Adventures in Arch (Part III): Customizing

In this part I will show the customizations I made in the desktop environment.

I will keep updating this post in the next weeks, in case I have other tips.

Fonts

I like Ubuntu fonts so:

1sudo pacman -S ttf-ubuntu-font-family

GNOME Shell tweaks

Install GNOME Tweak Tool:

1sudo pacman -S gnome-tweak-tool

Some changes I made:

• Files Menu: activated the option to always use the location entry.
• Fonts: I changed all the fonts to Ubuntu.
• Shell: activated Show Date in clock; chose All in the arrangement of buttons on the titlebar.
• Theme: enabled dark theme.
• Typing: chose Control + Alt + Backspace to kill the X Server.

GNOME extensions

Using GNOME’s Web browser go to: https://extensions.gnome.org/

I’m using:

• Activities Configurator
• Advanced Volume Mixer
• AlternateTab
• Autohide Battery (not working with my UPS)
• Dash to Dock
• Places Status Indicator
• Quit Button
• TopIcons
• User Themes

Region and Language

Go to Settings > Region and Language and in the Input Sources I add the Portuguese keyboard. Don’t forget to also add it in the Login Screen menu.

Online Accounts

Go to Settings > Online Accounts and add Google and Facebook, for example.

Themes

Change the themes with GNOME Tweak Tool

Cursor theme:

1yaourt -S xcursor-human

Shell and GTK theme:

1yaourt -S gtk-theme-numix