GNOME Shell and Mutter 46 Beta Released with Numerous Improvements - 9to5Linux
GNOME Shell and Mutter 46 Beta Released with Numerous Improvements - 9to5Linux
GNOME Shell and Mutter 46 beta are now available for public testing as part of the GNOME 46 beta desktop environment release.
Another release and no vrr, big surprise.
VRR development has actually sped up massively with that huge tech fund investment in Gnome a couple months ago, but it just missed the window to be merged in Gnome 46. It will be in 47 instead.
The only reason appears to be that it wasn't completed in time, since:
On the other hand, Mutter 46 beta adds more preparations for upcoming variable refresh rate support
In my experience, gnome-shell already has a highly variable refresh rate. Sometimes it'll go 2-5 frames without refreshing at all.
this is an nvidia exclusive feature atm.
maybe thats why the rest of us want it still.
Man if only all the other DEs had already found a solution for vrr on wayland
Should be fully ready next release.
Cool. Time to get ready for another round of broken extensions.
Gnome is weird. A dusted off a laptop that has Gnome 40, and it felt better. Nautilus didn't have broken folder trees that don't refresh, and workspaces were vertical so that movement travel is shorter (much more so on ultrawide monitors).