GNOME 40.2 Released with Better Flatpak Support, Improved Screencasting, and More | Linux Today

GNOME 40.2 Released with Better Flatpak Support, Improved Screencasting, and More

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Marius Nestor
Jun 8, 2021

While there wasn’t an official release for GNOME 40.1, the GNOME 40.2 update is now available, rolling out soon to most GNU/Linux distributions, and comes with lots of fixes and improvements for your favorite apps, as well as general performance enhancements. Highlights include improved touch interaction of app grid actions, screencasting improvements on fractional scaling, improved workspace placeholder in Activities Overview’s minimap, improved fingerprint authentication, support for animated backgrounds set via the wallpaper portal, and better performance during Night Light transition on NVIDIA GPUs.

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Marius Nestor

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