Helping make GNOME 50 all the more exciting with its release next month are some last minute improvements making the beta cut-off. GNOME Shell has landed improved discrete GPU detection while Mutter now treats Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) functionality as stable, improved frame scheduling, virtual monitor / remote desktop screencasting work, and more.
GNOME Shell 50 Beta changes include:
- Improved discrete GPU detection .
- For the digital wellbeing / parental controls features, parents aren ow able to extend screen time limits.
- Using GNOME Software for offline update support.
- Various bug fixes and other enhancements.
The full list of GNOME Shell 50 Beta changes can be found via this commit .
GNOME Mutter 50 Beta meanwhile delivers:
- Variable Refresh Rate is no longer experimental . VRR can now be easily enabled with capable hardware as can the fractional scaling support too.
- Virtual monitor / HiDPI improvements to help with screencasting for remote GNOME desktop handling.
- Improved frame scheduling via various improvements .
- The hardware cursor plane is now able to move between devices.
- Fixes moving windows to smaller monitors.
Those details can be found via this commit .