Yesterday the GNOME project announced the release of GNOME 3.10, the latest version this popular desktop for GNU/Linux.
This latest release in the GNOME 3 series includes many new features, applications and bug fixes, as well as enhancements and updates to many existing applications.
Introducing the release, Allan Day of the GNOME Design Team said, ‟GNOME 3.10 is a significant upgrade for our users and developers will benefit from new features in the application development platform. Our contributors did an incredible job and have created a really exciting release.“
Highlights for GNOME 3.10 include:
- Experimental Wayland support;
- A reworked system status area, which gives a more focused overview of your system;
- Three new applications (which are technology previews): Maps, Music and Software;
- Three new additions to the core set of GNOME applications: Notes, Photos and Weather;
- ‟Software“, which provides an easy way to browse and install applications;
- New geo-location features, such as automatic time zones and world clocks;
- The ability to set a custom image on the lock screen;
- High-resolution display support.
For developers, there are new GTK widgets, a geo-location framework that will allow location-aware applications and the ability to define composite widgets using XML.
As stated above, GNOME 3.10 also introduces initial Wayland support. This represents a major technological step forward for GNOME and will enable the project to fully adopt the next generation display and input technology in the future.
Full details of the changes in the new 3.10 version of GNOME are set out in the release notes.