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GNOME 2.16 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the upgrade dept.

Kethinov writes "The GNOME Project has just released version 2.16 of their popular *nix desktop environment. Among many snazzy new features, is lots of new eye candy, including an experimental compositer in Metacity, feature enhancements, usability improvements, and much, much more. Ars Technica has a review."

10 of 473 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sourceforge? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean "The same poeple who are apt-get to run linux"

  2. Damnit! by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just emerging 2.14 now.

  3. Re:So? It still sucks. by dcapel · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, I once heard a wise man tell a parable:

    I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off.
    I immediately ran over and said, "Stop! Don't do it!"
    "Why shouldn't I?" he said.
    I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"
    "Like what?"
    "Well ... are you religious or atheist?"
    "Religious."
    "Me too! Are you Christian or Jewish?"
    "Christian."
    "Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
    "Protestant."
    "Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"
    "Baptist."
    "Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"
    "Baptist Church of God."
    "Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"
    "Reformed Baptist Church of God."
    "Wow! Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed
    Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?"
    "Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!"
    To which I said, "Die, heretic scum!" and pushed him off.

    Incidentally, I use KDE ;)

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  4. Re:Does it work on Windows 95? by i3iz · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's easy to install. Type Format C: at the command line. Then hit Y

  5. Re:GNOME by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Built by Sony? That'd be a blast!

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  6. Re:Sourceforge? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sense a bad joke about to emerge...

  7. Memo to text-porn writers: by patio11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing says "sexy" like paragraph breaks.
        Its not hard. No, no, that's not what I meant.

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    Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.
  8. Gnome! by SQLz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now with more KDE!

  9. New GNOME, even more easier! by 4D6963 · · Score: 4, Funny

    FTFA : "Menu editing just got even more easier."

    Woot! Sounds like a lot! I also heard it was even more betterly eye-candier!

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  10. Ubuntu by Stephen+Chadfield · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear Ubuntu researchers are hard at work trying find the most depressing shades of brown to use in the default themes for their Gnome 2.16 based release.