Updated on 26 March 2025 with more screenshots about the new font.

GNOME 48 has just been released on Arch Linux! (And thus, also on EndeavourOS).

Unfortunately, many extensions have been turned off because they are not yet compatible (that’s quite usual with new versions of GNOME):

The most critical one is the first one above: the app indicator in the system tray. Let’s see whether it’ll be fixed soon.

My favorite new feature is the Adwaita fonts:

I like it a lot! Everything seems much more readable.

See, for example, Nautilus (I’m using a different icon theme, but the font is the default one):

Also, the monospace version of Adwaita looks nice:

To better see the difference, here’s a screenshot with the old fonts:

And here’s one with the new Adwaita fonts:

Besides other new features you might find in many articles, I also appreciate that the default image viewer now provides some basic editing features (note the toolbar icon):

At least, the editing operation I use most, “cropping”, is there. Changing the size is not yet possible. That’s why I also use Gwenview in GNOME.

Let’s hope they fix extensions soon 🙂