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Aura Glass brings a new glassy aesthetic to GNOME desktops
Key points
- Aura Glass provides a glassy aesthetic for GNOME.
- It is compatible with GNOME 48, 49, and 50.
- Features include dynamic frosted glass and adaptive accent colors.
- Supported on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, and CachyOS.
Introducing Aura Glass for GNOME
Aura Glass is a new desktop customization option designed to give GNOME desktops a glassy, Apple-like visual style. It is compatible with GNOME versions 48, 49, and 50, and can be installed on various Linux distributions including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, and CachyOS.
Key Features of Aura Glass
The customization brings several visual changes to the GNOME environment. These include dynamic frosted glass effects, true background blur, and adaptive accent colors. It also offers optional app window blur, a distraction-free volume and brightness pill, GDM login screen theming, and a lightweight 'No Blur' mode.
Installation and Performance
Installation of Aura Glass is performed via the command line and requires Git. While it prefers Wayland, X11 is supported with fallback blur. Initial testing in a virtual machine with limited resources showed a noticeable performance impact, suggesting that at least double the RAM and CPU cores are recommended for optimal performance.
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Reporting from
A new desktop customization called Aura Glass offers a glassy, Apple-like appearance for GNOME 48, 49, and 50. This customization changes the GNOME desktop's visual style, adding features like frosted glass effects and adaptive accent colors.