Material shell

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Hello.

I was thinking about giving Material shell a try. Any help on how to install it?

I don’t think for this question you need this info, but I’ll give it any ways.

    System:
    Kernel: 5.15.7-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=65a78a57-0cbd-4e1f-bf84-3a292960e2bb rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
    resume=UUID=c4e96593-c611-4b46-8a27-a511b52358fa loglevel=3
    Desktop: GNOME 41.2 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 41.0
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
    Machine:
    Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20U9005MUS v: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8
    serial: Chassis: type: 10 serial:
    Mobo: LENOVO model: 20U9005MUS v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: UEFI: LENOVO v: N2WET27W (1.17 )
    date: 03/29/2021
    Battery:
    ID-1: BAT0 charge: 50.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 50.3/51.0 Wh (98.6%)
    volts: 17.2 min: 15.4 model: SMP 5B10W13931 type: Li-poly serial:
    status: Full cycles: 18
    Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial:
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in string eq at /usr/bin/inxi line 6943.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in split at /usr/bin/inxi line 6948.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6950.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6953.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6954.
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status:
    Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K540/K545
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in string eq at /usr/bin/inxi line 6943.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in split at /usr/bin/inxi line 6948.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6950.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6953.
    Use of uninitialized value $val2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 6954.
    serial: charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status:
    CPU:
    Info: model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
    stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xEA
    Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
    Speed (MHz): avg: 799 high: 800 min/max: 400/4900 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 797 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 36799
    Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
    Vulnerabilities:
    Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
    Type: l1tf status: Not affected
    Type: mds status: Not affected
    Type: meltdown status: Not affected
    Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
    Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
    Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
    Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled
    Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
    Graphics:
    Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300
    Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 13d3:56bb class-ID: 0e02
    Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
    loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :1
    screens: 1
    Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1155 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x306mm (40.0x12.0")
    s-diag: 1061mm (41.8")
    Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 157
    size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7") diag: 354mm (13.9")
    Monitor-2: DP2 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 139 size: 350x190mm (13.8x7.5")
    diag: 398mm (15.7")
    Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
    Audio:
    Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: Lenovo
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0403
    Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.7-zen1-1-zen running: yes
    Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
    Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
    Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.41 running: yes
    Network:
    Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280
    IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac:
    Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:0d4f class-ID: 0200
    IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac:
    Bluetooth:
    Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-10:8 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
    Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address:
    Drives:
    Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 82.11 GiB (8.6%)
    SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
    ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1001 size: 953.87 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: rev: 11170101 temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
    Partition:
    ID-1: / raw-size: 936.75 GiB size: 936.75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 82.11 GiB (8.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    ID-3: /home raw-size: 936.75 GiB size: 936.75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 82.11 GiB (8.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 936.75 GiB size: 936.75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 82.11 GiB (8.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 936.75 GiB size: 936.75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 82.11 GiB (8.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    Swap:
    Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
    ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.82 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
    ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
    Sensors:
    System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C pch: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
    Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 3033
    Info:
    Processes: 281 Uptime: 4h 10m wakeups: 39 Memory: 15.29 GiB
    used: 3.16 GiB (20.6%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers:
    gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1197 lib: 409 Shell: fish
    v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.12 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.10

Your kind answer will be greatly appreciated.

Please, read

its in the AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnome-shell-extension-material-shell/
so u can install with

paru gnome-shell-extension-material-shell

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its in chaotic-aur also so you can also install it with

sudo pacman -S gnome-shell-extension-material-shell

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Please read :slight_smile:

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Thank you smoky. I appreciate your answer. :v:

Thank you, I'll take a look

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One last question. I decided to go for @djwyman solution and download it from chaotic-aur like this:

This is a question for all who’d like to help me with an answer including @smoky

How do I initialize the material shell? I did not see an option at the beginning of the log in page nor did I find it on the programs installed. Maybe I missed it and it has a different name?

Thank you.

It's an extension, so you should be able to enable it in the gnome extensions app. in fact that is what they say to do on their GitHub page.

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