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GNOME Gains A New macOS-Inspired Quick Menu Option

Written by Michael Larabel in GNOME on 31 October 2025 at 05:41 PM EDT. 49 Comments
For GNOME desktop users desiring a more macOS-like experience, a new GNOME extension provides a macOS-inspired quick menu option.

As pointed out in GNOME's weekly This Week in GNOME publication, there is a new extension option for those wanting a macOS-like quick menu for their desktop.

It is called the Kiwi Menu and had its first release this week to provide recent items, a power menu, and other options.

👁 Kiwi Menu extension


They also recommend pairing it with the Kiwi is not Apple extension for an even more macOS-like GNOME experience:

👁 Kiwi desktop extension


Other GNOME changes this week include PAM support making it into oo7-daemon to be a drop-in replacement for the GNOME Keyring Daemon, continued work on the Bazaar app, Fractal messaging app updates, and other new/updated GNOME extensions.

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