Arc Menu is a Gnome shell extension designed to replace the standard menu found in Gnome 3 this application menu extension has some added benefits over the standard menu found in Gnome 3, these include the long awaited search functionality as well as quick access to files on your system and also the current logged in user along with quick access to the software centre and system settings and other features which can be accessed from the settings menu.
My first initial priority was to get this extension stable enough to upload to extensions.gnome.org as it had to be ported to work with the gnome shell eco system, now the first stage of development is over features are now being added and I'm pleased to announce a new member of the team lexruee and now a lead developer in the design and development of this extension hopefully more features are planned for future development and a lot has already been implemented.
If your interested to see the current development cycle of Arc menu or the current status of a particular feature in development then head over to the new Development Roadmap page which will give you a idea of what’s planned or what’s currently being developed by the Arc menu team the link is below.
Please see the: Development Roadmap Page
| Arc Menu integrated with Dash-to-Dock | Arc Menu integrated with Dash-to-Panel |
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You can now install this extension from extensions.gnome.org as a one click install just click on the link below
Please note: For Arc-Menu to work properly, your GNOME Desktop must have the following dependencies installed.
| On Ubuntu/Debian based systems | On Arch based systems | ||
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| gnome-shell-extensions |  |
gnome-shell-extensions | |
| gnome-tweak-tool | |
gnome-tweak-tool | |
| gnome-menus | |
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| gnome-session | |
For installing Arc-Menu manually from source;
Please take a look at the Manual Installation Guide on the Arc-Menu Wiki.
Awaiting packagers
If you have any issues with regard to Arc menu and your unsure of a certain feature or just want to know more about Arc menu, then the Arc menu wiki guide is a good place to start.
Please refer to the Arc menu Wiki Guide
Bugs should be reported here on the Github issues page.
There are basic rules of conduct that should be followed at all times by everyone participating in the discussions. While this is generally a relaxed environment, please remember the following:
- Do not insult, harass, or demean anyone.
- Do not intentionally multi-post an issue.
- Do not use ALL CAPS when creating an issue report.
- Do not repeatedly update an open issue remarking that the issue persists.
Remember: Just because the issue you reported was reported here does not mean that it is an issue with Arc menu. As well, should your issue not be resolved immediately, it does not mean that a resolution is not being researched or tested. Patience is always appreciated.
Please refer to the Wiki section for a guide on: Reporting Bugs
Please note that without any information about your system, the Arc Menu Team can only speculate what the problem is. So, please provide us information about your GNU/Linux distribution and the GNOME Shell version. Otherwise, we are not able to try and solve your problem.
Arc Menu is available under the terms of the GPL-2.0 license See COPYING for details.
Arc-Menu is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This extension leverages some of the work from Zorin OS menu.
Additional credits: This extension also leverages the work from Giovanni Campagna gnome Application Menu used in Gnome 3 to allow the menu to be embedded in the Gnome main panel.
@LinxGem33 - Founder - Developer - Digital Art Designer
Hi I'm LinxGem33 aka Andy and the founder of Arc menu, my role on the project is to manage and plan the technical and digital production and distribution of the Arc menu software, as you can imagine I’m a open source and Linux software enthusiast as well as a digital art designer and GTK3 theme developer,I also like to contribute to other projects where i can.
@lexruee - Project Developer - UI/UX Designer
Hi I’m lexruee aka Alex and one the projects software developers and UI/UX designer on the Arc menu project, my role on the project is to help manage and develop the code base and software integrity of Arc menu I’m also responsible for the UI/UX design and implimentation of the Arc menu software, I'm also a passionate programmer, hacker, and tinkerer. But I'm also a single Board Computer and GNU/Linux enthusiast. Besides all that I also like mountainbiking and reading.
- @fishears (1) compiling the schema's (2) Added suspend button and re-order buttons
- @JasonLG1979 (1) menu style fix, (2) Asynchronously set an icon and handle errors
- @itmitica (1) icon symbolic
- @JasonLG1979 (1) menu style fix
- @lexruee (1) correctly restore the Activities button
- @charlesg99 (1) Disconnect height notification signal ,(2) Prevent duplicate destruction of the menu sections
Please refer to the Wiki section for a Translation Guide
| Contributor | Language | Translated | Contributor | Language | Translated |
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| @h3r0n | Italian | |
@megasyl > updated by @16NoCo | French | |
| @pkomur > updated by @Ixoos | Polish | |
@madaramost | Arabic | |
| @danielstuart14 | Brazilian portuguese | |
Chinese | ||
| @zakkak | Greek | |
@mjtullio | Spanish | |
| @mrprobot | German | |
@saisasidhar | Hindi | |
| Portuguese | Bengali | ||||
| @elsieholmes | Russian | |
Japanese | ||
| @MorganAntonsson | Swedish | |
Dutch | ||
| @neynefes | Turkish | |
Javanese | ||
| @elsieholmes | Ukrainian | |
@PSSGCSim | Czech | |
| @ipanamski | Bulgarian | |
@muhfajar > updated by @emhaye | Indonesian | |
| @artnay | Finnish | |
@Lrss | Danish | |
| @Faenriis | Serbian | |
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