Last night while I was searching for alternative window managers I discovered this wonderful GNOME Shell theme called “Paper”. After installing it, I’m enjoying looking at my computer screen.
Here’re some screenshots.
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Applications Overview. Look at the menu menu on the top right. |
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Nautilus with folder icons |
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Tweak tool showing the wonderful checkboxes and the settings I had to change to achieve the theme |
Turning Global Dark theme on was a welcome addition to the Paper theme. Read about setting up GNOME with paper theme on my website.
Another useful app I installed is Synapse launcher. Ctrl+Space and it gives me access to everything I need.
With these, somehow, I feel like my computer has gained a few milliseconds in speed.