GNOME 43 Beta was just released with the latest batch of open-source desktop enhancements and more GTK 4 / Adwaita porting. Some of the GNOME 43 Beta highlights include:
- Faster start-up times and scrolling performance for the GNOME Calls app.
- Support for the dark color scheme with the DConf Editor.
- The Epiphany web browser removed PDF.js, adds various WebExtensions features, and other updates.
- GJS is shipping various new JavaScript features from SpiderMonkey 102.
- Adding the new GNOME 43 desktop backgrounds.
- GNOME Console has been ported to GTK 4 and Adwaita along with other improvements to this new GNOME Terminal replacement.
- WWAN 5G connection support to GNOME Control Center's Cellular area. There is also now support for privacy screen configurations from the GNOME Control Center.
- GNOME Initial Setup has been ported to GTK 4 and Adwaita.
- GNOME Logs has been ported to GTK 4.
- UI updates and other enhancements to GNOME Software.
- Many performance improvements around document loading in the GNOME Text Editor. There are also desktop integration improvements, UI re-coloring improvements, and more.
- The Nautilus file manager has seen improvements for main window elements on smaller screen sizes, plug-in changes, modernizing the properties window, and other tweaking.
- GNOME Mutter improvements including direct scanout improvements, high resolution scroll wheel support, single pixel buffer support on Wayland, and more.
- GNOME Shell improvements including better overview animation performance, improved app grid navigation, improved on-screen keyboard, and more.
Downloads and more details on the GNOME 43 Beta via the release announcement . We're now under the feature, UI, and API freezes. The GNOME 43 stable release is expected on 21 September.