14 DAY TRIAL // The GNOME development team has released the second update for the GNOME 3.14.x branch and it brings a large number of fixes and improvements many packages from the stack.
GNOME 3.14 was launched a few weeks ago and the developers are still ironing out a few issues. The new version has been received very well by the community and it's already been adopted by numerous Linux distributions. It's very likely that GNOME 3.14.2 will be integrated in most of the big repositories as soon as possible.
The GNOME project has managed to stay on track and the new release has arrived on time. Not all packages in the stack have been updated, but there are more than enough to get users interested. It's a good idea to upgrade your desktop environment as soon as possible in order to get all these enhancements.
GNOME 3.14.2 gets a ton of improvements
Just like the previous iteration, the 3.14.2 release does have a few things that really stand out. For example, the NetworkManager dependency of GNOME Shell has been removed, the queued up notifications are now summarized, the handling of multi-day events has been improved, the GtkMenu use has been refined, various fixes for Mutter have been added, and the SSLv3 use has been disabled.
"Here comes our second update to GNOME 3.14, it has many fixes, various improvements, documentation and translation updates, we hope you'll enjoy it. Individual modules may get new stable 3.14 releases but our focus is now on the development branches, we released a first snapshot as 3.15.1 two weeks ago and will get another one by the end of the month," says GNOME developer Frederic Peters.
GNOME 3.14.2 comes with updates for these core apps: Adwaita Icon Theme, Eye of GNOME, Epiphany, evolution-data-server, Glib, GNOME Calculator, GNOME Contacts, GNOME Desktop, GNOME Shell, GNOME Terminal, Mutter, Nautilus, Tracker, and more.
The apps that receive upgrades in the 3.14.2 branch include Aisleriot, Bijiben, Brasero, Cheese, Evolution, File Roller, Gedit, Four in a Row, GNOME Boxes, GNOME Maps, GNOME Music, Hitori, Orca, Rygel, Vinagre, and more.
We detailed the GNOME 3.14.x release when it was made available and you can find more details in the original report. You can download the GNOME 3.14.2 stack from Softpedia, but keep in mind that these are the source packages. If you want an easy upgrade or install, be sure to check the repositories.
