[#]: subject: "Regolith Desktop 3.0 Release Improves Fractional Scaling and Tests Wayland Support"
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[#]: author: "Sourav Rudra https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/"
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Regolith Desktop 3.0 Release Improves Fractional Scaling and Tests Wayland Support
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Regolith Desktop 3.0 is here with fractional scaling for high-res
displays and more.
We have seen many desktop environment updates in the past few months.

If you didn't know, the [desktop environment][1] on your Linux system enables you to interact with the distro effortlessly.

This time around, we have the recently released **Regolith Desktop 3.0** , which has arrived with some pretty neat improvements. It offers a box-tiling window manager experience that features i3 and Sway.

Let's see what it has to offer.

**Suggested Read** 📖

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## 🆕 Regolith Desktop 3.0: What's New?

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Regolith Desktop 3.0 is a significant release that focuses on providing **an Alpha release Wayland-based session based on the** [**Sway compositor**][4], alongside **support for newer distros,** among other things.

This release also sees the **introduction of fractional scaling support** for resolutions greater than 1920×1080, with **additional diagnostic information** about the current session.

**In terms of audio handling** , Regolith 3.0 features fixes for the inconsistent behaviors of XF86AudioPlay, and a new config for 'regolith-sway-audio-idle-inhibit'.

Other than that, here are some other changes that are worth knowing about:

  * **Misc fixes for i3 and Sway.**
  * **A minor cleanup of package metadata.**
  * **Addition of gnome-terminal to the recommended list.**
  * **Battery percentage/charge widgets now use color values to show data.**
  * **A fix for conflicts between the depreciated package, 'regolith-wm-ilia', and wm specific updates.**



I suggest you head over to the [release notes][5] to know more about this release and to go through the migration guide for existing installations.

## 📥 Get Regolith Desktop 3.0

Regolith Desktop 3.0 is offered for **Ubuntu 20.04 LTS** , [**Ubuntu 22.04 LTS**][6], [**Ubuntu 23.04**][7], **Debian 11** , and [**Debian 12**][8].

If you want to try it out, then you can head over to the [official website][9] to get started.

[Regolith Desktop 3.0][9]

_💬 Are you excited about this release? Upgrading or want to install it? Share your thoughts._

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作者：[Sourav Rudra][a]
选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/
[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
[1]: https://itsfoss.com/what-is-desktop-environment/
[2]: https://itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/android-chrome-192x192.png
[3]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Regolith_3.0.png
[4]: https://swaywm.org/
[5]: https://regolith-desktop.com/docs/reference/Releases/regolith-3.0-release-notes/
[6]: https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-22-04-release/
[7]: https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-23-04-release/
[8]: https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-12-release/
[9]: https://regolith-desktop.com/docs/using-regolith/install/