GNOME Shell Extension
GNOME Shell Extensions allow you to add/modify features in Gnome Desktop. Gnome Desktop is used by Ubuntu.
Shell Extensions are stored in folder
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/home/USER/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions |
On Ubuntu 20.04, i installed NoAnnoyance extension. This prevent Annoying Windows Ready notification.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1236/noannoyance/
To install an extension, go to the web page of the extension, you will be asked to install a browser extension. Once browser etxtension installed, you need to install
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sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell |
This is same for both Google Chrome and Firefox. Now you can go to any extension page, select “ON/OFF” button on the page to install an extension.
Extensions i use on Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu don’t have a quick way to switch between sound devices. For example switching between headphone and speaker. I used Sound Input & Output Device Chooser for very long. On 2021-03-30, it stopped working. I started using a differnt extension Audio output selector, this have less features, but do the work properly.
List all Gnome Extensions
To list all gnome extensions, run “gnome-extensions list”.
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boby@sok-01:~$ gnome-extensions list desktop-icons@csoriano ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com ubuntu-dock@ubuntu.com sound-output-device-chooser@kgshank.net noannoyance@sindex.com boby@sok-01:~$ |
To enable/disable an extension, use
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gnome-extensions enable EXTENSION_NAME gnome-extensions disable EXTENSION_NAME |
Example
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gnome-extensions disable sound-output-device-chooser@kgshank.net |