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# Accent Color and VR Support for GNOME is Ready
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-accent-color-vr/
- Published: 2024-06-21T09:56:39.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-21T09:56:39.000Z
- Description: Accent colors making a debut on GNOME along with future-ready VR support.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Development Updates, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

GNOME is a very widely used [desktop environment](https://itsfoss.com/what-is-desktop-environment/) which is the default one on many prominent Linux distributions like Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora.

In a recent set of moves, GNOME received two very significant changes that will take it into newer horizons, making it a more versatile desktop environment.

## A Crucial Moment for GNOME: What's Happening?

![a screenshot of the accent colors functionality in action on gnome](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/06/GNOME-Accent_VR_c.png)

Source: [Alice Mikhaylenko](https://gitlab.gnome.org/alicem?ref=itsfoss.com)

The first of those moves is the **introduction of support for accent colors**, which we had heard of [last year](https://itsfoss.com/gnome-accent-colors/). Back then, I had thought that this would land just in time for the [GNOME 45](https://itsfoss.com/gnome-45-release/) release, but, that never happened.

Even Ubuntu has featured this since the 22.04 LTS release, it was surprising to see that GNOME didn't have such functionality.

![a screenshot of the accent colors functionality in action on gnome](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/06/GNOME-Accent_VR_a.png)

Source: [Alice Mikhaylenko](https://gitlab.gnome.org/alicem?ref=itsfoss.com)

Luckily, after lots of fixing, tweaking, and sharing of mockups like this☝️ We finally have what many users were wishing for.

You can take a look at the original [merge request](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge%5Frequests/2715?ref=itsfoss.com) (MR) by Alice Mikhaylenko (*formerly known as Alexander Mikhaylenko*) for learning more about this change.

Compared to that, [the MR](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge%5Frequests/3746?ref=itsfoss.com) for **adding Wayland DRM lease protocol support** is newer at just a month old, but, the issue [has existed](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/1743?ref=itsfoss.com) for more than 3 years ago now.

![a screenshot of the merge request for adding wayland drm lease protocol support to gnome](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/06/GNOME-Accent_VR_b-1.png)

Fortunately, it didn't take much time to close the MR, which has been successfully merged into the main branch for GNOME.

What this makes possible is **support for VR devices when using a Wayland session**, [Charlie Le](https://gitlab.gnome.org/CharlieQLe?ref=itsfoss.com) confirmed that when they tested this patch with their [HTC Vive](https://www.vive.com/?ref=itsfoss.com) on a Fedora GNOME installation. They confirmed that the Monado OpenXR runtime worked as expected, and even a few VR games.

This upgrade has also made way for **supporting GPU hot-unplugs**. You can learn more about the protocol on [Wayland Explorer](https://wayland.app/protocols/drm-lease-v1?ref=itsfoss.com).

After reading all that, a question arises; **When will we get to see these in action?**

Well, these changes are available as patches on the [GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME?ref=itsfoss.com) repo. Those who know their way around can try testing these out.

For the rest of us, **the upcoming GNOME 47 release is expected to feature these improvements**, which, according to the GNOME [release schedule](https://release.gnome.org/calendar/?ref=itsfoss.com), is planned to be introduced on 14 September 2024.

*💬 What do you think of this move? Better late than never? Add your thoughts below!*