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GNOME Reaches Out to Women

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-the-ladies-in-the-house dept.

Dominic Hargreaves writes "This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's Summer of Code program, yet none were from women. As a result, they've decided to address this imbalance by launching an outreach program to sponsor three female students to work on GNOME-related projects this summer." Most any science department will tell you that the amount of interest and involvement of women pales next to men of similar age and background. Is this sponsorship a creative way to get women interested in GNOME, or is it merely sexist?

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  1. Re:Unique by Teresita · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gnome has "emblems" for icons that comes straight from the boy scouts and the military. KDE is all Fischer-Price and "OMG!! Ponies!!" and apps take forever to launch because they have to put their face on.

  2. Re:Linux and girlfriends by Teresita · · Score: 0, Troll

    Some say that having a lifeline to Windows with a dual boot set up is kind of girly.

  3. Hmm by aitikin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe it's because women are smart enough to like KDE?

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