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Gnome 2.14 Review
An anonymous user writes "Linux.com (a Slashdot sister site) has up a review of Gnome 2.14. The piece touches on usability improvements, as well as the new administration and configuration tools included with this release." From the article: "GNOME 2.14 continues the steady improvement visible in the last few releases. It is an incremental upgrade, consisting largely of tweaks and the filling in of gaps in functionality. If few of these changes are major by themselves, the overall result is welcome. Perhaps the best way of looking at the release is not as an end in itself, but as a milestone on the road to desktop usability in free operation systems. From this perspective, GNOME 2.14 is a sign that much of the journey is already over -- and that the remaining distance is less than many observers think."
If few of these changes are major by themselves, the overall result is welcome. Perhaps the best way of looking at the release is not as an end in itself, but as a milestone on the road to desktop usability in free operation systems. From this perspective, GNOME 2.14 is a sign that much of the journey is already over -- and that the remaining distance is less than many observers think.
This statement is true, at least until Vista is released, at which point the bar goes up again and the "free operation systems" are again at a significant deficit. Luckily it is always quicker to copy than it is to innovate, so I have no doubt the gap will close again.
The more you regulate a company, the worse its products become.
the bar goes up again and the "free operation systems" are again at a significant deficit
How long do you think GNOME will remain a "free desktop", when members of the GNOME Foundation's advisory board, such as Fluendo, are advocating DRM in GNOME's audio/video backend?
If they have their way, GNOME will end up just as shackled by draconian DRM as as M$ Vista.