Pop!_OS notes

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Pop!_OS notes

Make Pop!_OS look and feel like Windows

Install the following extension for your browser of choice:

• GNOME Shell extension for Chromium/Chrome
• GNOME Shell extension for Firefox

Open a terminal and run:

sudo apt install gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 gnome-tweak-tool

GNOME Shell integration

• Move app bar to the bottom (Dash to Panel)

• Enable Windows like Start menu (Arc menu)

Other tweaks

Gnome Tweaks

Appearance > Background > Adjustment: Spanned

Windows Titlebars > Titlebar Buttons:

• Enable Maximize
• Enable Minimize

Extensions

• Dash to Panel
  • Position
    • Clock location: Right of system indicators
    • Display panels on all monitors: off

Source

System configuration

Use classic Alt+Tab

Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > Switch windows = Alt+Tab

Enable Fractional Scaling

Find out whether you are using Wayland or X11 by running echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE.

• x11: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['x11-randr-fractional-scaling']"
• wayland: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"

Enable remote desktop connection

sudo apt install xrdp
sudo systemctl enable xrdp