GNOME 48 Released (9to5linux.com)
(Wednesday March 19, 2025 @11:30PM (msmash)
from the moving-forward dept.)
- Reference: 0176774917
- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/20/0324212/gnome-48-released
- Source link: https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-bengaluru-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
[1]prisoninmate writes:
> GNOME 48 desktop environment has been released after six months of development with major new features that have been expected for more than four years, such as dynamic triple buffering, HDR support, and much more. 9to5Linux reports:
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> "Highlights of GNOME 48 include dynamic triple buffering to boost the performance on low-end GPUs, such as Intel integrated graphics or Raspberry Pi computers, Wayland color management protocol support, new Adwaita fonts, HDR (High Dynamic Range) support, and a new Wellbeing feature with screen time tracking.
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> "GNOME 48 also introduces a new GNOME Display Control (gdctl) utility to view the active monitor configuration and set new monitor configuration using command line arguments, implements a11y keyboard monitoring support, adds output luminance settings, and it now centers new windows by default."
[1] https://slashdot.org/~prisoninmate
> GNOME 48 desktop environment has been released after six months of development with major new features that have been expected for more than four years, such as dynamic triple buffering, HDR support, and much more. 9to5Linux reports:
>
> "Highlights of GNOME 48 include dynamic triple buffering to boost the performance on low-end GPUs, such as Intel integrated graphics or Raspberry Pi computers, Wayland color management protocol support, new Adwaita fonts, HDR (High Dynamic Range) support, and a new Wellbeing feature with screen time tracking.
>
> "GNOME 48 also introduces a new GNOME Display Control (gdctl) utility to view the active monitor configuration and set new monitor configuration using command line arguments, implements a11y keyboard monitoring support, adds output luminance settings, and it now centers new windows by default."
[1] https://slashdot.org/~prisoninmate
HDR support (Score:2)
by phantomfive ( 622387 )
What does Gnome need to do to support High Dynamic Range? I thought that would be the job of X (or Wayland, if you like crappier rewrites of crappy legacy software).
lack of info!? (Score:2)
No link? No screenshots? Are we expected to google this ourself? /s