The GNOME developers are currently preparing to unleash the first Beta milestone of the upcoming GNOME 3.24 desktop environment, due for release on February 15, 2017.
Therefore, we can’t help but notice that several of the applications and core components of the GNOME Stack have received new versions, including the GNOME Software graphical package manager that several GNU/Linux distributions have already adopted to help their users better manage packages.
GNOME Software 3.24 Beta is out today, and, according to the internal changelog attached at the end of the article for your reading pleasure, it now handles APT and Snap URLs to allow you to be able to quickly install applications from websites that offer links in the apt:// or snap:// formats.
Additionally, it redesigns the Updates panel to display sections, and now lets users sort the applications displayed in the Installed panel by kind. It’s also possible now to launch Flatpak apps after updating them, as wel… (read more)
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