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The GNOME project today announced the release of GNOME 49 “Brescia”, a new version of the popular open-source desktop environment. GNOME 49 features new default apps, new lock screen features, smoother interface animations and a glut of usability and accessibility improvements. This update is notable for being the first version of the GNOME desktop to not support running on Xorg/X11 by default. Distro makers and packagers can choose to re-enable X11 support in GNOME 49 at build-time, but the ‘official’ release disables it. I published a comprehensive overview of GNOME 49’s key changes last week, so check out that article if […]
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