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Gnome 2.2 Released

Posted by timothy on from the dadburn-that-slippery-gnome dept.

heydrick writes "This message confirms that Gnome 2.2 is officially released. And a month ahead of the originally planned six-month release cycle. Check out the Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use a mirror to download."

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  1. hrm.... by xao+gypsie · · Score: 1, Funny

    And a month ahead of the originally planned six-month release cycle...

    it seems that Blizzard could learn a lot from these guys..

    xao

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  2. I've never seen by Fafnir_b · · Score: 2, Funny
    Slashdot so close to being slashdottet...

    But anyway, cudos to gnome team. Can't wait to see this nautilus-cd-burning thing in action - could be something for my dad (who seems to hate gtoaster).

  3. the Gnome Liberation Front has won! by Marco_polo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh wait.. Gnome for Linux... I thought this was about the heroic struggle to free the garden gnomes from their plight

    http://www.freethegnomes.com/

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  4. Re:Hey! by intermodal · · Score: 3, Funny

    not all applets support it yet, but everybody loves transparency.

    Yeah...especially Nvidia, ATI, and everyone else in the graphics card biz.

    *pulls rip cord on his ancient Trident card to get it going again*

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  5. Weird Slogan by Gyan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where we're going, we don't need roads ... in circles ?

  6. Re:I need a clean desktop by archeopterix · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is there a way to remove the Trash and Home icons from the desktop yet? I've been able to do this in XP and KDE3 since they came out. If I can't have a totally clear desktop, I'll pass on this release.
    I just type 'X' (from the text-mode console) and admire the ultra-clean desktop.

    On rare occasions when I need something done I type 'export DISPLAY=:0 ; sleep 10 ; xterm' from another console before that.

    By the way, what is this Gnome thing?

  7. Somebody better let Sun know... by FroMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gnome 2.0 Officially Available For Solaris

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  8. Re:Hey! by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    YOU CAN NOW HAVE TRANSPARENT PANELS!
    I was under the impression that X didn't support transparency (Since it predates the invention of glass) and so the only way you could get it was an ugly hack involving taking a shot of the root window and bluring, which created some really strange effects if you stacked windows up. How have they got around this?

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  9. Re:Gnome Logo by luge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod this baby up. :) We've been using the new foot for six months now, maybe in six months /. will catch up ;)

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  10. Objective non-flame answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    The main difference between those two desktop environments is: one sucks and the other rules.

    Hope this helps.

  11. Re:Competition works by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    Has GNOME ceased being a resource pig?

    have you?

  12. Nah... by BrokenHalo · · Score: 2, Funny

    real men use zsh :-)