The GNOME 48 Alpha release was issued this morning for helping to test this updated desktop environment debuting as stable in March.

There are a ton of exciting new features and improvements to find with the GNOME 48 desktop. Among the changes to check out right now with the GNOME 48 Alpha include:

- [1]GNOME Snapshot can now read QR codes .

- [2]Decibels as the official audio player of GNOME .

- [3]Wayland timing and queuing protocols for Mutter .

- [4]Screen Time support for GNOME Shell along with many other GNOME Shell and Mutter features .

- [5]The GNOME Image Viewer can now edit images .

- The GNOME Epiphany web browser brings history dialog improvements and other refinements.

- New default wallpapers.

- GNOME Calendar has improvements to the event editor dialog.

- The GNOME Control Center has improvements to its power area and other additions.

- GNOME Remote Desktop is preparing for Vulkan and VA-API hardware acceleration.

- The Nautilus file manager has faster thumbnail loading.

More details on the GNOME 48 Alpha via the release announcement on [6]GNOME.org Discourse . The GNOME 48 Beta is expected in early February while the release candidate will come at the start of March. GNOME 48.0 stable should be out on 19 March.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Alpha-Week

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Decibels-Audio-Player

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Wayland-Timing

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Muter-48-Alpha

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Editing-JPEGs

[6] https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-48-alpha-released/26414