It's the weekend again, and that means that news has been released about two of the most used desktops in Linux. The project that usually publishes them first is GNOME, which is why we tend to get back to you with their information sooner. In terms of the number of changes, there may not be many, but there is a bit of everything, starting with a new version of what many consider the most used mobile GNOME.
There has also been time to include a new application in the GNOME circle, that is, those applications that are not officially part of the project, but are under its umbrella. The app that has been accepted this week, which ran from February 14 to 21, has been Keypunch, an app which will help us type better. Here is a list of the rest of the new features.
This week in GNOME
- Several minor bugs have been fixed in GNOME Software, the project's official store.
- It is now possible to use different styles to highlight text in PDF documents in Papers.
- Mingle v0.20 has arrived with information about emojis and their combinations – hover over them to see what a combination consists of –, a fixed search button, a new loading spinner, and bug fixes. A favorites system is coming soon too.
- Phosh 0.45.0 is now available. It now detects captive Wi-Fi portals and displays a notification that takes us to our favorite browser when it is activated to log into the portal. Taking screenshots now immediately saves thumbnails for display by file choosers and other applications. The composer has switched to wlroots 0.18 and things like debug logging domains, damage tracking debugging, or touchpoint debugging can now be configured at runtime.
- The website was recently updated, and now they have also updated http://developer.gnome.org.
- The Weather O'Clock and Auto Activities extensions have been moved to GNOME 48.
And that's been it for this week at GNOME.
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