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Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released

Posted by michael on from the someday-we'll-update-the-gnome-icon dept.

FlipmodePlaya writes "Linux Today reports the first release candidate for Gnome 2.8 has been released. A look at the new stuff can be found here. Notably, the possible inclusion of Evolution, and some networking goodies. My opinion: the GUI changes look too much like Windows/Internet Explorer for my tastes; I guess it's not just KDE."

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  1. Looks too much like Windows? by nwbvt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just because it is ugly doesn't mean it looks like Windows. What specifically was that comment based on?

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  2. Am I Out of Line? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not to sound trollish or anything but am I the only one that thinks the icons and widgets for Gnome and GTK look like ass? I thought it was just Gaim but then I tried Gnome and they all looked like that! When will we get nicer looking things? (Don't say it doesn't matter, this is one of the reasons why I don't use things like GTK#, it looks just as ugly on Windows)

  3. still gnome? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, gnome's still around. After they gutted the features of 1.4 to create the first 2.x release, they began a downward spiral. I prefer windows XP over every gnome 2.x release. Gnome's clearly stated that they've intentionally dumbed down the interface. Windows has more features than gnome now. Pretty sad. For all they've stripped out, it can't even be considered a light weight GUI with all the library requirements. The GTK tool kit is pretty nice, but Gnome as a user envronment is pretty much worthless. I don't know anyone who uses it any more. They've all switched to KDE. All because of poor reasearch [on the part of the gnome team] on user interfaces. Pretty sad....