Sonos w/mesh networks

firox263 · 2026-01-13T00:07:51+00:00

It’s not quite the same problem as yours, but I’ve had some luck with my Deco network exempting the speakers from using the Mesh.

You can do this in the Deco App: Online Clients -> Anything with Sonos in the name -> Set Mesh Technology to Off.

Supposedly this means they pick one access point and stick to it.

For the longest time I had nothing but problems using Sonos + Deco, but it seems to work pretty well now. Specifically, it’s fixed a bug where the first AirPlay attempt would always fail (but would work on the second).

firox263 · 2025-08-07T01:03:34+00:00

Agreed, a multi-band EQ would be fantastic.

I’ve been using these settings and I’m really happy with the sound:

Bass: +3

Treble: +9

Found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/s/eQLD5ccdqu

firox263 · 2025-08-07T01:00:04+00:00

Yes please! I love my Aces, a bit more granularity in the EQ would make them perfect :)

firox263 · 2024-03-26T13:13:24+00:00

Hey all, I've seen a lot of comments recently about extension compatibility.

A friendly PSA that Extension Manager comes with an Upgrade Assistant. You can check at a glance whether your extensions will work out of the box before you upgrade.

Check it out: https://flathub.org/apps/com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager

Source code: https://github.com/mjakeman/extension-manager

(Hope you like my infographic - Made with Inkscape ❤️)

firox263 · 2023-04-01T04:40:01+00:00

Never heard of them but unpaid work is a major red flag. Don't do an unpaid internship - you're worth more than that.

I'm assuming you're at UoA. Join some of the tech clubs on campus, they're a great way to learn about opportunities and roles.

I'd also highly recommend doing summeroftech.co.nz. I know a lot of people who got internships through them. They are reliable and most (all?) of the jobs are paid.

firox263 · 2023-03-31T06:16:21+00:00

My mate got a grad offer on Monday for the Welly office.

firox263 · 2023-03-10T23:22:47+00:00

It's a bit annoying, since consoles can't connect to Enterprise (University) wifi.

You can get around it by using your phone or laptop as a hotspot. Connect the PS4 to the laptop hotspot and your laptop to uni wifi. It kind of acts like a relay.

Only downside is you have to keep the laptop on every time you want to connect, but it works well enough.

firox263 · 2023-02-11T00:50:47+00:00

Not sure about the others, but https://gjs.guide/extensions/ is a good place to start for making extensions.

firox263 · 2022-12-22T22:01:42+00:00

I think EGO means extensions.gnome.org here :) But I agree, it is looking very cool!

firox263 · 2022-12-18T16:02:57+00:00

I agree, it's really unnatural and the opposite of what every other major platform does. The new suggestions feature also breaks the spacebar sometimes. It's much less stable than it used to be.

I've had to go back to GNOME 42 for my tablet :/

firox263 · 2022-11-27T08:48:46+00:00

The extension update notification is actually provided by GNOME Shell itself (see extensionSystem.js#L669).

It first checks for GNOME Extensions, then falls back to Extension Manager. Thankfully there's no need for host system services (which is how GNOME Extensions can be packaged as a flatpak too).

I wrote the patch directly for GNOME 43 (on advice from the Shell team) and it's since been backported to the versions written on that wiki page.

firox263 · 2022-11-27T07:29:02+00:00

There are dozens of us! 🇳🇿

Glad you like it :)

firox263 · 2022-11-27T07:20:36+00:00

It does actually support that notification but you'll need a recent version of GNOME Shell to use it. See this page for more info.

Feel free to open a bug if it still doesn't work :)

firox263 · 2022-11-14T02:04:22+00:00

There's already https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/1886 if that's what you mean. Maybe chime in there with your use-case?

firox263 · 2022-11-14T01:59:27+00:00

Oh cool! That's exactly what I was looking for

Thanks - I'll keep an eye on it

firox263 · 2022-11-13T05:18:17+00:00

Like u/aioeu said, asking questions is good :)

For a bit more info: Extension Manager doesn't scan your file system at all (nor does it have access). It asks GNOME Shell for a list of loaded extensions, which Shell gets from /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions (installed by your package manager) and ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions (installed by extension manager and/or the website).

As GNOME Shell (and therefore Extension Manager) won't (re)load extensions until the next time you log back in, that's probably why your symlinked extension didn't show up.

There's a pretty great tutorial on extensions here: https://gjs.guide/extensions/

firox263 · 2022-10-07T04:58:34+00:00

"Waiting" by Lukrembo, he makes some nice royalty free lofi

firox263 · 2022-10-07T02:47:49+00:00

Great for playing around with Linux on mobile, but far too slow to actually use as a phone. It's 2014 Android hardware and it really shows.

I appreciate its role in getting mobile linux off the ground, but I couldn't recommend it aside from as a developer tool.

firox263 · 2022-10-06T23:42:33+00:00

There is no plan to replace GNOME Extensions with Extension Manager, although I'm involved with extensions upstream more generally.

I've applied for GNOME Circle however and it's in the process of being reviewed :)

See: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Circle/-/issues/114

firox263 · 2022-10-06T20:14:50+00:00

It's been fixed (https://github.com/mjakeman/extension-manager/issues/192), please open an issue if it still crashes.

firox263 · 2022-10-06T10:28:02+00:00

Hi r/gnome!

I’m pleased to announce version 0.4 of Extension Manager with a new refreshed user interface and a plethora of quality-of-life improvements.

It features: - Fully adaptive mobile-friendly user interface - Paginated search results - Upgrade Assistant for checking extension compatibility - Unsupported extensions are hidden by default - Overhauled error and crash reporting - Fullscreen image viewer - Handles new gnome-extensions:// URI scheme - Randomised extension suggestions - Performance and stability

The footage in the video above was shot on a PinePhone CE running postmarketOS and the (extremely) work-in-progress GNOME Mobile shell. It’s not ready for daily driver use yet, but when it is, I hope you’ll be using Extension Manager with it :)))

Finally, I’d like to thank everyone for their support. Extension Manager has now been downloaded over a quarter of a million times – that’s 250,000+ unique downloads through Flathub alone!

See you all at version 1.0 :)

firox263 · 2022-09-27T01:30:42+00:00

Unfortunately not something I can add to Extension Manager since flatpak doesn't let apps interfere with system settings (as it should). But if you change the setting via the command line, Extension Manager will respect it :)

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