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GTK+ 2.0
Some random reader sent in: "Gtk.org all of a sudden (?) says version 2.0 is available. There is a FAQ for 2.0. Here is a mail from the gtk-devel-list with some 'pre-release release-notes' :)."
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Actualy, yes a amazing amount of bugs have been fixed in the last months and weeks. Ofcource it is worth keeping in mind this is a .0 release. So all critical bugs should've been found and fixed, but there's bound to be a slew of little ones left.
2 -March/msg00179.html for notes on the file selector.
More exiting though, is the fact that they can now begin on the next gtk release, which amongst other things will include a new file selector (open / save, etc) dialog ! This is something that a _lot_ of users are hoping and waiting for.
(check http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/200
Draft release notes for Gtk
On the negative side, the new font system seems much slower than before. Also it's completely incompatible with Gtk+-1.2, so anyone working with fonts has a massive updating task ahead.
One cool new feature is that the default font is stored on the display, using the new XSettings system. This means that when you run a program on a remote machine, or as another user, etc, you don't lose your settings.
here is a nice list of changes from version 1.2 to 2.0.
I've found that a lot of the slowness of gtk+2 that I saw was due to the use of AA. Turns out xft isn't the snappiest piece of code around when it's antialiasing. Turn off AA, and things are a lot smoother again.
/Janne
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
Yes, that's correct. The win32 version is not yet
released though, it's just in "preview" status. Should be out in a few months.
By your comment, it seems that you mean that you have a larger win partition:
/win32 vfat defaults 1 0
/win32 or whatever your mount point is
try adding this to your fstab:
/dev/hda1
do not forget to change the first argument to the harddrive where your fat partition is, and the second to your chosen mount point (can be anything as long as it is a real existing directory)
after that, just issue mount
As for the replacing GTK -- no no no no. These gtk's are not truly compatible, and thus you will need both libraries. do not worry as the default install should just put them together. I also would not be surprised if you have GTK 1.0 and 1.2 on your hard drive also, so do not replace, and if you are using rpms, you would not even be able to.
Enjoy
badness 10000
news.gnome.org is reporting that Gnome Beta 2 ("I bastun bor vi allihopa!") is out!
Your test was based on the GtkCList widget, which is deprecated in GTK+ 2.0. It's probably not a very good test.