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GNOME 42 is out! The upcoming Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will take use it as the default desktop environment.<\/p>\n
If you’ve tried out the latest update of Ubuntu 22.04 development build, you should already see the brand new appearance of the GNOME desktop.<\/p>\n
It introduced the new ‘Appearance<\/b>‘ settings page, with options to switch between Dark<\/b> and Light<\/b> mode. As well, each wallpaper has both dark and light editions that changes automatically.<\/p>\n GNOME 42 Appearance Settings<\/p><\/div>\n Ubuntu has ‘Appearance’ settings page for a few years. In Ubuntu 22.04, the page has been modified. While wallpaper selection is available in ‘Background’ tab, it provides light\/dark switch along with new accent color, desktop icons, and dock settings.<\/p>\n Ubuntu 22.04 Appearance Settings Page<\/p><\/div>\n The Gnome Screenshot app has been replaced with the desktop’s built-in screenshot UI.<\/b> Just press ‘Print Screen<\/i>‘ on keyboard to bring up the UI. Then, you may take a screenshot of selection area, app window, or full-screen. It as well has ability to record your desktop or selection area.<\/p>\n The UI supports keyboard shortcuts. However, it won’t work once you changed the trigger from ‘Print Screen’ to another.<\/p>\n Gnome New Screenshot UI<\/p><\/div>\n Many apps has been ported to GTK4 + libadwaita<\/b>, but Ubuntu 22.04 is said to avoid GTK4<\/a> due to theme issue. You’ll see some apps has 4 corners rounded (e.g., Files and Image Viewer) which are GTK4. While, others are GTK3 apps that have sharp bottom corners.<\/p>\n GNOME 42 introduced 2 new defaults apps: Gnome Text Editor<\/b> and Gnome Console<\/b>. The latter is really my favorite. However, Ubuntu 22.04 still uses Gedit and Gnome Terminal at the moment!<\/p>\n 2 New Default Apps in GNOME 42<\/p><\/div>\n And, GNOME finally uses Microsoft’s RDP protocal to provide remote desktop service<\/b>, which is more secure that the VNC connection. User may get the settings in ‘Sharing’ tab in Gnome Control Center.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gnome-darkmode-600x305.webp\")
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V<\/code> – switch between screen capture and recorder mode.<\/li>\ns<\/code> – selection area.<\/li>\nc<\/code> – full-screen.<\/li>\nw<\/code> – app window.<\/li>\nEnter<\/code> \/ Space<\/code> \/ Ctrl+C<\/code> – capture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n