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GNOME 2.12 Previewed

Posted by timothy on from the sweetness dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Davyd Madeley has completed his Prerelease Tour of GNOME 2.12. Scheduled for release on September 7th, 2005, GNOME 2.12 has picked up a new theme, some features popularised by Apple's System 7, some new multimedia tools and plenty of bug-fixes."

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  1. Re:Gnome vs. KDE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't want to troll, but I have always wondered... Why are there two major windows manager projects?

    I don't want to flame, but I always wonder... how do people like you manage not to have seen this question discussed to death in every single previous Gnome or KDE-related discussion here on Slashdot since the dawn of time?

  2. Re:It Just Works Philosophy by dbIII · · Score: 5, Funny
    GNOME-VFS in GNOME 2.12 has improved integration with HAL, and now gives more visual cues about the types and names of media devices.
    Open the iPod bay doors HAL.