Euri-Linux/euri-welcome
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

[data] add 24.0 rel announcement

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Philip Mueller
2024-05-10 19:09:40 +07:00
parent db162f22bc
commit 877a37e18d
17 changed files with 323 additions and 323 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files
data/pages/en/release
+19 -19
View File
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
<big>Manjaro 23.1</big>
<big>Manjaro 24.0</big>
Since we released Uranos in October 2023 we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it Vulcan. This is also our first release on which we switch over to Pipewire 1.0.
Since we released Vulcan in December 2023 we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it Wynsdey. This is also our first release which comes with Plasma 6.
The <big>GNOME edition</big> has received several updates to Gnome 45 series. This includes a lot of fixes and polish when <a href="https://release.gnome.org/45/">Gnome 45</a> originally was released in September 2023. You can find the changes made to each point-release here: <a href="https://download.gnome.org/core/45/45.1/NEWS">45.1</a>.
The <big>GNOME edition</big> has received several updates to Gnome 46 series. This includes a lot of fixes and polish when <a href="https://release.gnome.org/46/">Gnome 46</a> originally was released in March 2024. You can find the changes made to each point-release here: <a href="https://download.gnome.org/core/46/46.1/NEWS">46.1</a>.
Highlights of 45 release series are:
Highlights of 46 release series are:
One of the most noticeable changes in GNOME 45 is the new activities button. Located in the corner of the top bar, this button was previously labelled “Activities”. In GNOME 45, this static label has been replaced with a dynamic workspace indicator.
GNOME’s filemanager comes with a new global search feature in GNOME 46. Global search is a great way to jump directly into search, without having to think about where the items you want are located. The new feature also leverages GNOME’s existing file search capabilities, including the ability to search the contents of files, and filter by file type and modification date. Another great thing about global search is that it makes it possible to search multiple locations simultaneously, which can include locations that aren’t in your home directory. To set this up, go to the newly refined search locations settings, and add the locations that you want to be included.
The new button design is a response to user testing results over recent years, and we are confident that its purpose will be more obvious to new GNOME users. As part of this change, the old app menu (which showed the name of the currently focused app), was also retired. This retirement was another response to user testing results, and was required to make space for the new design.
GNOME’s remote desktop experience has been significantly enhanced for version 46, with the introduction of a new dedicated remote login option. This allows remotely connecting to a GNOME system which is not already in use. Connecting in this way means that the system’s display can be configured from the remote side, resulting in a better experience for the remote user.
Search performance has been a major area of work for GNOME 45. These performance improvements have been made to a range of apps, including Software, Characters, Clocks, Files, and Calculator. Together, these changes result in faster search and reduced resource usage, which can be seen in both individual apps and in system search.
The Settings app has been reorganized for GNOME 46, to make it easier to navigate. To this end, a new System section has been created, which contains preferences for Region & Language, Date & Time, Users, Remote Desktop, Secure Shell, and About. The Apps settings have also been consolidated, and now include the Default Apps and Removable Media settings.
Many core GNOME apps are using new interface components in the 45 release. These new components bring a fresh new look, and also perform better across different window sizes and device form factors.
GNOME 46 contains many small improvements and polish changes to the core GNOME experience. Many of GNOME’s core apps have also been upgraded. The improvements in GNOME 46 are not just skin deep, and the new version comes with deep technical enhancements which result in a more performant and refined experience.
Lastly much work has also been done on search in the Files app. This has been given a significant speed boost, meaning that results are now returned in milliseconds, even when searching millions of files.
The <big>Plasma edition</big> comes with the latest <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.4/">Plasma 6.0 series</a> and <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.02.2/">KDE Gear 24.02</a>. It brings exciting new improvements to your desktop.
The <big>Plasma edition</big> comes with the latest <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.9/">Plasma 5.27 LTS series</a> and <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/gear/23.08.3/">KDE Gear 23.08.3</a>. It brings exciting new improvements to your desktop.
With Plasma 6, KDE's technology stack has undergone major upgrades: a transition to the latest version of application framework, Qt, and an improved graphics platform when Wayland is used. These changes are as smooth and unnoticeable to the users as possible. You will see the same familiar desktop environment that you know and love. But these under-the-hood upgrades benefit Plasma's security, efficiency, and performance, and improve support for modern hardware. Thus Plasma delivers an overall more reliable user experience, while paving the way for many more improvements in the future.
This release includes a window tiling system, a more stylish app theme, cleaner and more usable tools, and widgets that give you more control over your machine. KDE's designers have been hard at work reducing the number of pages in Plasma's System Settings utility and moving smaller options in with other settings. Such is the case of the configuration for the animation when apps are launching, which now lives on the Cursors page. Additionally, the Highlight Changed Settings button has been moved to the hamburger menu for a cleaner look.
