Several days ago the release of the new version of the GNOME 41 desktop environment was announced in which various aspects of this desktop environment have been improved, among which the changes with energy saving, changes in the interface and more stand out.
For those of you who are still unfamiliar with GNOME, you should know that this is a free and easy-to-use desktop environment whose goal is to make the use of the GNU operating system accessible to as many people as possible; this interface is currently popular on GNU / Linux systems and also works on most UNIX-like systems.
Developed by The GNOME Project whose participants are volunteers or paid by companies outside the project. Most of the work is done by professional contributors, primarily those who work for Red Hat4,5. GNOME is the desktop environment used by default in various Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, and Manjaro Linux.
Top What's New in GNOME 41
GNOME 41 includes major improvements for developers and is available in 38 languages and its most important changes power mode functionality is highlighted. Power modes now can be changed quickly from the System Status menu, and the power saving mode has been enhanced to make the screen dim and fade faster when active. The power saving mode is also activated automatically when the battery level is low.
Other changes that stand out in GNOME 41 is that in almost every part of the desktop environment has been improved one way or another. This includes redesigned configurations, more attractive layouts in installed and updated views, best operating system update banners and much more. The changes are not just superficial - there have been many fixes and improvements.
In addition, it is also highlighted that in this new version of GNOME 41 a new mobile network configuration panel is included, which allows you to configure connections to the mobile network and works with 2G, 3G, 4G and GSM / LTE modems.
The new mobile network settings are only displayed when there is a supported modem and allow you to define the type of network, choose whether to use mobile data and whether the data should be used while roaming. They also support the use of multiple SIM cards and modems, and allow you to easily switch between networks.
For the parts of performance improvements We can see the efforts of GNOME developers who are continually working to improve performance, responsiveness, and fluency. And is that GNOME 41 includes a series of improvements in this area. Performance improvements in GNOME 41 mean that the screen will refresh faster in response to keyboard and pointer input. This change only applies to those who use the Wayland session, and the effects will be more noticeable with some displays than others (the improvement is more significant on displays with lower refresh rates).
In addition, GTK 4 has a new GL rendering engine by default, which offers faster rendering and lower power consumption. Finally, a major code cleanup has been done in Mutter, the GNOME window manager, which will improve maintainability and long-term efficiency.
Of the other changes that stand out:
- Explore View makes it easy to navigate and discover applications, with more attractive tiles and descriptions of each application.
- A new set of categories makes it easy to navigate and explore the available applications.
- The detail pages are redesigned, with larger screenshots and new information tiles, providing a better overview of each application.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that this new version of the environment is already available within the repositories of Linux distributions.