Gnome 46
GNOME 46 is close to release and as usual brings with it interesting new features.
Support for headless remote access via GDM (GNOME Display Manager), experimental support for the variable refresh rate (VRR). GNOME Control Center (Settings) received improvements to the Wi-Fi page to also show the password when sharing the network via QR Code.
Privacy page hides the non-functional microphone panel, the Search page received a command-line parameter for opening the Search Locations dialog directly, and the Network panel now features missing VPN entries.
https://9to5linux.comNew System panel that groups the Region & Language, Date & Time, Users, Remote Desktop, and About panels, as well as new Secure Shell settings, a new Apps panel that also houses the Default Apps settings, and a new Privacy & Security panel that’s a bit different than the previous Privacy panel.
GNOME Connections app and GNOME Tweaks search improvements.
Many new features introduced by GNOME files 46 (Nautilus)
- Improved custom icons for folders.
- Password confirmation when creating protected ZIP archives.
- Ability to change owner/group and other permissions under admin:///
- Detection of file copy/move operations beyond the 4GB limit on FAT file systems.
- Option for detailed date and time format.
- Ability to cancel more than one “Alt+Up” action with the “Alt+Down” key.
- Switching views without reloading the folder.
- List of operations at the bottom of the sidebar.
- Replacement of the “Other Locations” view with the “Network” view.
- List of mounted drives in the sidebar.
- Indication of loading of sub folders.
- Recording of selected files in your browsing history.
I’m preview testing it in beta for Arch Linux and made a video as usual…
How to install GNOME 46 beta on Arch Linux
Fabian Bornschein’s FGCU repositories no longer exist because “the project lead is now part of the Arch Linux crew, FCGU was dropped in favor of Arch’ gnome-unstable Repo“.
It is possible to install GNOME unstable by following official Arch Linux wiki guide.
In the past I had already tried to use this official unstable repositories but they were never updated, now it’s different thanks to the addition of FGCU.
The procedure is the same. Add the following code before the core section in /etc/pacman.conf.
Positioning is important to avoid carrying out partial updates that block the system.
[gnome-unstable]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
To install give the command
# pacman -Syuu
Remove or comment repo and give command again to uninstall all unstable packages
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