GNOME 44 Desktop Environment Is Slated for Release on March 22nd, 2023 (UPDATED)
While you are probably enjoying your GNOME 43 desktop environment, the GNOME devs are already working hard on the next major release, GNOME 44, due out in late March 2023 with more new features and enhancements.
That’s right, GNOME 44 is coming in a few months as yet another major update in the GNOME 40 series of this popular desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions. The release schedule was published a while ago, suggesting a final release date of March 22nd, 2023.
UPDATE
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GNOME 44 Release Set for March 22, 2023 - OMG! Linux
This is the the date pencilled — subject to change, as always — in the GNOME 44 release schedule on the GNOME Wiki. The date isn’t a surprise as new versions of the GNOME desktop environment are released every six months.
Now Jack Wallen:
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Gnome 44 Now Has a Release Date - Linux Magazine
Gnome 44 will be officially released on March 22, 2023.
Although it's a bit premature to talk about what features will be found in the 44th iteration of the Gnome desktop, it's safe to say that the Epiphany web browser will most likely get the GTK4 port we've been waiting for as well as WebExtensions support that will be enabled out of the box. There also may be wider libadwaita support in more apps.
The big question on my mind is will Gnome 44 finally feature the new terminal app, Console, or will it continue on with the current default gnome-terminal?
According to 9To5Linux, Gedit is making a comeback, although there is no indication it will return as the default text editor. My guess is that the new default will remain the same with the newly-updated Gedit available as an alternative.