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Transform your GNOME desktop into a stunning Liquid Glass Linux desktop with just ONE GNOME extension! In this video, I’ll show you how to bring Apple’s Liquid Glass-inspired design to Ubuntu Linux, complete with beautiful translucent menus, real-time glass refraction, frosted-glass windows, a gorgeous dock, and smooth animations.
This isn’t just another GNOME theme or basic blur effect. The **Liquid Glass GNOME Shell extension** uses advanced shaders to bend, distort, and refract your desktop wallpaper in real time, creating an incredible glass-like appearance across GNOME Quick Settings, notifications, the calendar, Ubuntu Dock, and even application windows.
I’ll walk you through installing Liquid Glass on Ubuntu 26.04 with GNOME 50, customizing its appearance, adjusting blur and transparency, enabling Window Glass, and getting the best possible look for your Linux desktop. We’ll also explore the fascinating story behind this extension, created by a 13-year-old developer with the help of AI.
If you love **Linux desktop customization, GNOME extensions, Ubuntu themes, macOS-inspired Linux desktops, or making Linux look beautiful**, this is one extension you need to check out!
🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES
🔹 Liquid Glass GNOME Extension (GitHub):
https://github.com/ryohsuke1231/liquid-glass
🔹 Theme Studio — Transform your Ubuntu desktop with beautiful themes, icons, and wallpapers:
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🔹 Wallpaper used in this video:
https://unsplash.com/photos/a-blurry-orange-and-yellow-background-with-a-white-border-Ir2dJmcJpys
🔹 Install GNOME Extensions app on Ubuntu:
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager
COMPATIBILITY
Liquid Glass currently targets GNOME 49 and GNOME 50. This tutorial demonstrates it on Ubuntu 26.04 with GNOME 50. Older versions such as Ubuntu 24.04 with GNOME 46 are not supported. Compatibility and performance may vary depending on your hardware and GNOME version.
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER
– How to install the Liquid Glass extension on Ubuntu and GNOME
– How Liquid Glass differs from regular blur and transparency
– How to customize GNOME Quick Settings, notifications, and the Ubuntu Dock
– How to enable translucent glass effects on application windows
– How to adjust blur, tint, edge lighting, shading, and animations
– The story behind the young developer who created Liquid Glass
– My experience using Liquid Glass on Ubuntu Linux
What do you think of Liquid Glass on GNOME? Is this the future of Linux desktop customization, or do you prefer GNOME’s traditional design? Let me know in the comments!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:53 Liquid Glass more than just Blur
2:13 Installing & customizing
5:26 Theme Studio
6:41 The cool story behind Liquid Glass