As the two most used desktops in Linux have accustomed us, it is the weekend, and both KDE and GNOME have published an article about the novelties that have been introduced. GNOME it makes everything tidier, and talks little about the future, more about what has already happened and everything, including the design, seems a bit tidier. Although to be fair, what KDE publishes is more of a personal blog than anything official about the project.
But this article is not about comparing desks, but about the news that they have introduced this week in GNOME. In general, there are none that really stand out, although they do mention improvements in some GNOME Shell extensions or in third-party or circle applications such as Amberol.
This week in GNOME
- GLib has introduced the new functions
g_idle_add_once()yg_timeout_add_once(), which make it easier to enter calls into a one-time window or timeout. Also, to improve automatic processes, it has arrivedGPtrArray. - Archivos, better known as Nautilus, has major changes planned to be introduced to the GTK4-based port. The experience for mouse users has also been improved without hampering future enhancements for touch users. As a new feature, you can now use the middle button to open multiple selected files at once.
- Workbench now supports previewing templates and signals, as well as converting them back between XML and Blueprint.
- Furtherance 1.3.0 has arrived, and among its novelties are the possibility of auto-saving and automatically restoring after an inappropriate shutdown. Alternatively, tasks can be added manually and their names can be changed for entire groups.
- amberol Fixed several bugs, including a new icon and tweaks to styling things like the waveform, volume control, and loading progress bar.
- GNOME Shell Extensions:
- A color effect and a noise effect have been added, which can help make blurring more readable and prevent color banding on low resolution screens.
- Many of the internal preferences have been changed.
- Translations have been added to different languages, including French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, and Arabic.
And that has been all this week in GNOME