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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. Re:Startup notification by IamTheRealMike · · Score: 5, Informative
    Does anyone know whether the KDE equivalent is a past attempt they are talking about?

    Yes. The KDE system was a good first attempt, but suffered from not having toolkit/desktop integration as well as it could have. If an app didn't support it, or crashed on startup, the throbber would hang indefinately. This system has toolkit/X integration, and is only activated for programs that flag themselves as supporting it, so it's more robust and useful.

  2. Use gconf-editor! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Tearoff menus have alwasy been in gnome2 (I think) but you have to use gconf-editor set enable.


    The key is:
    /desktop/gnome/inferface/menus_have_tearoffs


    Note that this will only effect gnome2 apps (I think). If your gnome1 apps have tearoff turned off you have to use the old gnome-cc to enable. Also, don't be afraid of gconf-editor, a good number of the so called "missing features" are still there!