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GNOME 42.1 arrives with the first fixes for the desktop used by Ubuntu 22.04, among others
There are not a few who say that, if you are looking for the purest GNOME experience, the
operating system to use is Fedora.
But the version that will use GNOME v42, Fedora 36, ​​is still in beta, so the most popular
system that is already using it is Ubuntu 22.04.
In the end, which distribution uses what is not the most important thing, or it is not
in an article like this one that focuses on one release, that of GNOME 42.1.
This is the first point update for GNOME 42, and it has come 5 weeks after the original
release.
to go correcting the errors that they have been finding during this time.
As many of you already know, GNOME does not distinguish between desktop, applications
and others, and includes everything under the name of the project, so GNOME 42.1 brings
new features to the graphical environment and to the rest of the software.
Some new features in GNOME 42.1 GNOME Software has been improved, which now
better manages the Flathub repository and Flatpak applications in general, some tweaks
have been made to the interface and a bug that occurred in Fedora and caused some repositories
to be disabled has been corrected.
Files, the old fashioned Nautilus, now supports HighContrast, can pre-load information from
external files in the list view, and has improved support for dark mode.
The control center app has fixed bugs around monitor labels, improved management of VPN
connections and online accounts, among other fixes.
Improved Calendar Widget.
The Connections app now supports resizing and maximizing the view.
Music has added shuffle option.
Improvements to the text editor introduced in GNOME 42.
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Release 42.1 of the GNOME desktop environment was announced by Michael Catanzaro.
Stating that the GNOME Project is proud to announce the release of GNOME 42.1, Catanzaro
said; he said this is a stable release for GNOME.
Saying that those who want to compile GNOME 42.1 can use BuildStream ; He stated that
upgrading from previous versions of GNOME 42.1 should be safe.
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GNOME 42.1 Is Out with Many Improvements to Software, Nautilus, and Control Center
The GNOME Project announced today the release of GNOME 42.1 as the first point release to
the latest GNOME 42 desktop environment series to fix bugs and add various improvements.
GNOME 42.1 is here about five weeks after the release of the GNOME 42 desktop environment
and brings numerous improvements to the GNOME Software graphical package manager, including
better handling of the Flathub repository and Flatpak apps, better support of RTL (Right-to-Left)
languages, various UI fixes, as well as a fix for a bug that prevented Fedora Linux
users from disabling some repositories.
The Nautilus (Files) file manager has been updated as well in this first point release
with support for HighContrast syle, the ability to preload dragged external files info in
List view, the ability to override the dark mode wallpaper when not using portal, improved
popover in Compress dialog under X11, and better support of RTL languages.
GNOME 42.1 also improves the GNOME Control Center app, which received fixes for monitor
labels and various small behavior improvements in the Display panel, improved handling of
VPN connections in the Network panel, improved behavior of helper application on X11 in the
Online Accounts panel, as well as various other small changes to the User Accounts and
Wacom panels.
On top of that, the GNOME Calendar app received improvements to the date chooser widget, the
new GNOME Connections app now allows users to resize and maximize the display view and
better handles multiple simultaneous connections, and the GNOME Music app now has a working
shuffle function, improved art handling on scrolling, and better support for RTL languages.
Last but not least, GNOME 42.1 ships with a new version of the GNOME Text Editor app
that received improvements to the preference dialog styling, titles in the “save-changes”
dialog, and icons for zoom controls.
Also as part of this first GNOME 42 point release, there’s GNOME Logs 42.0, a major
update that introduces optional dark mode user preference, rounded window corners, the
ability to directly open journal files, several keyboard shortcuts to the Help overlay, and
window sizing improvements.
Of course, many other core components received smaller changes, bug fixes, etc., so make
sure that you check the full changelog for more details.
Meanwhile, if you’re using the GNOME 42 desktop environment on your GNU/Linux distribution,
keep an eye on the stable repositories for the 42.1 packages and update your installations.
Also today, the GNOME Project released GNOME 41.6 as the sixth maintenance update to the
GNOME 41 desktop environment series, which many distributions out there are still using,
such as Ubuntu 21.10.
GNOME 41.6 only brings a few bug fixes, but you should still update your installations
when the new package versions arrive in the stable repositories.
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GNOME 42.1 is released The developers of the GNOME desktop environment
have released the first point update for GNOME 42.
The popular desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems, GNOME, has received a new
point version.
GNOME 42 was released in the last week of March 2022.
GNOME 42.1 brings some bug fixes and enhancements among the components of the desktop environment.
Better support for Flatpak apps GNOME 42.1 brings improvements to the GNOME
Software package manager such as better support for the Flathub repository and Flatpak applications.
In addition, fixes some of the problems in right-to-left languages.
The bug that prevents users from disabling some of the repositories in Fedora Linux is
now fixed.
GNOME 42.1 delivers some UI fixes for the GNOME Software package manager as well.
Nautilus file manager now supports HighContrast style and it can preload the external files’
information in the List view while being dragged.
It also has some enhancements regarding right-to-left languages and it can override dark mode wallpaper
while not using the portal.
Various improvements among GNOME apps GNOME Control Center has its monitor labels
fixed.
It also handles VPN connections in the Network section.
GNOME Calendar’s date chooser widget is improved and GNOME Music has now a shuffle
feature.
GNOME Connections is now able to be resized while handling multiple simultaneous connections.
The update should arrive in Linux distributions’ repositories soon.
Meantime, the developers of the GNOME desktop environment have announced the release schedule
for GNOME 43.
The final version of GNOME 43 will arrive on the 21st of September.
The alpha will begin on 2nd July, the beta on 6th August, and the release candidate on
3rd September.
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