The new incarnation of the desktop environment is officially available
After six months of development GNOME 3.36 Gresik is finally ready. This new release in addition to the usual bug fixing work contains some interesting news.
Let's start the rundown by talking about the lock screen that has been deeply revisited. The login screen is simpler and in some ways elegant as well as easier to use.
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| The new lock screen |
Starting to use the desktop you immediately notice a new "Do not disturb" toggle in the notifications popover. If activated it hides all notifications.
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| Do not disturb |
Present a new app called GNOME Extensions that allows you to manage GNOME Shell extensions in all aspects (update, configuration, removal, etc).
The developers then reorganized the settings section and those relating to the user: they are more intuitive and faster to navigate. The privacy section lists the apps that have been granted permission to access the camera, microphone, and location.
GNOME 3.36, news in pills
- GNOME Shell theme improvements
- Parental control
- Web can upload and view PDFs directly in the browser window
- New welcome tutorial in Boxes: presents users with the various features offered
- Rearranged shutdown and logout options
- Redesigned system dialog boxes that are now more consistent and easier to read
- Redesigned the Clocks app making it easier to use on small screens
- The Music app will automatically download the missing covers of your albums
- Performance improvements: the shell is much smoother.
GNOME 3.36 download
Now that GNOME 3.36 is officially available, the developers of the various GNU/Linux distributions are taking care of the packaging of this update. At least in theory. Ubuntu and many other distributions do not update the DE except with the arrival of a new release. This means that the version of GNOME that you have found installed by default on your Ubuntu release is the only one supported and maintained throughout the life cycle of the release in question.
GNOME 3.36 is the heart of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa, which will arrive in late April, but also of Fedora 32 and the new version of openSUSE Tumbleweed. Don't you want to wait? You can download GNOME 3.36 from the official GNOME website where you can also consult the changelog.
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