The GNOME team officially announced the GNOME 44 desktop environment today. The new version, codenamed “Kuala Lumpur”, features the web browser Epihaphy migrated to GTK4, enabling a new grid view when the app invokes the system GTK folder filter.
GNOME 44 further improves on version 43 with Quick Setting, which allows users to connect and disconnect devices more easily with the Bluetooth button and can easily check their status.
GNOME 44 also features a number of improvements to the Settings application (GNOME Control Center), which now supports sharing Wi-Fi connections via QR codes in the Wi-Fi panel, a new location selector introduced in the Date and Time panel, firmware version fields displayed in the Kernel and About panels, and a Default Applications panel to manage the default applications for SMS/Calls.
