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GNOME 2.0 Desktop Alpha
xer.xes writes: "The first public testing release of the GNOME 2.0 Desktop, 'Rolig Liten Hattgubbe,' is ready for your testing pleasure! It is available for immediate download here. Please read the release notes first! Due for general consumption in March, the GNOME 2.0 Desktop is a greatly improved user environment for existing GNOME applications. Enhancements include anti-aliased text and first class internationalisation support, new accessibility features for disabled users, and many improvements throughout GNOME's highly regarded user interface."
highly regarded user interface? by whom?
i know this sounds like flamebait, but really...
"I think there is a world market for, maybe, five computers." __ IBM Chairman, 1943 __
Wow, those are pretty awesome... looks just like Windows! No, wait, the buttons and boxes are a little different. Well, as long as it runs Office I don't mind.
"I am a cipher, a cipher, wrapped in an enigma, smothered in secret sauce" -Jimmy James
Even if (when) GNOME finishes 2.0, they're still way behind KDE. KDE 2.X has been out since October 23 2000 (!).
It has internationalization, antialiased text, and a very configurable interface. A polished Control Center, first class file manager and browser Konqueror. It has a unified Help tool, with damn near every language in it. It's (L)GPLed and BSDed, has consistent UI between diverse apps, like the amazing KMail and KNode. It has an IDE to rival even MS, KDevelop. Even Konsole is impressive. I have no reason to use GNOME at all. GTK+ 2 isn't even really up to where Qt 1.4 was.
Lastly, KDE3 with Qt3 is in beta.
Use GNOME is you feel like it, but realize that you are way behind the state-of-the-art Linux desktop.
My idea of a smooth user experience does not include a browser crashing at will. And that is exactly what happens when I run Internet Explorer. I think it offen happens that it crashes, mostly if you open a few more than 5 windows, and I do so when I 'surf'.
Btw. I'd better tell you that it's not only on old Windows systems that my IE crashes, if tried it on completely fresh Win98se installations as well.
As mentioned in a previous reply as well, Opera is an excellent browser, and if you don't like proprietary software, Galeon and Konqueror are also doing great.
Enhancements include anti-aliased text and first class internationalisation support, new accessibility features for disabled users, and many improvements throughout GNOME's highly regarded user interface.
Anything useful? Or is it just more bugs, more memory footprint, more disk space, more trouble porting to windows?
I only use KDE. Gnome sucks. How could a project started by a stinking Mexican do anything else than suck? I mean, I haven't any prejudice against Mexicans. They are fine gardeners and housemaids, of course. But creating a window manager? No, I don't think so. Anyhow, fuck gnome! Do you want that stupid little foot on you computer screen? No way!