The GNOME Journal, March Edition

jimmy_dean writes "The latest issue of The GNOME Journal has just been published. This regularly published online magazine features original content and commentary for and by the GNOME Community. This issue covers some technical articles, including Audio CD Ripping/Burning by Ken Vandine and Simplified Package Management in Ubuntu Hoary by John Meuser. Celebrating the release of GNOME 2.10, we include a tour of 2.10 by Sayamindu Dasgupta and also the evolution of Evolution 2.2 by Jorge O. Castro. Also, art.gnome.org gets a face lift as told by Link Dupont."

Comments

BSD?

[dave_f1m]

Why is this in the BSD section?

Re:BSD?

[jimmy_dean]

Nope, this is just where the slashdot people chose to put us. That's ok, better here than nothing. I did submit it to the Linux section though. Thanks for reading the GNOME Journal too by the way!

Re:BSD?

[Homology]

Why is this in the BSD section?

This might come as a big surprise to you, but GNOME runs just fine on any *BSD.

Needs more content though

[WebHostingGuy]

I have to admit it looks very nice. That being said it also appears not to have much in the way of content. Most of the stuff seems (except for the good how-to) appears to just release notes (http://www.gnome.org/start/2.10/notes/rnwhatsnew. html) repackaged. If that is what they were going for then okay, but I think they could do a whole lot more with this. (caveat: this is my first time reading the Gnome Journal).

The GNOME Journal, on Evolution:

[Evil_Way]

Unlike the radical change from 1.4 to 2.0, this release can mostly be characterized as one concentrating on polish and finish.
It's good to know they have a special upgrade just for users in poland and finland!

Re:GNOME Baker Link

[Fortun L'Escrot]

speak too soon and feel the wrath: http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/. just tried it...not bad and this is great considering the Nero Linux thing :)

Ubuntu package management

[QuantumG]

I sure hope they changed the menu option for package management. Have a look at this screenshot. Everything on the System Configuration menu has a "nice" name that most anyone could understand. Except, that is, the package manager. The average user is going to be asking. Why is "Synaptic" in the menu option? Wtf is a "package manager" anyways? I'm not going to click on that. A better name for that menu option would have been: Install and Update Software.

Re:Ubuntu package management

[Brandybuck]

A better name for that menu option would have been: Install and Update Software.

Yet another example of "usability means we must use the wrong terminology." A package manager is NOT the same thing as a software installer and updater. "Package manager" is the correct term, is the common term in all Unix and Unix like systems, and should thus remain the term to use. We should not dumb (ei. stupidify) the UI down to the level of how moronic you believe people to be. Yes, this might confuse some newbies freshly come over from Microsoft, but as the saying goes, your first day on the job only lasts one day.