GNOME 49 lands next week, bringing a fresh set of features and design tweaks aimed at making everyday desktop life on Linux smoother, sharper, and more consistent — the best of which I run through in this post. Ubuntu users get (most of) GNOME 49’s new features in the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release, out on 9 October, 2025 (a beta build is out next week for anyone eager to have an early-bird encounter with the changes on offer). A codename is given to new versions of GNOME, a bit like Ubuntu or macOS. Except, it’s not animals or California landmarks […]

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