GNOME 47 is here! After months of hard work from contributors worldwide, this release brings many exciting updates and improvements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgcVp5RHy4Q

Find more details about what's new in #GNOME47 in the release notes: https://release.gnome.org/47/

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“For those wanting to build a Wayland-only Linux desktop experience without carrying any aging X11 baggage, GNOME 47 will be able to optionally offer Wayland-only support without carrying X11/X.Org support.”

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-MRs-Without-X11

How cool… does this mean there’s now a fully functional screen reader for Wayland-only GNOME or should we tell people who rely on screen readers to just suck it up?

https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/

#GNOME #GNOME47 #Wayland #Orca #accessibility #a11y #linux #OpenSource

GNOME 47 Can Now Be Built With X11 Support Disabled

Last week the GNOME 47 development code saw Wayland DRM lease protocol support for enhancing VR headset handling and separately was also accent color support for GNOME Shell

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