Gnome

Gnome is the default Desktop Environment in Ubuntu.

Install Gnome Tweak Tool and shell integration

$ sudo apt install gnome-tweaks chrome-gnome-shell

Visit https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ and install the browser extension.

A Selection of Useful Extensions

• User Themes
• GSConnect
• Sound IO Device Chooser
• OpenWeather
• Caffeine
• Put Windows

Disable the Touchpad tap-and-drag feature

When using a laptop touchpad, tap-and-drag doesn't work very well when tap-to-click is enabled.

$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag false

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