Introducing GNOME OS Preview

The GNOME Project has provided GNOMEOS for some time; until now, theproject only provided a "Nightly" edition that was built from the latest commitsand was aimed solely at GNOME developers. Adrian Vovk has now announcedthe release of GNOMEOSPreview, which is intended for a non-developer audience:

GNOME OS Preview is the current GNOME OS Nightly, but without the "nightly"aspect. Instead, it's built from the latest stable GNOME release (GNOME 51.1, atthe time of writing). GNOME OS Preview lives in the same branches on GitLab asthe stable org.gnome.Platform Flatpak runtimes.

GNOME OS Preview is only a few weeks old, so it has only seen limitedreal-life testing so far. We therefore expect people will uncover some issuesinitially. That said, Preview is significantly more stable than Nightly, whichdozens of people have been daily driving without major issues for over ayear. Thus, we're feeling confident that Preview is going to be reliable enoughfor daily use by non-developer enthusiasts.

While Preview is meant for non-developers, it is not considered complete orstable for the broader public. There are a number of features, listed in Vovk'spost, that need to be implemented before the project is ready to declareGNOMEOS "ready for prime time". Adventurous users, who might notmind having to reinstall the OS once a stable version is declared, candownload and start using GNOMEOSPreview today.