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GNOME 2.0 Released
MAXOMENOS writes "The GNOME team has announced the release of GNOME 2.0. You can get more information about the GNOME 2.0 system here." Congratulations to everyone involved. Use the mirrors...
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I'll probably not switch away from KDE 3 anytime soon though.. I tried the last release candidate and wasn't very impressed.. GNOME is nice, but it still feels like everything is glued together instead of nicely integrated.. Maybe in a year or two..
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I don't know what the submitter/editor was thinking on the Linux Is Dead article, because if you were one of the four people who actually read the article, it said no such thing. (In fact, quite the opposite.)
But yes, this, KDE, Moz, and the ever-improving stability of the 2.4 kernel are quite forceful rebuttals of (real) Linux is Dead claims.
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I really think it's a matter of taste rather than functionality. Both KDE and GNOME are huge undertakements and both seem to have their userbase... Well, of course I like gnome, but wouldn't mind working in KDE either.
Seems like Gnome's gone the opposite of KDE lately. KDE's interface is much more tweakable than that of Gnome2. The "simpler" user interface should be an option for those who need it, not a requirement for everyone. I'm impressed with what's been acomplished for Gnome2, but for a power user, they are probably going to drive people to KDE because of the greater tweakabilty it has. It's sad.
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Hi frooyo,
The 2.0 is a major release and updates the developer platform. It's going to be a big step in the functionality of GNOME for years to come.
Your distributer should give you an upgrade path when they next to a release. An alternative may be to use Ximian (www.ximian.com) which is a packaged version of GNOME for many Linux distributions such as RedHat, Mandrake, Suse & Debian.
You'll be glad to know that the upgrade should be almost seamless and that your current 1.4 applications will run fine under the new environment. When they are ported to it they'll gain from it's new features and speed.
Cheers,
Steve
That article is long on bitching about KDE 3, and short on evaluation of Gnome 2. The author pretty much admits that he'll need to invest some time learning Gnome 2. Once he gains some experience with Gnome perhaps he'll be in a position to write a real comparison. Until then, however, he's just blowing off steam.
I must object. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I found gnome 2 much harder to configure. The worst is the endless windows registry type settings in GConf (even with the GConf editor.) I tend to want to change things per application, and finding the specific option is nearly impossible under this scheme.
Additionally, I really dislike what has happened with gnome 2 in configurability. Making intelligent defaults is all fine and good, but when you can't get it how you want, frustration ensues. The reason I never used KDE was precisely this lack of configurability. I have heard this same comment from many people and I predict that an outcry of configurability problems will happen.
As an example, there are no virtual desktops in gnome 2, and neither metacity nor sawfish 2 add them. I realize there are only subtle differences, but there are many people who use those differences. Additionally, at least for now, sawfish doesn't even have the infrastructure to bind keys to switching to workspaces in a 2d sense (I can move left or right, but not up or down) Another example is that in metacity, clicking anywhere on a window raises it. This is terrible for me. One of the biggest reasons I use sloppy focus is so that I can have overlapping windows and cut and paste from the window underneath. This is especially useful with overlapping terminals that tend to be smaller and thus just disappear when the larger window raises. According to Havoc, most of these options (unless he uses them) are just "crack-rock." So don't use metacity right? Well, unfortuanately there isn't anything else that fits the bill right now, perhaps sawfish will get back to its usual self -- dunno. And to those who say, "make your own then, that is what open source is all about," I query, "Are you the same folks who wonder why we can't quit duplicating effort?"
My vote still lies in configurability, and my hope is I don't have to turn to enlightenment to get it.
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Why isn't this a full Slashdot news article?
Both KDE and Gnome in terms of UI are BAD windows ripoffs. They all (inc. windows) lack any real innovation, and wouldn't know a good UI principle if it bit them on the az.