{"id":35624,"date":"2021-11-10T15:06:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=35624"},"modified":"2024-05-05T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T15:14:24","slug":"add-watermark-ubuntu-gnome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/11\/add-watermark-ubuntu-gnome\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Custom Text to Wallpaper as Watermark in GNOME"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Want to display custom text on your desktop wallpaper as watermark? This extension makes it possible in Ubuntu 22.04<\/b>, Ubuntu 24.04<\/b>, Ubuntu 23.10<\/b>, and other Linux with GNOME 40<\/b>+.<\/p>\n

As I know, only Fedora so far display system logo as watermark in the bottom right of desktop wallpaper, though it’s enabled only for the default wallpaper by default.<\/p>\n

‘Activate Gnome’<\/a> is the extension, which adds semi-transparent text ‘Activate Gnome – Go to Settings to activate Gnome<\/i>‘ in the bottom right corner of GNOME 40+ desktop.<\/p>\n

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GNOME with Watermark<\/p><\/div>\n

Install “Activate Gnome” to add text watermark<\/h3>\n

1.<\/b> Firstly, launch “Ubuntu Software” (or App Center for 24.04), search for and install “Extension Manager”.<\/p>\n

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Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu Software\/App Center<\/p><\/div>\n

2.<\/b> Then, press Super (Windows Logo) key to open overview screen. Search & launch “Extension Manager”.<\/p>\n

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3.<\/b> When the tool opens, navigate to “Browse” tab. Then, search & install the “Activate Gnome” extension.<\/p>\n

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4. After installation, switch back “Installed” tab in Extension Manager app. Then, click the Setting (gear icon) for the newly installed extension to open its preferences dialog.<\/p>\n

Finally, you can add your custom text in two lines, change its size and screen position, and configure the opacity.<\/p>\n

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For Fedora<\/b>, Debian<\/b>, Arch<\/b> and other Linux with GNOME, simply go to the link below:<\/p>\n

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Activate Gnome<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Then, use the ON\/OFF switch to install the extension. And, install ‘Gnome Extensions’ app from Gnome Software for configuring extensions.<\/p>\n

If you don’t see the ON\/OFF switch, use the link in that page to install browser extension, then refresh.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Turn on the slider to install extension<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s all. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Want to display custom text on your desktop wallpaper as watermark? This extension makes it possible in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and other Linux with GNOME 40+. As I know, only Fedora so far display system logo as watermark in the bottom right of desktop wallpaper, though it’s enabled only for the default […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2054],"class_list":["post-35624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-watermark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}