GNOME 43.beta released

[Abderrahim Kitouni <a kitouni gmail com>]

Hello,

GNOME 43.beta is now available. It also marks the start of the UI,
feature and API freezes (collectively known as The Freeze). String
announcement is also in effect now, in advance of the String freeze
which starts 27 August. If you’d like to target the GNOME 43 platform,
this is the best time to start testing your apps or extensions.

You can use the 43beta branch of the flatpak runtimes, which is now
available on Flathub beta.

This release moves WebKitGTK to build against libsoup3, which is now
the recommended version to use.

An installer image is also available for testing and porting extensions.

https://os.gnome.org/download/43.beta/gnome_os_installer_43.beta.iso

This is meant to be installed in a virtual machine with EFI support
(such as the GNOME Boxes version available on Flathub). You can also
try to install it on bare metal but be warned that hardware support is
very limited.

If you want to compile GNOME 43.beta yourself, you can use the
official BuildStream project snapshot:

https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/43.beta/gnome-43.beta.tar.xz

The list of updated modules and changes is available here:

https://download.gnome.org/core/43/43.beta/NEWS

The source packages are available here:

https://download.gnome.org/core/43/43.beta/sources/

WARNING!

This is beta quality software. This release is intended for GNOME
developers and beta testers. For more information about GNOME 43,
including the full schedule, please see our wiki page:

https://wiki.gnome.org/FortyThree

Cheers,

Abderrahim Kitouni
GNOME Release Team