The new version of the Gnome 3.30 desktop environment is now available

Finally, version 3.30 of the Gnome desktop environment was released, which in this blog has been monitoring by a server and colleagues that make up this great blog about Ubuntu.

Throughout the development process of this new version of Gnome, We have been informing you about the changes that have been made and polishing during all this time and well finally the stable version of the environment is now available.

GNOME is one of the best options when it comes to choosing a desktop environment for Linux. Many popular distributions such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Fedora already include GNOME by default.

What's new in Gnome 3.30 Almeria

Recently, the GNOME Project shipped the latest version in the form of GNOME 3.30 with codename 'Almeria'.

This release features some significant performance improvements. The full desktop now uses fewer system resources, which means you can run more applications at the same time without encountering performance issues.

The team calls it an exciting launch for themselves, as is the first to have been produced and verified using the CI infrastructure in GitLab.

GNOME 3.30 is the latest version of GNOME 3, and it is the result of six months of hard work by the GNOME community. It includes new features and a large number of small fixes and improvements. In total, this post includes 24845 changes, made by approximately 801 contributors.

As usual, The release comes with numerous refinements throughout the software. In Files, the refinement has been done in the search bar and There are also changes to the Thunderbold panel in Settings.

GNOME 3.30 comes with more retro games in the Games app, too there is a new podcast app called Podcasts.

Application updates in GNOME 3.30

GNOME 3.30 includes some updates for many standard applications. Files has a combined search interface and file path bar, which makes searching more prominent and integrated into the browsing experience.

Boxes can now connect to Windows servers via RDP, resulting in a better remote desktop experience.

The web now includes a content reader mode. When viewing a supported web page, the web can toggle between the normal view and the clean, minimal view of the reader.

Minimal view removes all menus, images, and content not related to the article or document, allowing for a more enjoyable reading experience.

Flatpak packages automatically updated

Software, the GNOME Software Manager, can now automatically update installed Flatpaks. Flatpak is an emerging technology that allows you to get applications quickly and safely.

There are already many new applications available on Flathub, a repository for Flatpaks. Simply enable the option to update Flatpaks and Software will ensure you have the latest version at all times.

Gnome 3.30 for old gamers

games Gnome 3.30

The Gnome developers also want to reach the doors of all those old generation gamers users, with which Games, the “retro” gaming app had a great number of improvements and is here to stay.

For is now faster to use as it can be navigated with a remote. Additional enhancements include:

  • The keymap can be configured for controller inputs, for when you do not have the controller available.
  • Finding games is faster as additional data about each game is displayed in the collection view.
  • The Flatpak version includes 4 emulators, allowing you to play more games than ever.

Without more to say, you can review the release notes at the following link, where you can learn a little more about the changes and improvements included in this new release.

Very soon, users of all major distributions will be able to try and use this new release. After that, The next version of GNOME 3.32 is scheduled to arrive in March 2019.


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  1.   Hugo serrano said

    It seems to me that they forgot the "link" that can be consulted:

    "Without more to say, you can review the release notes at the following link, where you can learn a little more about the changes and improvements included in this new release."

    I hope you can share it soon.

  2.   Dylan roman said

    And how do I download it in Ubuntu?