The GNOME Project has released GNOME 44 today with improvements to the Settings app, the quick settings menu, and the Software app. Linux distributions will eventually ship this new GNOME release.
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Vanilla OS will move to a Debian base in its next release, according to the developers behind the project. The team outlined several good reasons for deciding on the change, read on to learn more.
Fedora 37 is now available for download by the public. This release includes two new Editions - Fedora CoreOS and Fedora Cloud. The Workstation edition features the latest GNOME 43.
Canonical has released Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It comes with some of the latest GNOME desktop enhancements, a more modern Linux kernel, and a new logo. It will receive updates until 2027.
Canonical has released Ubuntu 21.10 with the Linux 5.13 kernel and GNOME 40. Firefox is now packaged as a snap that's managed directly by Mozilla and Canonical so updates should arrive quicker.
The Fedora Project has made Fedora 34 beta available for download. This version comes with GNOME 40, PipeWire, and transparent compression in BTRFS which will extend the life of SSDs.
Mozilla has released Firefox 84. It brings WebRender to more systems including some Linux computers, it's the last version to support Adobe Flash and it now supports Apple Silicon CPUs natively.
This short guide will show you how to create encrypted partitions on USB devices, external hard drives, and internal hard drives using the GNOME Disks tool found on popular Linux distributions.
The GNOME project has announced Circle, a programme that it hopes will allow it to build its developer outreach. Circle lowers the barriers for developers that want to be a part of the GNOME project.
Fedora 33 has been released bringing with it GNOME 3.38, the BTRFS filesystem as default, and updates to many software packages including Python, Ruby on Rails, and Perl. It's ready for download now.
The Fedora Project has announced the availability of Fedora 32. It includes a raft of new software packages, introduces GNOME 3.36, and includes EarlyOOM which stops low-memory systems from hanging.
Red Hat Inc. has just released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, the first major update to the operating system since 2014. Full support for RHEL 8 will be delivered to customers until May 2024.
Canonical has joined the GNOME Foundation's advisory board following its decision to dump Unity and switch back to GNOME as its primary environment in Ubuntu. It'll give money and advice to GNOME.
The Librem 5's crowdfunding campaign has finally come to a close after two months. The campaign managed to bring in a huge $2.1 million, well past the initial target of $1.5 million.
Canonical has announced the second Ubuntu release this year. Ubuntu 17.10 switches over to the GNOME desktop and Wayland display server to allow for bugs to be worked out before the next LTS release.
Ubuntu 17.10 will arrive with the GNOME desktop set to default. It looks as though Canonical has begun working on a new dock project to keep Ubuntu familiar to existing users that have used Unity.
When Ubuntu 17.10 launches with GNOME in October, it'll move the window controls back to the right, exactly where they used to be prior to 2010 when Canonical started pushing the Unity desktop.
A new vulnerability that impacts Linux systems has been discovered by a researcher. The vulnerability, which affects the GNOME Files file manager, has already been patched by the Debian Project.
Ubuntu 17.10 is shaping up to be a big upgrade, unlike 17.04. The release is now expected to ship with GNOME, Wayland, and possibly GDM. Unity 8, and Upstart will also be booted from the repos.
Canonical has decided to give up on its hope to bring about convergence across all types of devices and has announced it will move to GNOME in Ubuntu 18.04. Canonical will now focus on IoT and cloud.
Linux allows you to fully customize not only the look and feel of your desktop, but also its functionality. Here's a brief overview of the most popular Linux desktop environments to get you started.
Three months ago, Debian's developers chose to replace GNOME with the Xfce desktop environment. It seems that the next release will use GNOME 3 after all, just like Linus Torvalds himself now
If you dislike Ubuntu's standard desktop environment called Unity, you might be interested in a new Ubuntu flavor which promises to bring a 'pure GNOME experience' to the popular Linux distribution
For many years, the standard desktop environment of Debian has been GNOME. However the next release of the Linux distribution will use Xfce as the default environment, but for a strange reason.
The developers of the GNOME desktop environment don't just want to bring out version 4 in 2014, they even want to come with their own Linux distribution, with a 20% global market share in 2020.
Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founding father, made a surprising announcement at the Ubuntu Developers Summit yesterday. Shuttleworth stated that starting with Ubuntu version 11.04, the primary desktop would be Unity rather than Gnome. Shuttleworth said, "users...
A new version of one of the most popular Linux distributions, Ubuntu, is due in less than a month's time. The final stable version of Ubuntu 9.10 will be released on 29 October, according to...
OpenSolaris started life as an open-source version of Sun's venerable and well-respected Unix-based operating system Solaris. Since its first proper release over a year ago, it has moved forward by leaps and bounds, and the...
Today sees the release of Shift Linux 0.3 (Gnome) for testing. This is a Live CD based off of Morphix, is Debian based, and developed in-house here at Neowin. It comes with many packages as...
Today, the GNOME Project celebrates the release of GNOME 2.12, the latest version of the popular, multi-platform Free desktop environment. Released on schedule, to the day, it is the culmination of six months...
The GNOME 2.6.2 Desktop and Developer Platform has been released: "This point release from the stable branch of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform contains a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the...
GNOME project has built a complete free and easy-to-use desktop environment for the user, as well as a powerful application framework for the software developer. GNOME is included in pretty much every BSD and GNU/Linux...
As Microsoft focuses on merging its Web browser and operating system software, open-source competitors are mulling a proposal to join forces and beat the software giant to the punch. Representatives from two...
The Gnome Project said Tuesday that its servers have apparently been breached, potentially delaying the latest release of its desktop system for Linux. In a e-mail alert sent Tuesday, the managers of...
GNOME 2.5.0 GNOME project has built a complete free and easy-to-use desktop environment for the user, as well as a powerful application framework for the software developer. GNOME is included in...
GNOME project has built a complete free and easy-to-use desktop environment for the user, as well as a powerful application framework for the software developer. GNOME is included in pretty much every BSD and GNU/Linux...
Red Hat's Owen Taylor has been explaining why the distro has decided to erase the differences between the look and feel of its desktop offerings from KDE and Gnome. It should give even the most...
Thanks to SYBOLD for the heads up. The GNOME Foundation today released version 2.0 of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform at the Ottawa Linux Symposium. With the inclusion of GNOME 2.0...
A number of release critical issues were resolved after Release Candidate 1, so to ensure adequate testing and review before GNOME 2.0 Desktop Final, we've made a second release candidate for wider testing. RC2 should...
If you, like thousands of other linux users use Gnome, then you'll be excited to read here that Gnome 2.0 RC1 has been released! The links below provide a vast wealth of information; also, it...
