legacy NVIDIA drivers<\/strong> support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe new RC release includes primarily bug-fixes, translation updates, as well as some minor new features.<\/p>\n
The GNOME Remote Desktop now supports Kerberos multi-user remote login<\/b>, meaning multiple users can remotely establish their own GNOME sessions on a Linux machine, with their identities authenticated through Kerberos.<\/p>\n
And, it can now handle remote graphical logins for users who have already authenticated using Kerberos.<\/p>\n
The remote desktop feature also added support for smartcard redirection<\/b>, meaning a smartcard connected to the client computer can be made available to the remote GNOME session.<\/p>\n
As you may know, GNOME is moving away from the legacy gnome-keyring<\/code> toward a modern new Rust-based alternative called oo7-daemon. The RC release updated Fedora’s PAM rules makes the login process work with that newer infrastructure.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gdm51a-700x438.webp\")
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GNOME Calendar now supports drag’n’dropping events on top of other events. When an event is focused, pressing Ctrl+Tab focuses the month cell behind it. And, when a month cell is focused, pressing Shift+Tab now focuses the first event in front of it.<\/p>\n
The Night Light feature now supports hardware with CTM but no GAMMA_LUT, meaning it now works on Apple Silicon and certain other ARM-based devices.<\/p>\n
Nautilus, aka GNOME Files, added a new keyboard shortcut to focus file chooser filename entry. It also added rename, trash and folder opening functionality to previewer.<\/p>\n
Other changes in GNOME 51 RC include:<\/p>\n
\n- Add
zstd<\/code> format support.<\/li>\n- Use glycin to load and cache background images.<\/li>\n
- Option to set custom pointer acceleration profile.<\/li>\n
- New
GDM_AUTH_SESSION_ID<\/code> variable for remote sessions and smartcard redirection.<\/li>\n- More actions and shortcuts in Gnome Sushi file previewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Get GNOME 51 RC<\/h3>\n
The official announcement, including the changelog and live iso image for testing purpose, are available in GNOME Discourse via the link below:<\/p>\n
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