GNOME 48.alpha Released

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Hello,

GNOME 48.alpha is now available. This is the first unstable release leading to the 48 series.

Review the list of updated modules and changes.
Use the official BuildStream project snapshot to compile GNOME 48.alpha.

A GNOME OS install image is available for testing

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WARNING!

This release is a snapshot of development code. Although it is buildable and usable, it is primarily intended for testing and hacking purposes.

For more information about the 48 release, the full schedule, the official module lists and the proposed module lists, please see our schedule page

Jordan Petridis
GNOME Release Team

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Thanks for posting the release notes, looking forward to 48 :slight_smile: One question:

The following modules have been removed in this release:
gnome-shell-extensions

Why are Extensions gone? Or am I misreading that?

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gnome-shell-extensions is no longer part of GNOME Core although it is still being developed and follows GNOME’s release schedule (there is a gnome-shell-extensions 48.alpha release).

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Thanks for the clarification, @jbicha :bowing_man:

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Will this release not bump gvfs and msgraph (according to the updated modules and changes)? gvfs 1.57.1 was released 6 days ago and adds support for Microsoft SharePoint folders in OneDrive. I was hoping that this was going to make it into GNOME 48.

See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/-/raw/master/NEWS

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The gvfs and msgraph updates will most likely be in the 48.beta release.

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Hey, I tried using the ISO through Ventoy - Ventoy is a multi-boot media for USB drives, think of it as a distro testing hopper thing, or whatever - and it didn’t work since whenever I try to enter the boot menu of GNOME OS alpha test, I ran into a issue which is this, it just turns black whenever I enter GNOME OS, and yet I don’t even know if it is loading or not, I made a issue on the GitLab but it didn’t really improve the situation at all, do I tried asking here, but I have a reply but no response back, for those that don’t know O tried it on my physical hardware since my laptop can’t handle that, 4 gigs of RAM, 128 gigs of Storage, but I am using Linux Mint 22.1 without Wayland, and I am wondering if there are some system specs to it? What is the system requirements and can this issue be resolved for this “black screen” issue, or does it?

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It looks like Papers will not replace Evince in 48, right? What is the reason for that? I’m using it regularly via a Flatpak install. It is super stable, and much more modern than Evince.

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Yes, the GNOME Alpha is the deadline for new apps so Papers is not part of core GNOME for GNOME 48. See tracking: Papers (Document Viewer) (#24) · Issues · Teams / Releng / App Organization · GitLab for blockers.

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there is also the background that went a little bit darker in gdm and in the desktop idk if it’s my screen or smth

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When can we expect the new module versions to be available in Vertimus?
Damned-Lies still shows GNOME 48

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GNOME Release Calendar - GNOME Release Notes points to release in 5 weeks
We are past UI freeze and into string announcement period.
String freeze is less than 2 weeks away.

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In the last release, it was added to Damned Lies only on string freeze so it should be a couple of weeks.

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Thank you very much for posting news.

Can you please clarify a couple questions:

  • is it newer than current nightly GnomeOS?
    i.e. comparing to
% grep _VERS /etc/os-release
IMAGE_VERSION=nightly.792981

  • is there a way to switch input language to English at login screen?
    GnomeOS is installed with local settings, and Super+Space key combination works nice after login, but that shortcut for language toggling doesn’t work at login screen (that’s a quite unhandy to copy-paste password by mouse every time at login)

  • is there a way to enable transparency in ptyxis installed from flatpak (looks like it’s not there in its settings comparing with version from a std package)