Some hints and notes regarding the Gnome desktop

Gnome settings

There are two places to change Gnome's behavior:

Settings gnome settings and Tweaks gnome tweaks.

In addition, the Extensions app offers a range of useful helpers. Launch new instance might be one to check out. Additional extensions can be found on Gnome shell extensions.

Key bindings

Some of the Gnome key bindings we find most useful:

  • Windows key + l -> screen lock
  • ALT + F2 -> launcher
  • CTRL + ALT + left/right arrow -> switch work space