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A Look at the Upcoming GNOME 2.6
unmadindu writes "GNOME 2.6 is just around the corner, and I figured out that many GNOME users would like to know what's in store. So I installed GNOME 2.5 (development version for 2.6) in my box, and came up with a list of the new stuff that are coming up. (and just in case, copies of the article are also available here and here)."
The release of Windows Longhorn is going to revolutionalize the way we deal with user interfaces. Sorry, but you me-too coders and copycat designers are going to be scrambling in a panic when you realize that the right way to build a UI is to forget pixels and bitmaps and go with scalable vector graphics. Looks like Linux is in the dust playing catchup (again). Sigh.
Why wait for Gnome 2.6 when KDE 3.2 is here, right now. KDE is simply faster, easier to use, dosent hide configuration options in a registry editor and it has a decent file dialog!
Kombine with Gentoo 2004 and you have a killer desktop! Emerge it today!
This isn't flamebait either, if this post is modded as such, than the moderator hasn't used kde 3.2!
I guess I'll never be a Gnome user. What is the fascination with muddy colours?
... but that shouldn't be anything amazing in itself.
:D
Anyway, the new Nautilus looks usable now, because it operates in a sane manner just like on every other operating system since the mid-80's! "Spatial" indeed, it is just another "new window for a new folder" scheme.
The rest of the stuff looks pretty grim as well. Nice that some applications are getting integrated (Evolution with the clock, etc)
Well, best of luck to them and their brick-like UI. Many people seem to like it, so it is nice that there is an option for them
Loved all the improvements, but... why gnome desktops look always so dull?
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is the SMELLY feet logo of dirty developers!!!
Yikes!!! Change the logo and it will be ok.
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payper liesense hostage schemes? nothing gnu about that?
there's also rumour that miguel's corepirate nazi ambitions/associations/status may make him ineligible for the much ballyhooed moon/mars/bars shot with the won-eyed girl, & the illegal aliens.
Well then it's your fault.
I know that's harsh, and I'm actually being a bit hyperbolic, but only a bit. If people who have specialized hardware don't contribute, the software won't be tailored to them. You have specialized hardware in that it's fairly old. That means that software won't be customized well for you, but you can help possibly millions of people by working on Gnome and finding the performance gotchas for lower-end systems.
I would expect that in order to perform really well on low-end hardware, Gnome will need some compile-time flags to turn off functionality that on higher-end systems might be more ideal. Perhaps some of it could be made run-time, but there are features (like double-buffering in the toolkit) where I think you're going to need to make sure that NO APPLICATION ANYWHERE can possibly make the mistake of using the feature.
That doesn't mean these are bad features, they're just features that are only appropriate for modern, mainstream hardware.
It's open source. You have the power. Think outside of the proprietary software box!
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