Category: Desktop Environment
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Anticipated Release Date for GNOME 47 Desktop Environment: September 18th, 2024
The six-month-long development cycle of the upcoming GNOME 47 desktop environment kicked off and the release schedule was published suggesting a final release date of September 18th, 2024. While we are enjoying the many goodies of the latest GNOME 46 desktop environment on our Fedora Linux 40 Workstation or Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) releases,…
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GNOME 46.1: The Latest Desktop Environment with Enhanced Sync Support Now Available
The GNOME Project today launched GNOME 46.1, the initial point release for the latest GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series featuring several enhancements and bug resolutions. GNOME 46.1 debuts one month post the GNOME 46 launch and introduces explicit GNU synchronization for NVIDIA hardware users on Wayland. This enhancement boosts performance and fixes graphics glitches.…
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Introducing GNOME 46 “Kathmandu”: New Desktop Environment Release and Its Features
The GNOME Project has unveiled GNOME 46, a significant new series of their beloved desktop environment specifically designed for GNU/Linux systems. This version encompasses new features, enhancements, updated applications, and more. Tagged as “Kathmandu”, in honor of the host city for the GNOME.Asia 2023 conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, the GNOME 46 desktop environment is here…
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Latest GNOME 46 Release Candidate Now Available Featuring Last-Minute Updates
The GNOME Project announced today the Release Candidate (RC) version of the upcoming GNOME 46 desktop environment series, set to be released later this month, is now available for public testing. The GNOME 46 RC brings a last set of changes before the final release on March 20th. Notably, this includes the long-awaited variable refresh…
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Resolving Flatpak Support in Discover and Plasma Wayland: An Overview of KDE Plasma 5.27.11 LTS Fixes
The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 5.27.11 as a update for the long-term supported KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS desktop environment series addressing various bugs and issues. KDE Plasma 5.27.11 LTS comes three months after KDE Plasma 5.27.10 LTS and fixes a crash in the KWin window and composite managed when using the Plasma Wayland…
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Introducing KDE Plasma 6.0.1: An Update Enhancing Overview Effect and Bug Fixes
The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.0.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment series addressing various bugs, crashes, and annoyances. KDE Plasma 6.0.1 is here only a week after the release of KDE Plasma 6 and it’s packed with lots of fixes for VLC’s full-screen mode, a…
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Announcement: LXQt 2.0 Desktop To Be Launched in April with Upgraded Applications Menu and Qt 6 Port
The development team behind the lightweight LXQt desktop environment has provided some details on the development state of the next major release, LXQt 2.0. The biggest change in LXQt 2.0 will be the port to the latest Qt 6 open-source application framework to provide users with more modern UI/UX and also bring them a performance…
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Public Beta Testing for GNOME 46 Desktop Environment Now Open
The GNOME Project has unveiled the beta version of the anticipated GNOME 46 desktop environment series. The final version will be available on March 20th, 2024. This release sees the addition of several new features and improvements across core components and applications. Noteworthy features of GNOME 46 beta include numerous GNOME Shell and Mutter advancements,…
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New Release: GNOME 45.4 Rolls Out with Essential Bug Fixes for Shell, Tweaks, Music, and Maps
The GNOME Project unveiled GNOME 45.4, marking the fourth maintenance update to the most recent GNOME 45 “Riga” desktop environment series, aimed at rectifying more bugs, crashes, and various other issues. Coming a month post the GNOME 45.3 update, GNOME 45.4 features an enhanced GNOME Shell component that maintains the dim effect in Activities Overview…
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Introducing Initial Wayland Support and a Revamped Bluetooth Applet in Budgie 10.9 Desktop
The Budgie desktop team announced today the release and general availability of Budgie 10.9 as the latest version of this modern desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions. The biggest change in Budgie 10.9 is initial Wayland support by porting several components and applets to the libxfce4windowing library, an abstraction library created by the development team behind…