meldafrawi / vpn-indicator-shell-extension

A simple Gnome Shell extension that tells you whether or not you're connected to a VPN.

VPN Indicator Extension

This is a really simple extension that basically polls for a VPN device from ifconfig on a three second timer. Simple purpose aside, it was actually incredibly difficult to make due to a lack of documentation on Gnome Shell extensions.

I would like to note down these pieces of documentation for anyone stumbling across this repo:

• http://smasue.github.io/gnome-shell-tw
• https://people.gnome.org/~gcampagna/docs/GLib-2.0/GLib.spawn_sync.html

Installation

1. git clone https://github.com/howdoicomputer/vpn-indicator-shell-extension.git

2. ./install.sh

3. Then you'll want to activate the plugin either by using the Gnome Tweak Tool or by execing gnome-shell-extension-prefs and using that UI.

Happy VPNing!

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