Gnome 50 Alpha Released with the X11 Code Gutted
4 months ago
- #Wayland
- #Linux
- #GNOME
- GNOME 50 Alpha released, removing X11 session support, retaining XWayland for X11 clients.
- GNOME Mutter drops X11 back-end support, keeping XWayland for X11 applications.
- Glycin adds XBM and XPM image loading support in Rust-based library.
- GNOME Calendar sees improved animations, performance, and memory leak fixes.
- GNOME Control Center updates keywords for better Windows version behavior matching.
- GNOME Initial Setup prefers run0 over pkexec if available.
- GNOME Text Editor enhances dark theme styling.
- GNOME Foundry improves IDE infrastructure and debugs implementation.
- gdk-pixbuf with Glycin supports SVGZ and AVIF image formats.
- GDM 50.alpha removes X11 support, adds [email protected] for headless sessions.
- GNOME Web (Epiphany) receives multiple bug fixes.
- at-spi2-core defaults to dbus-broker with Meson build.
- Gtk 4.21.4 enhances SVG rendering with GtkSvg.
- Nautilus file manager improves thumbnail loading and reduces memory usage.