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GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
Highlights of GNOME 51 include support for saving and restoring monitor brightness, support for elogind as a libsystemd provider, a new API to generate QR codes, support for the input capture portal to integrate with the clipboard, and improved screencasting by minimizing stage paints and buffer copies.
GNOME 51 also brings initial support for the ‘reduced-motion’ setting, support for web login and a unified auth mechanism, support for copy, paste, and cut action keys in entries, SVG-based cursor implementations, and better keyboard navigation of screenshot area selection.
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GNOME 51 Wallpapers - Even a Stopped Clock
With GNOME 51 out the door, it's wallpaper reveal season again. This time around it's evolution, not revolution — the set sticks to its geometric roots.
The default is really just a stylistic touch up of the 50 hexagons. The subtle rim highlight received a spotlight and now shines extra bright.
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On Time! GNOME 51 Arrives With a Set of Improvements You Shouldn't Miss
GNOME is still the initial desktop environment for most people who step into the world of Linux, trying their first distribution. I say that because the mainstream picks like Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation both ship it by default, bringing new users directly into the GNOME ecosystem.
While we are seeing a rise in adoption for dynamic tiling window managers like Hyprland, conventional desktop environments like this one are still a daily driver pick for many.
Now, a fresh release, GNOME 51, has arrived, bringing with it many upgrades, such as a better-behaving shell, a new wallpaper that looks chic, and a host of updated pre-installed apps.
Continue reading to get the full details.
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GNOME 51 released with passkey login and smoother UX
Core apps pick up improvements too. The desktop Maps app gains offline area downloads and live transit data, Papers now lets you add visual signatures and Nautilus speeds up the loading of large folders.
While this is a more modest release than we’ve become accustomed to – some planned changes, like a GTK4 port of Disks and a slider to change touchpad scroll speed, didn’t make it in – there is still plenty to look out for.
Ubuntu 26.10 is out on 15 October and ships with GNOME 51, with its own customisations on top. New GNOME releases aren’t backported, so Ubuntu 26.04 LTS stays on GNOME 50 for the duration of its supported period.
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LWN ☛ GNOME 51 released
Version 51 of the GNOME desktop
environment has been released. The list of changes includes a number of
performance improvements, offline data and better transit information in
the Maps application, a new interface for the file previewer, and more.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ GNOME 51 released with performance improvements, various app upgrades | GamingOnLinux
GNOME 51 has officially arrived, and with it - plenty of fancy new features for the popular Linux desktop environment. You'll have to wait for your distribution to upgrade, or try it out via GNOME OS Nightly.
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GNOME 51 adds passkey logins, offline maps and drawn PDF signatures
GNOME 51, the new version of the Linux desktop, came out on September 16 under the codename A Coruña. The release adds offline maps and live transit information to Maps, new login options at the login screen, hand-drawn signatures in the Papers document viewer, and smoother animations when the system is under load. Fedora 45 and Ubuntu 26.10 will ship it.