GNOME Shell

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GNOME Shell
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Version: 3.28.3 / 3.30.0 Beta 2 updated
Upload Date: 16 Aug 18
Developer: The Gnome Project
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 42

Rating: 5.0/5 (Total Votes: 1)

GNOME Shell is an open source application that is distributed as part of the GNOME project. It offers a modern and attractive user interface on top of the GNOME desktop environment. Actually, we can’t really call it an application. We believe that the right term for this piece of software is “a component of the GNOME desktop environment.”

It's in charge of everything you do in GNOME

It is in charge of everything you do on your GNOME desktop, from launching applications, searching files and apps on your computer, to switching workspaces and managing your system’s brightness, session, battery, and Internet connection. GNOME Shell is also in charge of the visual effects that you see on your GNOME desktop, the panel, the system notifications, and for the way you interact with your desktop.

You can view all your running apps

An interesting feature is the ability to view all your running application, a function that is called overview mode. However, one should not confuse the overview mode with the Alt-Tab Task Switcher function, which is still available.

Under the hood

Under the hood, the program acts as a compositing manager for the GNOME desktop environment, displaying application windows and various other UI (User Interface) objects. In order words, if GNOME Shell crashes, there will be no way to interact with your system. One should install the entire GNOME desktop environment and use the GNOME Shell session in order to enjoy its features.

GNOME Shell is not part of the GNOME Classic session, which provides an old-style, two-panel desktop for nostalgics. Of course, this means that there’s no other way for a Linux user to test the GNOME Shell software on their operating systems, as it depends on many other GNOME components and libraries.

Bottom line

All in all, we strongly recommend to install the GNOME desktop environment with the GNOME Shell user interface, if you want to enjoy a modern and eye-candy desktop experience.

What is new in this release:

  • Add remote access indication on wayland [Jonas; !160]
  • Fix wrong window positions in overview on wayland [Marco; #776588]
  • Add gesture to unfullscreen a window [Jan-Michael; !123]
  • Add PickColor method to screenshot D-Bus interface [Florian; #286]
  • Consider "new-window" action when opening new windows [Florian; #756844]
  • Make workspace switching gestures follow motion [Carlos; #788994]
  • Support audio volumes above 100% [Didier; #790280]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Florian, Daniel; #424, !132, !182, #433, !179, #786496]
  • Translators:
  • Charles Monzat [fr], Daniel Mustieles [es]

What is new in version 3.29.2:

  • Guard against untimely keyboard map changes [Carlos; #240]
  • Fix icons in search provider results [Florian; #249]
  • Fix blurriness of OSD under some resolutions [Silvere; #782011]
  • Fix lagging pointer when zoomed [Daniel; #682013]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Milan, Xiaoguang, Florian, Mario, Ole; #244, #787871, #781471, #136, #214, #294]
  • Translators:
  • Rafael Fontenelle [pt_BR], Kukuh Syafaat [id], Marcos Lans [gl], Anders Jonsson [sv], Mingcong Bai [zh_CN]

What is new in version :

  • Fix using icon-name strings with PopupImageMenuItems [Florian; #789018]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Jonas, Florian; #788607, #788943]
  • Translations:
  • Xavi Ivars [ca@valencia], Matej Urbancic [sl], Fabio Tomat [fur]

What is new in version 3.26.0:

  • Misc. bug fixes [Ray, Michael, Jonas; #786332] #786783, #786886, #786868]
  • Translations:
  • Daniel Mustieles [es], Fran Dieguez [gl], Baurzhan Muftakhidinov [kk], Marek Cernocky [cs], Andika Triwidada [id], Aurimas Cernius [lt], Piotr Drag [pl], Trần Ngọc Quan [vi], Jordi Mas [ca], Fabio Tomat [fur], gogo [hr], Dusan Kazik [sk], Piotr Drag [ne], Emin Tufan Cetin [tr], Ask Hjorth Larsen [da], Cheng-Chia Tseng [zh_TW], Rudolfs Mazurs [lv], Balazs Mesko [hu], Matej Urbancic [sl], Jiri Gronroos [fi], Милош Поповић [sr], Милош Поповић [sr@latin], Rafael Fontenelle [pt_BR], Wolfgang Stoggl [de], Milo Casagrande [it], hanniedu [nl], Yuras Shumovich [be], Changwoo Ryu [ko], Alain Lojewski [fr], Alexander Shopov [bg], Daniel Korostil [uk], Kris Thomsen [da], A S Alam [pa], Sebastian Rasmussen [sv], Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio [eu], Jiro Matsuzawa [ja]

