Ever wondered what your Ubuntu desktop would look like if you were watching it on a chewed up VHS tape or an old monochrome CRT monitor? You probably haven’t, but a new GNOME Shell extension lets you find out anyway. The Shader Effects extension applies different GPU-accelerated filters (things like fuzzy scan lines, NTSC RGB bloom and flickery green CRT glow) to the entire desktop, or just a specific window if you’d rather. Settings allow you to fine-tune how intense the effect is, and dial in (or disable) animation speed and frame rate. The higher those values are, the more […]You're reading Shader Effects is the coolest GNOME extension you’ll try this weekend, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.