Introducing GNOME 46, “Kathmandu”

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Meaning "Variable refresh rates" for smoother video performance. Had to look it up.

It's generally used in gaming to sync content FPS with display refresh rate, which can help prevent tearing (esp with vsync) and input latency / display jitter for when content can't sync to a denomination of your panel's refresh rate