diff --git a/roles/development/tasks/gui.yml b/roles/development/tasks/gui.yml
index f2a8ac8..2e91f75 100644
--- a/roles/development/tasks/gui.yml
+++ b/roles/development/tasks/gui.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@
 # more information, please refer to the accompanying "UNLICENCE" file.
 
 ---
+# "psutil" is required by the "community.general.dconf" Ansible module.
+- name: 'Ensure the "psutil" Python package is installed for system Python'
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    force_apt_get: true
+    name:
+      - 'python3-psutil'
+    state: 'present'
+
+- name: 'Ensure custom Gnome settings have been applied'
+  community.general.dconf:
+    state: 'present'
+    key: '{{ item.key }}'
+    value: '{{ item.value }}'
+  become: true
+  become_user: '{{ development__user_username }}'
+  loop:
+    - key: '/org/gnome/desktop/interface/enable-animations'
+      value: 'false'
+    - key: '/org/gnome/mutter/center-new-windows'
+      value: 'true'
+    - key: '/org/gnome/shell/extensions/desktop-icons/show-home'
+      value: 'false'
+    - key: '/org/gnome/shell/extensions/desktop-icons/show-trash'
+      value: 'false'
+
 # I use "xsel" for general clipboard wrangling (mainly out of habit),
 # but reach for "xclip" when dealing with slightly more elaborate data
 # formats (e.g. copying HTML from Firefox).