Alan Pope updates his list of essential GNOME extensions after nearly three years, removing Sound Switcher Indicator, Snap Manager, Hue Lights, and CPU Power Manager due to reduced need or system improvements. He adds Advanced Volume Control, ThinkPad Battery Threshold, and Grand Theft Focus, noting that his "must-have" extensions have become less critical over time.
Fedora 45 Beta performance benchmarks show minimal changes compared to Fedora 44, largely due to the distribution's liberal update policy that continuously ships new kernel and Mesa versions. The main differences include Python 3.15-rc2, GNOME 51, and targeted compiler optimizations, but overall performance remains comparably stable between releases.