sound control on 18.04

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 1:38 PM Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 13:14, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>> > this is GNOME vs unity7 and (sadly) normal design...
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>> > in gnome only very few things work directly through the indicators and
>> > typically take you to an app to set things...
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>> > there might be extensions that allow you to make gnome behave the way
>> > you want though, i'd take a look at http://extensions.gnome.org/
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>> What Oliver said. :-(
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>> If I must use GNOME I use tools like Extend Panel Menu:
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>> https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1201/extend-panel-menu/
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>> ... to give me more functional volume/system/etc. controls.
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>> I wrote about this and some other tools I find useful here:
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>> https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/57630.html
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>> But also see:
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>> Why I don't use GNOME Shell
>> https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/52807.html
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>> Unfortunately, the developers of GNOME are attempting to simplify it
>> by _removing_ features. I think this is a doomed, futile approach:
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>> On GNOME 3 and design simplicity
>> https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/58328.html
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> I tried the Extend Panel.  Unless there is a way to add to it, it's not
> useful.  Sounds like you are right about Gnome 3.
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> Thanks
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> garyk
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Topicons shows promise.  weather shows without my having to click on
anything, as well as core temps, drobox, pcloud.  Volume control still does
not get me directly to sound source choice, nor the direct connection to
rhythm box and VLC.   Minor issues in the scheme of things, of course.


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