The GNOME 50 beta release is now available ahead of the official GNOME 50 desktop due out in March.
GNOME 50 beta highlights include:
– The Epiphany browser has addressed crashes, remote denial of service, and other issues.
– GDM has added support for a “unified” authentication mechanism in using a single PAM conversation that runs multiple authentication methods at once.
– GDM has re-introduced a timeout while waiting for a primary GPU to appear.
– Glycin now has a Rust-based JPEG 2000 image loader.
– GNOME Remote Desktop now has camera redirection support, connection throttling, Kerberos authentication support for single user run-time modes, and HiDPI support.
– The Nautilus file manager has added a Glycin dependency for thumbnailing.