What is new in version 3.25.3:

  • Bypass proxies for captive portal [Bastien; #769692]
  • Correctly handle "text-shadow: none;" [Matt; #783485]
  • Add StEntry:hint-actor property [Mario; #783484]
  • Support text-shadow CSS property in StEntry [Mario; #783484]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Jonas, Florian, Bastien, Ting-Wei, Cosimo, Mario, Sebastian; #777732, #783202, #783210, #783206, #783286, #783439, #783483, #783823, #781950]

What is new in version 3.25.2:

  • Fix StEntry::primary-icon-clicked emission [Florian; #782190]
  • Add an optional icon parameter to PopupMenu.addAction() [Mario; #782166]
  • Allow search providers to include clipboard text with results [Daiki; #775099]
  • Reduce dependency on Caribou [Carlos; #777342]
  • Add transparency to top bar when free floating [Alessandro; #747163]
  • Animate maximize/unmaximize operations [Alessandro; #766685]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Florian, Matthias, Jeremy, Michael, Carlos, Lan; #782000, #780215, #782802, #782637, #782930, #755164, #780215, #782982]
  • Translations:
  • Jordi Mas [ca], Christian Stadelmann [de], Милош Поповић [sr], Милош Поповић [sr@latin], Furkan Ahmet Kara [tr]

What is new in version 3.24.1:

  • Close Wifi selection dialog on lock [Florian; #780054]
  • Fix DND over window previews in overview [Florian; #737166]
  • Do not lock the screen when disabled by lockdown settings [Florian; #780212] Follow GNOME Weather's location permissions [Florian; #780252]
  • Fix portals that require a new window to be loaded [Catalin; #759044]
  • Fix restricting menus to screen height on HiDPI displays [Cosimo; #753305]
  • Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian, Cosimo, Bastien, Catalin, Carlos; #780063, #780321, #780381, #780453, #758873, #780606, #642652]
  • Translations: Marek Cernocky [cs], Piotr Drag [pl], Anders Jonsson [sv], Stas Solovey [ru], Rafael Fontenelle [pt_BR], Baurzhan Muftakhidinov [kk], Daniel Korostil [uk], Kukuh Syafaat [id], Milo Casagrande [it], Jiri Gronroos [fi], Daniel Mustieles [es], Balazs Ur [hu], Guillaume Bernard [fr], Changwoo Ryu [ko], Mario Blattermann [de], Fran Dieguez [gl], Dusan Kazik [sk], Yuras Shumovich [be], Fabio Tomat [fur], Kjartan Maraas [nb], Aurimas Cernius [lt], Trần Ngọc Quan [vi], Rudolfs Mazurs [lv], Ask Hjorth Larsen [da], Tom Tryfonidis [el], gogo [hr]

What is new in version 3.24.0:

  • Translations:
  • GNOME Translation Robot [tg], МироCлaв Николић [sr, sr@latin], Guillaume Bernard [fr], Rudolfs Mazurs [lv], Emin Tufan Cetin [tr], sujiniku [ja], Daniel Korostil [uk]

What is new in version 3.23.3:

  • Fix replacing of GNotifications [Florian; #775149]
  • Prepare for mozjs31 GJS [Philip; #775374]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Niels, Jonas; #775507, #776130]
  • Translations:
  • Muhammet Kara [tr], Christian Kirbach [de], Baurzhan Muftakhidinov [kk], Cheng-Chia Tseng [zh_TW], A S Alam [pa], Gianvito Cavasoli [it]

What is new in version 3.23.2:

