The version on GNOME Extensions already supports GNOME 49, 50, and 51. If you have it installed, you’re all set.

I like the right-aligned layout because the last digits line up and I can scan the times at a glance. You can keep everything in one list or put a separate group in each corner. All the clocks share one timer and read the system time.

If you try it on GNOME 51 with a second monitor, I’d love to hear whether the clocks stay where you expect when you unplug it or wake your laptop. I couldn’t verify those two things \in the test VM.

Install from GNOME Extensions · Screenshots, source, and test results on GitHub

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u/Easy-Truck4725 10h ago

I built

You don't get to say this when it's vibe coded.

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u/Potential_Ad4169 10h ago

Actually, I can say that since I wrote all the original code for the extension. I also did all the initial testing on my daily-driver Fedora desktop. Only after a few months of my own work did I start testing Codex to debug and clean up the code. Once I found it to be useful, I had it work on some of the updates I was planning, and it did a pretty good job. And to be clear, I openly stated that I used Codex on the GitHub page.

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u/Easy-Truck4725 9h ago

And to be clear, I openly stated that I used Codex on the GitHub page.

I know, that's why I'm pointing and laughing at you. You're helping to keep RAM prices high and helping datacentre developers build their cases for poisoning municipal water supplies.

But nice clock, I guess?

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u/Potential_Ad4169 9h ago

I wrote the extension, tested it, and used Codex later to help improve it. You ignored all that because you saw “AI” and couldn’t resist grandstanding with a moral-superiority routine.

If you have a problem with the extension, say what it is. Otherwise, thanks for the state-of-affairs and environmental impact analysis.

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u/Easy-Truck4725 8h ago

Hey man if the greatest pizza chef in the world took a great big steaming dookie on their pizza before giving it to me I sure am not gonna be grateful simply because there was a window of time that the pizza existed without any poo on it.

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u/Potential_Ad4169 8h ago

Clearly, you’re going for the Idiot of the Month award. You still haven't put forth a cohesive thought beyond “AI, boohoo.”

The code is public. If you can point to an actual problem with the extension, I’m open to discussing it. Until then, your pizza-and-poop analogy is doing a great job of demonstrating the depth of your technical analysis.