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I have tried both gnome and kde, out of the box ive tried many distros with kde and my 100hz monitor works fine on them even on windows, but on gnome im unable to get 100hz to work, id be stuck on 60hz out of the box, the options show and if i set them it just shows a black screen with " hdmi not found "

Hi,

I have a question. If you own 5K 27" can you please check what scaling options it gives you on gnome 50.1? Is there something like 225%, 233%, 235%, 250% ?

If i had 5K 27" display I would propably use 200% or something around 235%.

Also what is resolution of full size screen shot on those other (more than 200%) resolutions? Is it exacly 5120x2880 or something other?

Hey everyone!

I recently switched to a 32:9 Samsung super-ultrawide monitor, and while the hardware is amazing, it has completely broken my GNOME workflow.

When I was on a standard 16:9 monitor, my workflow was heavily reliant on workspaces (1 application per workspace maximized). It was fast, clean, and switching between workspaces felt natural.

The animations when switching workspaces on a 32:9 screen are crazy (moving that entire massive screen surface all at once).

I’ve tried tiling assistants like Tiling Shell, but it ends up forcing me into a single workspace, managing a massive grid of windows. It feels incredibly slow and tedious compared to the fast workspace-switching I’m used to.

For those of you who use a 32:9 monitor with GNOME, how do you adapt your workflow?

I've been using GNOME since 2021, moving from Plasma to GNOME 40. I love it so much, unbelievably much. I love how consistent the design is, in WM, first-party apps, as well as numerous 3rd party apps. Over the years I found some disagreements with some decisions, but overall, I don't have a preferable alternative, and still love GNOME. I still think it's the best thought-out desktop environment yet.

Because of that, it feels like such a shame so many people who switch from windows to Linux now feel like using KDE Plasma. Basically everyone either recommends distros that ship with Plasma or other non-gnome Desktop by default. Much of the median Linux users online voice opinions against Gnome, pushing people away from even trying it out.

As it now stands, I feel like GNOME is on a trajectory to becoming a niche DE. It won't happen immediately, but the course is clear. Historically GNOME distros, such as Fedora Workstation, have upgraded Plasma into a first-class edition, marketing it alongside their current GNOME Workstation.It's understandable since many people are looking for a KDE distro specifically and KDE was often left in the back-alleys of "spins" and "flavors" until recently.

It does worry me, I would like the GNOME project to succeed and keep delivering a great user experience. With major distros beginning to shift away, it looks possible that the future of GNOME will be rockier than today.

Hello, I wanted to ask the community what dock I should be using to achieve my desired look & workflow.

Context:

I normally would be using Dash to Dock & Blur my shell, but if I don't disable the dock blur there's a memory leak with blur my shell & the journal's get spammed with "can't update views".

For the longest time I would disable the blur for the dock & install user themes extension then use the yaru-theme from the Fedora repos.

Well doing this has been causing hard gnome crashes, so I cannot use the yaru theme / user themes.

I don't like the way Dash to Dock looks, yes I know I can recolor it but none of the colors look right and I can't get a good amount of transparency where it doesn't feel like too much or too little.

I really liked how the Yaru theme recolored it but yeah.. the crashes.

I'm not trying to be picky but I am extremely obsessive with how I make my desktop look and if there's any suggestions that can help me find what I am looking for it would be greatly appreciated.

I did try dash to dock animated as well, but the bottom of the dock was cut off my screen but hopefully that was user error.

Dash to panel is not what I am looking for either, I want my top bar & dock to intelligently auto hide and appear as I need it like dash to dock can.

I like switching between different Gnome extension configurations (vanilla, one that looks like Ubuntu, one that looks more like Cinnamon). I experimented with making a shell script that enables and left-aligns dash to dock but want to know if there's a GUI solution.

Is there a way to create a set of enabled extensions and tweaks that I can easily switch between?

I love GNOME, I really do, but my gosh does it suck on bleeding edge distros compared to something like Debian.

First, the obvious issue: extensions breaking constantly whenever a new GNOME version drops. Sometimes they stay broken for weeks, sometimes months. For people like me who genuinely enjoy using extensions, it becomes exhausting.

Second, bugs with no real fix in sight. I used GNOME on Fedora Silverblue and Debian without major problems, but the moment I switched to Arch, everything went sideways.

Every time my screen locks, waking it back up hangs the display and I never get the screen back. I found an extension called “Unblank Lock Screen” but it feels like a band aid fix and barely works consistently.

My current “solution” is using GSConnect from my phone every single time I come back to my desktop so I can run systemctl reboot remotely.

Yes, seriously. I have to reboot my desktop from my phone just to use my computer again after it locks.

I still think GNOME is superior to KDE for my workflow and overall design philosophy, but dealing with this kind of stuff in 2026 is ridiculous. There has to be a better way than this.

Back to Debian I go. I’m done with bleeding edge distros.

Hey folks,

I just released GnomeFootball, a small GNOME Shell extension that sends desktop notifications for football matches — goals, red cards, kick-offs, full time, and a few other key moments.

There's no panel icon or widget. It just sits quietly in the background and pings you when something actually happens in the matches or competitions you care about.

You pick which leagues and teams to follow from the extension preferences. Data comes from ESPN's public endpoints, so no account or API key needed.

Works on GNOME Shell 47 through 50. Available on extensions.gnome.org:

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10007/gnome-football/

Happy to hear feedback, bug reports, or feature requests.