GNOME 3.24 Beta Released

Written by Michael Larabel in GNOME on 16 February 2017 at 01:41 PM EST. 4 Comments
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GNOME 3.23.90, a.k.a. the GNOME 3.24 beta, is now available for testing ahead of this big desktop update due out in late March.

GNOME 3.23.90 core changes include pulling in NetworkManager 1.6 with its many features, fixes for keyboard navigation in Eye of GNOME, setting improvements for Epiphany, GJS is now powered by SpiderMonkey 38 and thus many new JavaScript features, GNOME Calendar improvements, many improvements to different GNOME Control Center panels, Wayland support for Wacom settings, Snap improvements in GNOME Software, GTK+ 3.89.4 improvements, and GNOME Shell and Mutter improvements.

Application changes include many bug fixes to Evolution, cleanups to GNOME Music, shell check support in Polari, and various other bug fixes.

More details on GNOME 3.24 Beta changes via this mailing list post. GNOME 3.24.0 is expected for release on 22 March.
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