  • Implement Pad configuration OSD [Carlos; #771067]
  • Show overview on three-finger touchpad pinch [Carlos; #765937]
  • Summarize network sections with too many devices [Florian; #773892]
  • Always show primary network icon when connected [Florian; #773890]
  • Fix fullscreen transitions on wayland [Rui; #770345]
  • Work around portal failures by using a URL without HTPPS redirect [Debarshi; #769940]
  • Fix app view hiding when no usage data is available [Florian, Xiaoguang; #774381]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Florian, Ray; #773875, #740043, #773893, #774643, #774805]
  • Translations:
  • Balazs Mesko [hu], Fabio Tomat [fur], Marek Cernocky [cs], Stas Solovey [ru], Daniel Mustieles [es], Marek Cernocky' [cs], Piotr Drag [pl], Rafael Fontenelle [pt_BR], Baurzhan Muftakhidinov [kk], Jiri Gronroos [fi], Kjartan Maraas [nb]

What is new in version 3.22.2:

  • Fix OSD popup glitches
  • Request periodic scans while WiFi list is open
  • Always show primary network icon when connected
  • Translations:
  • Kjartan Maraas [nb], Fabio Tomat [fur], Philip Chimento [zh_CN], YunQiang Su [zh_CN], Piotr Drag [pl], Stas Solovey [ru]

What is new in version 3.22.1:

  • Fix hidden network indicator on startup [Florian; #772249]
  • Fix order of windows with modal dialogs in window switcher [Florian; #747153]
  • Fix feedback loop between StClipboard and X11 bridge [Carlos; #760745]
  • Reliably match windows from Flatpak apps [Florian; #772615]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Philip; #742249]
  • Translations:
  • Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio [eu], Khaled Hosny [ar], BM [uz@cyrillic], Milo Casagrande [it], Cheng-Chia Tseng [zh_TW], gogo [hr]

What is new in version 3.22.0:

  • Misc. bug fixes [Florian, Rui; #771391, #771536] #771656]
  • Translations:
  • Ask Hjorth Larsen [da], GNOME Translation Robot [gd], Alexandre Franke [fr], Daniel Korostil [uk], Jordi Mas [ca], Khaled Hosny [ar], David King [en_GB]

What is new in version 3.21.4:

  • overview: Fix switching workspaces when scrolling on non-primary monitors [Florian; #766883, #768316]
  • Fix crash when using screen recorder under wayland [Rui; #767001]
  • Update theme on video memory purge errors [Rui; #739178]
  • Free old backgrounds immediately [Hyungwon; #766353]
  • Add support for system upgrades to end session dialog [Kalev; #763611]
  • Fix maximized windows flickering to the wrong size on restart [Owen; #761566]
  • Hide ignored events in calendar as well [Florian; #768538]
  • calendar: Only hide dismissed occurrence of recurring event [Florian; #748226]
  • Provide org.freedesktop.impl.portal.access implementation [Florian; #768669]
  • Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Rui, Florian, Marinus, Jonas; #767954, #768317, #746867, #762206, #768956, #768979]
  • Translations:
  • Andika Triwidada [id], Daniel Mustieles [es], Bruce Cowan [en_GB], Dusan Kazik [sk], Piotr Drag [pl], Chao-Hsiung Liao [zh_HK]

What is new in version 3.20.3:

  • Fix sorting of hidden apps in app switcher [Florian; #766238]
  • Allocate framebuffers early to fix a crash on NVIDIA [Martin; #764898]
  • Fix cycle-windows/cycle-group keybindings [Florian; #730739]
  • networkAgent: Handle VPN service aliases [David; #658484]
  • Fix crash when using screen recorder under wayland [Rui; #767001]
  • Plug a memory leak [Hans; #710230]
  • Translations:
  • Sveinn i Felli [is], Andika Triwidada [id]

What is new in version 3.20.2:

  • Plug a memory leak [Aaron; #735705]
  • Translations:
  • Daniel Korostil [uk], Matej Urbancic [sl], Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio [eu], Cheng-Chia Tseng [zh_TW], Fabio Tomat [fur], Trần Ngọc Quan [vi], YunQiang Su [zh_CN], Marek Cernocky' [cs], Arash Mousavi [fa], Alexander Shopov [bg], Khaled Hosny [ar]

What is new in version 3.20:

