Why the GNOME #screenshot App Doesn’t Work in #GNOME_49
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/gnome-screenshot-app-no-longer-works-in-gnome-49
If you see the “unable to capture a screenshot, all possible methods failed” error when using GNOME Screenshot in Ubuntu, it is not a bug – but by design. You’re reading Why the GNOME Screenshot App Doesn’t Work in GNOME 49, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
#GNOME’s #tetris Clone Gets ‘Significant’ Changes
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-tetris-clone-gets-major-update
Quadrapassel, the GNOME Tetris clone, is about to land its first major update in nearly four years. he headline change in #Quadrapassel 49 is a long-awaited port to GTK4/libadwaita. This gives the game a modern look that fits in with the modern GNOME desktop by using the latest design conventions. The game is able to resize neatly at smaller widths too. Touchscreen support is also plumbed in, making it possible to swipe and tap falling blocks into place with fingers, rather than hammering keyboard arrow keys. Gameplay has been refined with ‘large improvements’ to scoring, controls and pace. Scoring now […] You’re reading GNOME’s Tetris Clone Gets ‘Significant’ Changes, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
#GNOME 49 : Best New Features
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-new-features
GNOME 49 lands next week, bringing a fresh set of features and design tweaks aimed at making everyday desktop life on Linux smoother, sharper, and more consistent — the best of which I run through in this post. Ubuntu users get (most of) #GNOME_49’s new features in the upcoming #Ubuntu_25.10 release, out on 9 October, 2025 (a beta build is out next week for anyone eager to have an early-bird encounter with the changes on offer). A codename is given to new versions of GNOME, a bit like Ubuntu or macOS. Except, it’s not animals or California landmarks […] You’re reading GNOME 49: Best New Features, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
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#GNOME_49 Restores Ability to Launch X11 Desktop Sessions
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-reenables-x11-session-support-in-gdm
GNOME 49 re-enables X11 session support in GDM after it broke the ability to launch other desktop environments. It plans full removal in GNOME 50. You’re reading GNOME 49 Restores Ability to Launch X11 Desktop Sessions, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
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#GNOME_49 Makes #Papers a Core App, Replacing Evince
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/papers-pdf-viewer-gnome-49
When Ubuntu 25.04 made Papers its default #PDF viewer rather than keep shipping Evince, it did so knowing that the expectation was that upstream GNOME would do the same — now it has. The GNOME 49 Alpha release will ship Papers as a GNOME Core App, replacing Evince (also, as I reported back in May, Totem is replaced by Showtime in GNOME 49, and Manuals replaces Devhelp in the core-devel-tools set). For app swaps in GNOME development releases, they must be made them before the first alpha. The nature of development means decisions get made early but tentatively. If testing […] You’re reading GNOME 49 Makes Papers a Core App, Replacing Evince, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
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#GNOME Replace Totem Video Player with #showtime
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-49-replaces-totem-video-player-with-showtime
Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have officially cast a new video player in #GNOME_49, out in September. Per an upstream merge, GNOME has formally replaced the aged GTK3 Totem video player with the newer, fresher and all-the-more modern GTK4/libadwaita app Showtime in its Core Apps1 lineup. Like its predecessor, Showtime’s user-facing name in GNOME 49 will be changed to the generic moniker of Video Player (I’d wager most of us will continue to call it by its codename, the same way we refer to Files as Nautilus). Showtime may be new in GNOME’s Core Apps, but it’s […] You’re reading GNOME Replace Totem Video Player with Showtime, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)