Minimal GNOME Shell Setup and environment

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Minimal GNOME Shell Setup

GNOME is nice, but it comes with a lot of packages by default. You may wish to install a more lightweight version.

Packages

# core
gnome-shell
gnome-settings
gnome-control-center
gnome-tweaks
gnome-icon-theme
gnome-screenshot
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
chrome-gnome-shell
gnome-browser-connector
gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock # debian

# environment
nautilus
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# stuff
ddcutil

Also grab Dash to Dock for the nice layout

For the backlight slider , when using an external monitor, install ddcci-driver-linux. If the driver does not auto-detect your monitor (as with proprietary NVIDIA drivers), see this udev rule install [Brightness control using ddcutil by themightydeity](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2645/brightness-control-using-ddcutil/]

Configuration

Load the attached configuration files with cat profile.conf | dconf load /org/gnome/

• Tweaks > Extensions > Dash to Dock [ON]
  • Position and Size >
    • Show on all monitors [ON]
    • Intelligent autohide [OFF]
    • Panel mode [ON]
  • Launchers >
    • Isolate monitors [ON]
    • Show trash can [OFF]
  • Behaviour >
    • Click action [Minimise]
  • Appearance >
    • Shrink the dash [ON]
• Tweaks > Window Titlebars > Titlebar Buttons
  • Maximise [ON]
  • Minimise [ON]
• Tweaks > Windows > Window Action Key [Alt]
• Settings > Search > Files [OFF]
• Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > Screenshot (as desired)

profile.conf

[shell]
enabled-extensions=['dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com', 'display-brightness-ddcutil@themightydeity.github.com]

[shell/extensions/dash-to-dock]
animate-show-apps=false
apply-custom-theme=false
click-action='minimize'
custom-theme-shrink=true
dash-max-icon-size=48
dock-fixed=true
extend-height=true
force-straight-corner=false
icon-size-fixed=true
isolate-monitors=true
isolate-workspaces=true
middle-click-action='launch'
multi-monitor=true
preferred-monitor=0
running-indicator-style='DASHES'
shift-click-action='minimize'
shift-middle-click-action='launch'
show-mounts=false
show-show-apps-button=true
show-trash=false

[desktop/search-providers]
disabled=['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop']

[desktop/wm/keybindings]
maximize=['<Super>m']
show-desktop=['<Super>d']
unmaximize=['<Super>u']

[desktop/wm/preferences]
button-layout='appmenu:minimize,maximize,close'
mouse-button-modifier='<Alt>'

[settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys]
area-screenshot-clip=['Print']
screenshot=@as []

[shell/keybindings]
toggle-message-tray=@as []

[desktop/input-sources]
sources=[('xkb', 'gb')]

[desktop/interface]
gtk-enable-primary-paste=false

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