GNOME 3.14 Released :
The GNOME project has announced the release of GNOME 3.14, the latest stable update to its popular Linux environment.
The new release is the result of six months’ work by the GNOME project, and includes 28,859 changes by 871 contributors. Highlights for 3.14 include:
- New animations in the Activities Overview, along with new window animations.
- Automatic handling for Wi-Fi hotspots that require you to login (so called “captive portals”).
- A redesigned Weather application, which uses geolocation to show the weather for your current location.
- Support for browsing Google pictures in Photos.
- Improved touchscreen support, with multi-touch gestures for both the system and applications.
The latest GNOME release also includes major improvements for developers, including GTK+ Inspector (a new utlity to examine and modify running GTK+ applications), the ability to use SVG assets as a part of GTK+ themes, improved touchscreen support, and major progress towards Wayland.
Source : www.gnome.org / www.omgubuntu.co.uk
