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"The most notable changes this in release include an improved Software app, new multitasking settings, and enhanced power management features. With these changes, GNOME is smarter, more flexible, and offers a richer and more engaging experience than ever before." - GNOME Team
You will find new selectable power modes between Balanced (the default), Performance and Power Save which can be easily changed using the System Status menu. Meanwhile GNOME Software went through a small overhaul and they say almost every part of it has been improved. Performance is another key point and focus, with many efficiency improvements making it in so it will all feel more responsive (on Wayland). There's also improvements for multitouch, GTK 4 has a new OpenGL renderer which "provides faster rendering and reduced power consumption" and the window manager Mutter got cleaned up for "long-term maintainability and efficiency"
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The new Multitasking settings panel sounds pretty good too, allowing you to fine-tune your experience so you can do things like disabling the Activities overlay hot-corner, you can disable Active Screen Edges (where you drag a window to a side to resize it) and more like being able to show workspaces on all displays instead of just the primary.
Some of the other improvements including:
- The ability to create encrypted .zip archives in Files (these require a password to be opened).
- A new Calendar feature that allows importing events from .ics files.
- Improved support for dark mode in Web, along with faster pinch to zoom (on heavy websites), and better handling of unresponsive websites.
- Better window resizing in Calculator: enlarging the window will now reveal additional controls, and the window will also shrink down to fit on mobile displays.
Check out the full release notes.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Schattenspiegel Sep 22, 2021
slaapliedje Sep 22, 2021
Quoting: SchattenspiegelJupp, that video captures the spirit of the DE - it leaves me similarly confused and angry.I'm really confused, surely this is supposed to be Gnome 42 and 41 is a beta? Or did they just full on f-up the versioning because, why not?
Quoting: slaapliedjeI'm really confused, surely this is supposed to be Gnome 42 and 41 is a beta? Or did they just full on f-up the versioning because, why not?Nope. It's using their newer versioning system. The last was GNOME 40, this is GNOME 41. It's just going to increment 1 each time now.
Quoting: GNOME TeamGNOME 41 is the second release to use GNOME's new version numbering scheme. This replaced the old odd/even point release approach with a simpler, single integer. The next release, version 42, is planned for March 2022.
Quoting: SchattenspiegelJupp, that video captures the spirit of the DE - it leaves me similarly confused and angry.
Is DE bashing considered a hobby by now? Really boring.
I really like gnome shell but usually prefer alternative applications to stuff like Nautilus(?Files?), Evolution, etc. I'm currently on KDE, but maybe I'll switch back to gnome, soon :)
Last edited by const on 22 September 2021 at 3:53 pm UTC
Schattenspiegel Sep 22, 2021
Quoting: constNope, I was just sharing my feelings when exposed to it - someone told me it's all about the feels these days ;-). Was not supposed to have an influence on your opinion. Feel free to like whatever you do, but be aware that, you liking it, does not mean it can not anger or confuse me.Quoting: SchattenspiegelJupp, that video captures the spirit of the DE - it leaves me similarly confused and angry.
Is DE bashing considered a hobby by now? Really boring.
I really like gnome shell but usually prefer alternative applications to stuff like Nautilus(?Files?), Evolution, etc. I'm currently on KDE, but maybe I'll switch back to gnome, soon :)
Quoting: SchattenspiegelQuoting: constNope, I was just sharing my feelings when exposed to it - someone told me it's all about the feels these days ;-). Was not supposed to have an influence on your opinion. Feel free to like whatever you do, but be aware that, you liking it, does not mean it can not anger or confuse me.Quoting: SchattenspiegelJupp, that video captures the spirit of the DE - it leaves me similarly confused and angry.
Is DE bashing considered a hobby by now? Really boring.
I really like gnome shell but usually prefer alternative applications to stuff like Nautilus(?Files?), Evolution, etc. I'm currently on KDE, but maybe I'll switch back to gnome, soon :)
Define yourself with the things you love, not with the things you hate.
(Taken from somewhere on GoL)
Schattenspiegel Sep 22, 2021
Quoting: jensDefine yourself with the things you love, not with the things you hate.And true to that spirit I shouted my rejection of it into the world, that my words may become real, and it shall not define me in any way shape or form henceforth. ;-)
(Taken from somewhere on GoL)
Quoting: SchattenspiegelQuoting: jensDefine yourself with the things you love, not with the things you hate.And true to that spirit I shouted my rejection of it into the world, that my words may become real, and it shall not define me in any way shape or form henceforth. ;-)
(Taken from somewhere on GoL)
Very cool, cannot top that mastery of language :)
wvstolzing Sep 22, 2021
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