  • Fix thumbnail scaling in window switcher on HiDPI [Florian; #758676]
  • loginDialog: Update user list on user changes [Michael; #758568]
  • gdm: Do not allow bypassing disabled Sign In button [Michael; #746180]
  • Correctly identify VPN secret requests [Lubomir; #760999]
  • Translations:
  • Kristjan SCHMIDT [eo], Daniel Korostil [uk], Andika Triwidada [id]

What is new in version 3.19.2:

  • Make gnome-shell DBus activatable [Ray; #741666]
  • Fix browser plugin crash in Firefox [Carlos; #737932, #757940]
  • Optionally show battery percentage in system status area [Bastien; #735771]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Kalev, Florian, Bastien; #757418, #757668, #757779, #757816, #745626, #758220]
  • Translations:
  • Pedro Albuquerque [pt], liushuyu [zh_CN], Yosef Or Boczko [he], Jiri Gronroos [fi], Kjartan Maraas [nb], GNOME Translation Robot [gd], Daniel Mustieles [es], Marek Cernocky' [cs], Kristjan SCHMIDT [eo], Stas Solovey [ru]

What is new in version 3.18.0:

  • Translations:
  • Sendy Aditya Suryana [id], Kris Thomsen [da], SeAn de BAºrca [ga], Andika Triwidada [id], Enrico Nicoletto [pt_BR], Anders Jonsson [sv], RA"dolfs Mazurs [lv]

What is new in version 3.17.2:

  • Remove StTable widget [Florian; #703833]
  • Increase visibility of expanders in alt-tab popup [Jakub; #745058]
  • Ensure suspend inhibitors are released when VT switched away [Rui; #749228]
  • Use iio-sensor-proxy directly for orientation lock [Bastien; #749671]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Florian, Lan, Carlos; #749279, #749383, #749529, #749490, #749742]
  • Translations:
  • Yosef Or Boczko [he], sun [zh_CN], Felipe Braga [pt_BR], Victor Ibragimov [tg], GAbor Kelemen [hu], CAdric Valmary [oc], DuAan Kazik [sk], Kjartan Maraas [nb], Bruno Ramalhete [pt], Matej UrbanAiA [sl], Daniel Mustieles [es]

What is new in version 3.17.1:

  • Add Display Settings entry to background menu [Meet; #697346]
  • Add window menu option to move to different monitor [Isaac; #633994]
  • Improve switch style in default/highContrast themes [Jakub; #746294, #747912]
  • Make event highlight in calendar more prominent [Jakub; #747715]
  • Fix keyboard focus when focusing a notification banner [Florian; #747205]
  • Move notification banners below the dateMenu [Meet, Florian; #745910]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Mario, Rui; #748338, #748541]
  • Translations: Sveinn A Felli [is], Marek AŒernockA½ [cs], laurent Soleil [oc]

What is new in version 3.15.4:

  • Add mode parameter to AcceleratorActivated signal [Florian; #711682]
  • Fix PID based window/app association [Sebastian; #736527]
  • Fix current day highlight on day change [Sebastian; #742492]
  • Switch to vp9 for screencast recordings [Adel; #742744]
  • Disable IBus input sources on password entries [Takao; #730628]
  • Make slider scrolling smoother [Adel; #742648]
  • Allow move-up shortcut to move window above top workspace [Florian; #665764]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Adel, Rui; #742748, #742824, #741114]
  • Translations:
  • Andika Triwidada [id], Matej UrbanAiA [sl], Saibal Ray [bn_IN], Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio [eu], Stas Solovey [ru], Kjartan Maraas [nb], BalAzs Asr [hu], Marek AŒernockA½ [cs], Rafael Ferreira [pt_BR], Bernd Homuth [de], Daniel Mustieles [es], Fabio Tomat [fur]

What is new in version 3.14.3:

  • Properly remove network connections from list [Ryan; #740227]
  • Fix handling of cancel button on login screen [Ray; #740141]
  • Fix build when using dash as default shell [Alexander; #739241]
  • Make event list in calendar scrollable [Stalin; #705115]
  • Fix calendar-server crash on DBus timeout [Giovanni; #735308]
  • Fix gestures triggering erroneously [Florian; #740237]

What is new in version 3.15.3:

  • Add support for high-contrast themes [Florian; #740447]
  • Fix banner message on login screen without user list [Ray; #703972]
  • Fix flicker when activating windows on another workspace [Florian; #741680]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Giovanni, Florian; #735308, #740237]

