Show Missing Users in Gnome Login Screen

When you install and configure the NixOS with Gnome from minimal image, it is possible that you will not see the existing user(s) in the login screen. It expects you to type your username and password. I know it is not a big deal. But, it is annoying. This is because the user you configured in your configuration.nix file, somehow, is identified as a system user. So, it is not shown in the login screen....

August 7, 2022 · 1 min · Ali Oguzhan Yildiz

Disabling tap-and-drag gesture in Gnome

There is a very annoying gesture which is enabled by default in Gnome: Tap and Drag It is being activated when you tap somewhere and move your finger a little on the touchpad. If the tapped unit is draggable, even if you move your finger a few millimeters, you start dragging that unit. This happens very frequently when it comes to browser tabs. Fortunately, it is easy to disable this gesture....

December 6, 2020 · 2 min · Ali Oguzhan Yildiz