GNOME 43 Released with Quick Settings, More GTK 4 Ports, and New Device Security Panel

posted by Marius Nestor on Sep 21, 2022,
updated Sep 23, 2022

• GNOME 43 Released with Quick Settings, More GTK 4 Ports, and New Device Security Panel

  After nearly six months of development, the GNOME 43 “Guadalajara” desktop is finally here and introduces a few interesting changes, the most prominent one being the Quick Settings menu that can be accessed from the system top bar, very similar to those you probably saw on Android devices or the latest Windows 11 and macOS systems.

Update (By Roy)

Marius was first, but here is the original and some later coverage.

• GNOME Release Notes

  After 6 months of hard work, the GNOME project is proud to present version 43. This latest GNOME release comes with improvements across the board, ranging from a new quick settings menu, a redesigned Files app, and hardware security integration. GNOME 43 continues the trend of GNOME apps migrating from GTK 3 to GTK 4, and includes many other smaller enhancements.

  GNOME 43 is code-named “Guadalajara”, in recognition of the work done by the organizers of GUADEC 2022.

• GNOME 43 Releases With Plenty of User Experience Enhancements

  As one of the biggest open-source desktop environment projects, GNOME has raised the bar in simplicity for years. The last major GNOME version, GNOME 42, brought many improvements, particularly in simplifying and improving the UI.

• GNOME 43 Released, This is What’s New - OMG! Ubuntu!

  Whether you’re an eager GNOME acolyte or just a casual admirer, there is a lot to enjoy in the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment.

  GNOME 43 arrives six months after the (rather) substantial GNOME 42 release. In many respects it’s a direction continuation of the path set out there, and contains confident collection of changes, some small, some big, but all intended to make it easier to use GNOME.

  I whip through the core user-facing changes in this post, share a few screenshots, and give a few of my thoughts on some of the chances based on first-hand experience of using it. If you read my run-through of GNOME 43 new features — gold star for those who did — most of the changes I mention below will be familiar to you.

And now there is a video:

• GNOME 43: building a better Linux platform takes time - Invidious

MUO - MakeUseOf - a bit late:

• GNOME 43 Lands With Major Linux Desktop UI, Device Security Enhancements

  Version 43 of the GNOME desktop for Linux has been released. The new version debuts with changes to the system menu, file manager, and new device security options.

  Celebrating "Hard Work" of GNOME Developers

  The GNOME project took to Twitter to announce GNOME 43:

  As a testament to the developers, GNOME 43 is codenamed "Guadalajara," as the GUADEC GNOME developer's conference was held in the Mexican city in July 2022.

A couple more this evening:

• GNOME 43 Desktop Is a Step Forward but Still Far from Perfection

  The GNOME 43 "Guadalajara" desktop environment was released, improving the appearance and adding some new features.

• GNOME 43 released [LWN.net]

  Version 43 of the GNOME desktop environment has been released; see the release notes for details.

UPDATE

• GNOME 43 is out now with Quick Settings, refreshed Files app and lots more

  GNOME 43 is officially out now, bringing with it some pretty wonderful sounding changes to one of the most popular Linux desktop environments.

  One of the new highlights is a Quick Settings feature. This is a redesign of the status menu in the top right, giving you more settings that are easy to change like the UI style, a screenshot button, the ability to switch between sound devices and more.

Liam Proven covers it a bit late.

• GNOME 43 here at last, soon to be followed by KDE 5.26 • The Register

  Love it or loathe it? Plus: KDE 5.26 here soon, and both desktops still working on mobile support

  The third release of GNOME since the big shift of GNOME 40 is coming together – but KDE isn't getting left behind.

Liam Dawe's coverage:

• GNOME 43 is out now with Quick Settings, refreshed Files app and lots more

  GNOME 43 is officially out now, bringing with it some pretty wonderful sounding changes to one of the most popular Linux desktop environments.