It was scheduled for today and today has arrived: It is now available GNOME 3.36, the graphical environment that you will use (you are already using part of it in your Daily Builds) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa. It is a version with many improvements, among which it stands out that the performance offered by v3.34 of the graphical environment has been further improved. Makeovers are also included, although these changes will not reach all distributions because it is the developers who decide what to implement and what not to implement.
In addition to the graphical environment itself, they have also been introduced changes in many project applications, like the Epiphany web browser, GNOME Boxes, which allows us to run virtual machines and I personally think it is the best option to test ISOs in a Live Session, or Orca. Below you have a list of new features that come from the hand of GNOME 3.36.
Highlights of GNOME 3.36
- Many performance improvements have been added.
- Screen sharing in Wayland has been improved.
- Management on multi-GPU computers has also been improved.
- Many improvements in Wayland.
- Initial integration of Graphene into GNOME Shell and Mutter.
- Orca improvements.
- Now, GNOME Shell supports launching generated processes on systemd scopes.
- Improvements in Epiphany, among which we have corrections when displaying PDFs using PDF.js.
- The new version of GNOME Boxes now includes a new virtual machine wizard and download manager.
- Many applications have been changed to others, such as Rhythmbox for GNOME Music, Shotwell for GNOME Photos, Evolution has been abandoned, GNOME Calendar and Geary have been added.
- Support for the Flatpak sandbox in WebKit 2.28. WebGL and Web Audio have also been enabled in the WebKit settings.
- Improved initial GNOME configuration.
- The system menu has been reorganized.
- GNOME Shell now respects the system font settings.
- The system dialogs have been redesigned.
- Improved user interface.
- The login screen has been redesigned.
- Ability to rename folders in the app launcher.
- Do not disturb mode.
- "Extensions" application to manage GNOME extensions.
- Improved support for gestures.
Soon available its Flatpak package, later on your Linux distribution
In the next few hours, GNOME 3.36 will be available for download as Flatpak version. Later, different Linux distributions will add it to their operating systems. Ubuntu will do it in the next few days at the Focal Fossa Daily Build, whose official landing will take place on April 23.