Plasma on Wayland now has partial support for High Dynamic Range (HDR). On supported monitors and software, this will provide you with richer and deeper colors for your games, videos, and visual creations. Don't like floating panels? No worries. The redesigned panel settings make it easier to configure everything to your liking. Panels can now be configured with a new an intelligent auto-hide mode ("Dodge Windows") that makes them hide when windows touch them. Changes to a few default settings will make Plasma easier to use. Plasma is still as configurable as ever, and you can change these settings back to how they were in Plasma 5 if you preferred them that way.
Migrating Plasma to the new Wayland display server technology has been no mean feat. But despite how hard the work has been, it is paying off, as Wayland opens many new ways to interact with your desktop. Plasma 5.27's Wayland support is better than ever, with many bug fixes and reliability improvements throughout!
The improved Settings app, makes it more user-friendly and reduces the number of nested pages. On many settings pages, buttons have been relocated to the toolbar, enhancing consistency with our other applications and creating additional space for the actual content. You now have the option to customize your sound theme, and a new default sound theme named "Ocean" has been introduced to replace the "Oxygen" sound theme. Another addition is that you can now easily configure preferred applications for broad file types, such as all kinds of music and video files.
Dolphin 23.08 tweaks what it shows and how it shows it to give you a better idea of what you are looking at and what you can do with it. Dolphin hides temporary and backup files, uncluttering your view and stopping you from accidentally tampering with them. Other smaller details, like showing the progress of the calculation of the size of an item as it is happening, and the information of a selected file in the information panel (instead of showing the information of every file the cursor rolls over) help you get a clearer idea of what is going on in each moment.
Two years ago, some major architectural improvements in KWin had forced KDE to temporarily remove the famous cube effect — but now it's finally back! This effect is perfect to get a clear visualisation of the concept of what multiple desktops are all about... And also to show off to your friends and family how cool Plasma is.
We renamed Kalendar to Merkuro since the application not only lets you manage your events and tasks any more, but also your contacts. Skanpage, KDE's scanning utility, now lets you re-order multi-page scans using drag-and-drop, and offers more adjustment options, like brightness, contrast, gamma, and color balance.
Itinerary is KDE's travel assistant. Apart from reading and importing data from confirmation emails and SMS sent by airline companies, Itinerary can now import online railway tickets using the booking reference and passenger name, and grab booking details directly from the operator's website. Note that this is currently only available for Deutsche Bahn and SNCF.
Plasma Search lets you now convert between timezones. This is handy if you travel frequently or need to keep in touch with colleagues, friends, and family in other parts of the world. Check out more ways how KDE can help you during your travels. Due to some refactoring and profiling, Plasma Search is generally faster, and in particular searching for applications and settings pages is a lot faster while also using fewer CPU resources.
With our <big>XFCE edition</big>, we have now Xfce 4.18. Here some highlights: A new file highlighting feature (accessed from the file properties dialog) in Thunar file manager lets you set a custom colour background and a custom foreground text colour – an effective way to call attention to specific file(s) in a directory laden with similar-looking mime types. On the subject of finding files, Thunar includes recursive search.
The panel picks up a pair of new preferences. First, panel length is now configured in pixels rather than percentages, as before. Second, there’s a new “keep panel above windows” option. This allows maximised app windows to fill the area behind the panel rather than maximise its bottom or top edge to sit flush against it.
Control Centre groups all of the desktop’s various modules for managing the system into one easy-to-use window. New options are present in many of these. For example you can disable header bars in dialogs from the Appearance module; show or hide a ‘delete’ option in file context menus from Desktop; and pick a default multi-monitor behaviour before you attach an additional screen – dead handy, that.
Control Centre groups all of the desktop’s various modules for managing the system into one easy-to-use window. New options are present in many of these. For example you can disable header bars in dialogs from the Appearance module; show or hide a ‘delete’ option in file context menus from Desktop; and pick a default multi-monitor behaviour before you attach an additional screen – dead handy, that.
Kernel 6.6 LTS is used for this release, such as the latest drivers available to date. With 6.1 LTS and 5.15 LTS we offer additional support for older hardware as needed.
<big>Pamac</big> got ported to libalpm 6.1 and supports now the native download agents of libalpm. This will improve download of build scripts from the Arch User Repository and our Manjaro binary repositories.
We hope you enjoy this release and let us know what you think of Vulcan.
Kernel 6.8 is used for this release, such as the latest drivers available to date. With 6.6 LTS and 6.1 LTS we offer additional support for older hardware as needed.
We hope you enjoy this release and let us know what you think of Wynsdey.