GNOME 47.1, the first maintenance update for the GNOME 47 "Denver" series, is now available, bringing a host of improvements and refinements focused on enhancing stability and user experience.
One notable area of improvement is the enhanced accessibility features in the Quick Settings panel, providing a more seamless experience for users with disabilities. Additional tweaks address inconsistencies in inset box shadows, uneven padding in notification headers, layout issues with the new dialog style, and improved tablet interface for the configuration user interface. The update also adds support for accent colors, improves preferred primary device detection, addresses explicit synchronization with virtual monitors without PipeWire streams, and refines tablet device capture.
Epiphany, GNOME's web browser, has also received some notable updates. Users can now add bookmarks in Incognito mode, disable tab navigation shortcuts in tab view, prevent saving webpage snapshots in Web App mode, add tooltips to bookmark tag rows, refine the certificate selection dialog, eliminate the setting of the webpage view background color, and resolve various bugs.
Beyond these individual application updates, GNOME 47.1 brings significant improvements to the core GNOME components. GVFS, GNOME's user space virtual file system, has received enhancements for seamless integration with OneDrive. GNOME Software, the package management application, sees refinements in the review submission dialog, improvements to the DKMS and snap plugins, and enhancements to the display of versions for installed packages during updates.
GNOME 47.1 also addresses several specific issues, restoring a missing top bar indicator, resolving a problem where the "ignore-workspace" setting was reset on the Classic and Window List extensions, relocating gnome-session-ctl back to gnome-session to resolve dependency issues, migrating GNOME Clocks to the new libadwaita widget framework, and enhancing text wrapping for banners on small form factors in GNOME Text Editor.
The GNOME Control Center (Settings) has received several refinements, allowing FQDN hostnames in the About dialog, enhancing background thumbnail generation in the Appearance panel, addressing resizing issues in the time format row in the Date and Time panel, and hiding the "Remote Desktop" row when gnome-remote-desktop is not installed.
The Wacom panel in GNOME Settings has also been enhanced with HDPI support for tablet/stylus illustration images, the ability to handle all external remotes like external TV remote devices, limiting Map Keys for backup devices, and support for colorable assets to support dark mode, high contrast, and accent color themes.
Beyond the specific improvements, GNOME 47.1 addresses a significant number of bugs, including misplaced windows and inconsistent resizing on scaled monitors. For a comprehensive list of changes included in GNOME 47.1, refer to the official release announcement. The update is available now in the stable software repositories of popular GNU/Linux distributions.
GNOME 47.1 demonstrates the continuous commitment of the GNOME development team to providing a stable, reliable, and continuously evolving desktop experience. With the numerous enhancements and refinements it brings, GNOME 47.1 is poised to further improve the overall user experience, delivering a more refined and enjoyable desktop environment.
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