20 May 2013

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Posted by Saurav Modak on September 05, 2012

A new version of Gnome shell is out. This version is mostly a bug fix release and will be merged with the 3.6 release cycle. As its quite unstable, its not recommended to be installed as default work environment. You can, however, install it to get a taste of Gnome 3.6 and report bugs to the Gnome team.

Some of the major bugs fixed in this release are:

* Fix visibility of non-active workspaces during overview transition
* Improve scrollbar theming
* Make sure the app menu remains hidden in locked state
* Add tooltip to show-applications icon
* Do not add duplicate remote search providers
* Don’t match on comments when searching applications
* Fix extension installation and reloading
* Hide removable devices in the lock screen
* Reset cancellable after hitting Escape on login screen
* Fix suspend from the user menu
* Set label actor for summary items in message tray
* Set label for the “Show applications” dash button
* Load extensions as late as possible
* Improve mount operation dialogs
* Remove “Connect to …” item from places search
* Don’t auto-expand notifications with actions
* Add a new lock screen menu to combine volume network and power
* Improve the placement and style of the “No results” text
* Hide power status icon when no battery is present
* Fix close buttons overlapping screen edge
* Allow lifting the screen shield with the mouse wheel
* Make sure to show the app menu after unlocking the screen

You can download the tarballs from here.

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Saurav Modak

Saurav Modak is an engineering student and FOSS enthusiast who believes that best things in the world, such as software should be free (as in freedom). He is a hard core Arch fan and loves to show off his customized Arch Linux installation to friends. You can connect with Saurav on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.