Explore “GNOME 48”

Easily Toggle Ubuntu’s New Wellbeing Reminders On/Off

The Wellbeing controls available in Ubuntu 25.04 make it easy to get periodic prompts to move your butt or look away from your screen — you might not want them enabled all the time, though. […]

8 May 2025
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GNOME 48: The Best New Features

Aloha, GNOME 48 — a new version of the GNOME desktop environment is out with a swathe of new features, UI buffs, and technical integrations that will have plenty of folks clamouring to upgrade. GNOME 48 […]

19 March 2025
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GNOME 48 Introduces New Default Adwaita Fonts

GNOME 48 uses a new default UI and monospace font, though this typographic turnabout won’t impact Ubuntu users directly. If you feel a sense of deja vu it’s because GNOME tested a font switch before, […]

2 February 2025

GNOME 48 Expands Core Apps With New Audio Player

When GNOME 48 is released in March it will debut with a brand-new audio player. Per a recent merge request, Decibels graduates from GNOME Incubator to GNOME Core Apps as part of GNOME 48, making […]

14 January 2025

GNOME’s New Image Viewer Adds Image Editing Features

Loupe (aka Image Viewer) is GNOME’s modern successor to the venerable Eye of GNOME has picked up its first batch of image editing features. The features in question were only recently merged upstream, aren’t finished, […]

30 December 2024
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GNOME 48 Release Schedule & Potential New Features

GNOME 47 ‘Denver’ proved a decent update to the GNOME desktop, delivering a hearty dose of new features, UI refinements, and app improvements. As those of you using Ubuntu 24.10 are no-doubt enjoying. But as […]

7 November 2024
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Ubuntu 25.04 Opens Development with Major Build Change

Ubuntu developers today announced that Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is officially open for development. There’s even a release date: Ubuntu 25.04 is out on April 17, 2025. Still, that’s a way off; there are 6 […]

30 October 2024