What is new in version 3.15.2:

  • Fix visual glitch of window preview outline in overview [Chris; #699044]
  • Change user facing name of "Captive Portal" to "Network Login" [Elad; #737198]
  • Port to Python 3 [Slavek; #732478]
  • Hide Airplane mode indicator when g-s-d says so [Cosimo; #736292]
  • Allow translators to change non-work days [Lavi; #664645]
  • Delay invocation of caribou daemon until really needed [Daiki; #739712]
  • Don't lock screen after crash if locking is disabled [Adel; #704884]
  • Improve layout of extension installation dialog [William; #739888]
  • Fix workspace changes from app picker [Yuki; #737534]
  • Preload all ibus input sources in user configuration [Takao; #695428]
  • Properly remove network connections from list [Ryan; #740227]
  • Support CSS margin property [Carlos; #728437]
  • Improve handling of BUSY application state [Phillip; #736492]
  • Fix erroneous week numbers in calendar [Florian; #736722]
  • Misc. bugfixes and cleanups [Darcy, Yuki, Alexander, Eskild, Bastien, Cosimo, Colin, Ray; #738725, #739497, #739241, #672500, #739822, #740074, #704163, #740141]
  • Translations:
  • Jorge Perez Perez [an], Daniel Martinez [an], Daniel Mustieles [es], Traº§n Nga"c QuA¢n [vi], Changwoo Ryu [ko], Kjartan Maraas [nb], Yosef Or Boczko [he], Marek AŒernockA½ [cs]

What is new in version 3.14.2:

  • Do not hard-depend on latest NetworkManager [Florian; #738485]
  • Fix check for isToday in calendar [Darcy; #738725]
  • Fix workspace changes from app picker [Yuki; #737534]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Yuki; #739497]

What is new in version 3.15.1:

  • Use GResources for theme loading [Cosimo; #736936]
  • Reset the OSK to primary on monitor changes [Rui; #738536]
  • Use LC_TIME locale for format string translations [Florian; #738640]

What is new in version 3.14.1.5:

  • Fix handing of SystemBackground [Owen; #738652]
  • Summarize queued up notifications [Devyani; #702460]
  • Plug an animation object leak [Rui; #739252]
  • Improve handling of multi-day events [Andreas; #727302]

What is new in version 3.14.1:

  • Fix pulse animation for scrolled app folders [Florian; #736885]
  • Fix updating background on file changes [Owen; #710756]
  • Obtain keyboard variant from IBus [Jinkyu; #735066]
  • Implement Ctrl-u / Ctrl-k keybindings in entries [Florian; #737346]
  • Pass VPN hints to auth dialog [Dan; #737592]
  • Only allow one screenshot request at a time [Adel; #737456]
  • Respect disable-save-to-disc lockdown setting [Florian; #737846]
  • Respect scaling-factor for profile pictures [Darcy; #735419]
  • Focus login screen after lifting the lock screen shield [Ray; #708105]
  • Speed up pulse animation for few items [Carlos S.; #737017]
  • Fix gap between workspace switcher and screen edge [Florian; #728899]
  • Disable unredirection during recordings [Adel; #738226]
  • Ensure there's always at least one input source [Rui; #738303]
  • Restrict width of dash icons' context menus [Adel; #738054]
  • Misc. bug fixes [Jasper, Florian, Carlos G., Owen; #736999, #737382, #737001, #738314, #738256, #738147]
  • Updated translations

What is new in version 3.14.0:

  • Fix exposure of the accessible tree [Alejandro; #736821]
  • Hide empty app folders in app picker [Florian; #736910]
  • Translations:
  • Yuri Myasoedov [ru], Pawan Chitrakar [ne], Manoj Kumar Giri [or], Daniel Mustieles [es], GNOME Translation Robot [de], Rajesh Ranjan [hi], Shankar Prasad [kn], Kenneth Nielsen [da], Daniel Korostil [uk], Changwoo Ryu [ko], A S Alam [pa], Tom Tryfonidis [el], Petr Kovar [cs]

Requirements:

  • gtk+
  • GNOME
  • Clutter
  • Mutter

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