- GNOME 43.2 is officially released and is designed to be a maintenance update for GNOME 43. It should be a safe and uneventful upgrade from earlier versions of GNOME.
- The GNOME 43.2 update fixes many bugs with GNOME Shell and Mutter, as well as adding some translation updates.
- GNOME 43 release details can be found on our site as well as the Manjaro 22.0 “Sikaris” update, which can be updated to GNOME 43.2 easily.
After we covered the release of GNOME 43, now GNOME 43.2 is now released as a bugfix update that brings improvements to the Nautilus file manager, Mutter window manager, and GNOME Shell. GNOME developer Javier Jardón announced the GNOME 43.2 update today on GNOME Discourse.
Small changes in GNOME Shell and Mutter
The GNOME 43.2 update fixes some bugs with GNOME Shell and Mutter, including:
- Repeated input in the volume device menu
- Missing name in the quick settings button for wired network
- Switching input source
- Default keyboard layout during initialization
- Track newly installed apps, spacebar stuck in onscreen keyboard, show passwords as onscreen keyboard suggestions, and many more.
GNOME 43.2 includes edge resistance and window snapping, window resizing, window screenshots, screencast UI and nightlight support, a cursor that is always visible in virtual streams, and more.
GNOME Control Center now changes the distribution logo according to dark mode changes in the “about” section. The list of SIM providers in “mobile phone settings” now avoids duplicate entries. Missing avatar images are now displayed when the avatar is not visible.
There are also bug fixes to make GNOME Software more stable,
- Fix showing of an updatable app on the details page
- Fix search for apps providing some feature under rpm-ostree
- Fix sending of ODRS data when using libsoup3
- Fix occasional crashes when installing apps
Nautilus file manager performance was also improved, optimizing sorting while loading directories, minimizing column factories, increasing search timeout, and optimizing menu updates. There were also a significant amount of translation updates to go with the new version of GNOME.
To review the list of updated modules and changes, you can visit the update from GNOME developer Javier Jardón here.