Hi everyone! I’m excited to share V1 of Decksmith: a free, open-source project I’ve been developing for Stream Deck + on Fedora Workstation.

I want to be upfront: I used ChatGPT and Codex for coding, debugging, and documentation. I guided the features and design and did the hands-on testing on my desktop, multiple VM's, and Stream Deck.

I run the app daily on my Fedora Workstation 44. It has a native GNOME interface for creating pages, assigning keys and dials, and customizing labels, icons, images, and themes.

Some highlights:

• Application and website shortcuts, media controls, and system actions.
• Separate app and audio-device volume controls.
• Live audio meters and volume/mute feedback on the touch strip.
• Push-to-talk, automatic page switching, and background startup at login.

V1 supports Fedora Workstation 44 with GNOME/Wayland and one Stream Deck +. Broader GNOME distro compatibility, including Ubuntu & Debian, is planned for V1.5.

The repo includes screenshots, a short walkthrough, installation instructions, and known limitations:

https://github.com/infamous-pattern/decksmith

I’d really appreciate feedback - what works well, what needs improvement, and what you’d find useful in the next release. Thanks!

My Desktop World Clocks extension was approved and is now available on the official GNOME Extensions website!

Full disclosure: I used OpenAI Codex, a machine-learning coding agent, to help write the implementation, tests, documentation, and build tooling. I set the product direction, tested it on GNOME, reviewed the JavaScript, and maintain the project.

I wanted a simple way to keep the times that matter visible without opening another app. The extension lets you:

• Create up to four independent groups with ten clocks each

• Choose from all time zones in the installed IANA database

• Customize labels, fonts, sizes, colors, opacity, layouts, backgrounds, and monitor placement

• Hide time-zone abbreviations globally or per clock

• Use transparent, solid-color, or local-image backgrounds

It uses the computer’s existing synchronized system clock. The extension does not make network requests, collect telemetry, or run a permanent helper service.

Install it here:

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10916/desktop-world-clocks/

Source, documentation, and issues:

https://github.com/infamous-pattern/gnome-desktop-world-clocks

I’d really like feedback from people who work across multiple time zones, especially anyone using multiple monitors. What would make it more useful for you?

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I’ve just released NewBe 0.1.0, a free and open-source GNOME desktop experience inspired by one question:

What might BeOS have looked and felt like if it had continued to evolve into a modern desktop workstation?

NewBe is not a conventional retro theme or a pixel-for-pixel BeOS recreation. It follows current GNOME visual conventions—modern proportions, restrained decoration, symbolic icon behavior, clear focus states, and the existing GNOME workflow—while introducing its own materials, dimensional icons, warm-gold palette, and evolved BeOS character. The goal is to give GNOME a distinct identity without fighting the underlying desktop.

NewBe is Wayland-first and was developed and live-tested on Fedora Workstation 44 with GNOME 50. It includes:

• Light and dark GTK 3/GTK 4 themes
• GNOME Shell styling
• A complete NewBe icon theme with 100% coverage of its defined core set
• A custom HiDPI cursor theme
• Seven original wallpapers with GNOME Background integration
• An optional GNOME Shell extension
• User-local installation and uninstallation
• Dry-run, audit, accessibility, and verification tooling
• Reproducible, checksum-verified release archives

The installer does not require root access, modify system files, automatically change your GNOME settings, or download and execute remote code.

One honest limitation: many libadwaita applications retain their upstream Adwaita styling. The icons, cursors, wallpapers, Shell theme, and extension remain usable independently.

If the aesthetic interests you, the GitHub page has the screenshots, source, installation instructions, compatibility details, checksums, and full design philosophy:

GitHub: https://github.com/infamous-pattern/NewBe
Version 0.1.0: https://github.com/infamous-pattern/NewBe/releases/tag/v0.1.0

I’d love feedback, compatibility reports, contributions, and screenshots—particularly from Ubuntu and other GNOME-based distributions.

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I've been working on a modern interpretation of BeOS. However, unlike other "themes," this one is built predominantly using CSS to follow GNOME's guidelines. It's a Wayland-first design with a complete complement of assets, icons, wallpapers, and install and uninstall scripts.

It's a work in progress, but 85% complete.

You can find it here: https://github.com/infamous-pattern/NewBe

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I'm currently running Fedora 44 with an AlphaCool Core block on an XFX 7900 XTX, and everything has been great. Temps, frame-rates, updates, etc. No issues at all.

However, I'm in the process of cleaning and rebuilding my custom H2o loop, so I have the opportunity to switch to a 4080 Founders Edition with an EK Quantum block.

Question: Because I'm running Fedora, should I stick with the 7900 XTX (24GB) or move to the 4080 (16GB)?

System Specs:

• Asus ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Extreme
• Ryzen 9 5950X
• 64GB Corsair Vengeance 3600MHz
• 2x 2TB Samsung 990 Pro NVMe's
• LG 45-inch Ultragear 5K2K monitor
• Corsair 7000D Airflow with dual 480mm rads, a 140mm rad, 7x 140mm fans, 4x 120mm fans, and a 360mm pump/resevoir combo.

Thanks for your feedback/thoughts in advance.

Title kinda says it all. Is anyone running a Xeneon Edge on Linux, and if so, what are you using to configure/manage it? Thanks.

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Spent the weekend building my backyard solar array. Four Renogy 320W panels in series will connect to my Delta Pro Ultra. We live in SW Florida, so I left gaps between the panels to easily take them down in the event of a hurricane or serious weather. Next is the transfer switch.

I have a Delta Pro Ultra with 3 batteries, purchased direct from EcoFlow, that’s been running great for the past couple years. Every couple of months, I set up my EcoFlow 400W portable solar panel and test everything to make sure we are good for hurricane season or other outages. In mid-April, I did a firmware update and I ran my normal testing and the PV ports were suddenly dead. Nothing! I reached out to Support and spent 3 weeks going back and forth with them, testing every possible combination, using different solar panels, and creating videos to show that neither the Low or High PV work. Eventually, they sent me a new firmware to try but it didn’t work. Eventually, they agreed that solar charging on my DPU is dead and said the unit needs to be replaced.

I thought things were moving in the right direction unit I got an email from Support today; They won’t ship me a replacement until they receive my defective DPU. That leaves me with a $7,500 brick for an undetermined amount of time while I wait for the replacement, and it also means that I’m forced to go out and buy “proper” packaging to ship it back to them. Absolutely TERRIBLE customer service, especially for a company that touts their Customer Service and for such an expensive unit that was purchased directly from them.

I was considering buying a River 3 Max Plus for our RV, but based on this experience I’ll take my money elsewhere. Return customer LOST.

I upgraded to F44 Workstation yesterday and had a couple of extensions that were disabled in the process. When I check Extension Manager, it shows I'm running an older version than the latest: for example, Desktop Widgets shows I'm running version 15.3, but version 16 is the latest. I don't necessarily want to remove and reinstall them because I don't want to lose the config.

So the question is: how do you "force" Gnome extensions to update?