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Gnome 2.0 RC1

Posted by michael on from the fever-when-you-kiss-me-fever-when-you-hold-me-tight dept.

lurgyman writes "The GNOME Desktop 2.0 release candidate 1 has been released! It looks like it's finally on schedule for its projected June 21 release." The release notes have some good information.

3 of 287 comments (clear)

  1. Can it compete with KDE? by PhilJackson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    KDE seems to have matured really quickly from version 2 to version 3. I feel it the most productive desktop I have used on any system.

    I always though of gnome as 'middle-level' (as in kde is 'high-level' and open/black box as 'low-level') and so the new flux of ex-Windows users never really notice it.

    Is Gnome2 gonna change this?

  2. Slashdot's transformation by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Slashdot is ever so slowly becoming more like the Gone Gold of geekware. Only it's with every friggin' point release.

  3. Re:time to ditch Microserf XP? by Enahs · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Sorry, the most common OS that GNOME runs on is not Free, and further, is developed on the non-Free OS Linux. Further, many GNOME developers use Debian, which should be boycotted due to its blatant disregard for the non-Free nature of the Linux kernel, and its violation of its own DFSG. Even if the Debian project were to discontinue the GNU/Linux distribution, and the GNOME project were to move to a Free system such as Hurd (but not Debian GNU/Hurd, due to the Debian project's blatant disregard for GPL violations) or FreeBSD, we should still hold both GNOME and Debian accountable for past transgressions.

    Boycott Linux and GNOME today!

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    Stating on Slashdot that I like cheese since 1997.