GNOME 48 out in the wild

Desktop Environments Gnome
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On Arch, it is in [gnome-unstable] and on my (test)system.


Name            : gnome-shell
Version         : 1:48.0-1
Description     : Next generation desktop shell


Name            : mutter
Version         : 48.0-3
Description     : Window manager and compositor for GNOME
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I have always been a KDE Plasma fan, every time I’ve tried Gnome, I’ve kind of “semi-got” what it was trying to do, but always felt constrained by the lack of customisability. Maybe I’ll give it another go.. I think for people who like tinkering, it’s probably not the best choice, but there’s absolutely a place for it. Kudos for another great release. There’s a place for more than one amazing DE.

Edit: I gave it another go on my old box. Lasted ten minutes. :laughing: Sorry, just not for me, - KDE Plasma forever..!

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I admire that Gnome has a vision and follows down that path. It just isn’t for me.

That said, all the recent KDE apps are going down a similar route but are worse doing so. KDE, I chose you because you had a configurable icon bar, a menu bar, configurable shortcuts etc. A predictable UX holding up the flag of established UI patterns.

But recently, KDE, you make me think. Every “new” app looks and works differently. This is not good. Because if “looks” or “works” don’t matter anymore, Gnome surely nails the “looks” better.

Go Gnome, and hope for KDE.

/rant

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Well—that’s a first…with metadata.json updates to 3 of my extensions…they ALL work. Not too bad!

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Hello Guys, I am new in this community and with Endeavour. Is Gnome 48 available in Endeavour, if YES then how to install it. I tried extra-testing repository and pacman give me only 47

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EndeavourOS uses directly Archlinux’ repositories. Whatever is available in Arch’s repos, is available for EndeavourOS too.

GNOME 48 has not yet reached Arch’s stable repos. It is not in [extra-testing]. When it is still pre-release or testing, it is in [gnome-unstable].

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Of those that I mostly use, Quick Settings Tweaks, one that I appreciate, is broken.

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It is in extra-testing. I installed it about an hour ago.

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OK. This must have happened since yesterday. Yesterday [gnome-unstable], today [extra-testing]. Things moves fast in the Arch side of the moon :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Yes, I forgot to note that it had moved when I posted yesterday. That was Fast!!!

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I’m testing out GNOME 48 and I see one improvement with its Wayland handling.

When playing window-mode games in steam, I’ve been having issues with the mouse not being properly captured when using GNOME/Wayland. This seems to have been resolved in this current version. (Fingers crossed and knock on wood.)

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Looks like its here! Testing now… Bye Bye extensions!? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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All good. Only ‘lost’ GSConnect.

Can’t find expected HDR settings…

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I can’t wait to try it. I’m still on gnome 43.

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Where did you get gnome43 from? gnome43 has been end-of-life since Sept. 2023.

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bender@command-center:~$ neofetch
  _____     bender@command-center 
 /  __ \    --------------------- 
|  /    |   OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) 
|  \___-    Host: B550 Steel Legend 
-_          Kernel: 6.1.0-32-amd64 
  --_       Uptime: 10m 
            DE: GNOME 43.9 
            CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (32) @ 3.4GHz [35.5°C] 
            GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT 
            Memory: 2.26GiB / 31.26GiB (7%) 
            Disk (/): 908G / 3.7T (25%) 

bender@command-center:~$
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Yep…that sounds about right…

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It’s fantastic!! It’s great for gaming too!

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Yes…I was with Debian for several years…I was testing with Sid & at that time I was still using nVidia cards…so I had a bad driver update every 6 months. I’ve been much happier with Arch.