GNOME

GNOME is a modern, clean, and elegant desktop environment (DE). It's a bit resource-heavy and not as easily customizable as other DEs, but the unique experience it provides is sleek, cohesive, and efficient and extensions are available for increased options and functionality. If you have a powerful PC and love smooth, minimalist design, this might be the perfect DE for you!

Customizations

• Red-and-black theme (Matcha Dark Aliz), neon icons (BeautyLine), and a golden cursor (Breeze Amber).
• Keyboard shortcuts:

Shortcut	Effect
Super+D	Show desktop.
Super+W	Launch default web browser.
Super+T	Launch default terminal (terminator).
Shift+Super+T	Launch a fun alternative terminal (cool-retro-term).
Super+F	Launch file manager (nautilus).
Super+E	Launch text editor (gedit).
Super+C	Launch calculator (gnome-calculator).
Shift+Super+C	Launch GNOME character map to access emojis and other special characters (gnome-characters).
Super+S	Launch settings manager.
Super+K	Kill selected window (Xorg only).
Super+L	Lock screen.

• Terminator is set as the default terminal emulator to take advantage of its ability to split vertically (Ctrl+Shift+E) and horizontally (Ctrl+Shift+O). The GNOME Terminal is still available as a backup and, of course, you can easily install your own favorite terminal.
• Finally, the behavior of highlighting text by holding Shift while using numpad keys is adjusted to suit most modern users' expectations.

Software

In addition to the default GDL software, the following packages are installed:

• The entire gnome group, including:
  • Baobab for analyzing disk usage.
  • Cheese for taking webcam pictures/video with various filters.
  • Epiphany for surfing the web.
  • Eye of GNOME (eog) for viewing images.
  • GNOME Disk Utility for managing storage devices.
  • GNOME Software for discovering new (non-AUR) apps of interest. Installation and updates should still be handled via terminal (pacman or yay).
• A few GNOME extensions, including:
  • App Indicator
  • Dash to Panel
  • Pano (next-gen clipboard manager)
• A handful of casual GNOME games:
  • Mines
  • Nibbles
  • Sudoku
  • Iagno (Reversi/Othello)
  • Quadrapassel (Tetris clone)
• Variety for wallpaper slideshow functionality.
• Gcolor3 for selecting on-screen colors.
• GDM Settings to customize the login screen.

Notes

• To update your system, type yayup in a terminal.
• Some options unavailable in GNOME Settings may be found in GNOME Tweaks or GNOME Extensions.