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GNOME 45 Release Candidate Arrives with Last-Minute Changes - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The final release of the GNOME 45 desktop environment is expected on September 20th, 2023.

Not long to go now. :)

I always look forward to new Gnome releases, and I still switch back and forth between Plasma and Gnome all the time...

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[–] AProfessional 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There isn’t an extension interface beyond load/unload. It is arbitrary JavaScript injected into the shells process. No stable api existed.

You can dislike that but it’s also why extensions can do literally anything and are very powerful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

not just that, the Just Perfection dev argued that they (extension devs) much rather have that instead of an API because the API wouldn't be as flexible/free