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Gnome 2.18 Released
xdancergirlx writes "Gnome 2.18 was released today (on time as usual). Detailed release notes are available. Nothing revolutionary in this release but definitely some nice new features, bug fixes, and improvements."
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Gnome 2.18: Nothing special really, just somewhat improved infravision, an extra +10 bonus to detect uneven grades, worked out some bugs in the "failure to run from big scary trolls due to lack of common sense" department. Should be a somewhat more usable gnome.
Thanks to those I got first post!
The big change is they went to a Knome skin that makes it look like KDE.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
As usual too ;)
Does he have a problem quitting?
I've got your sig, right here.
Yeah, god, I just can't STAND all this hype.
I was wondering where my tidy-whities went...
It's 'tighty'. Those things definitely aren't 'tidy' after you leave that nice racing stripe in them.
The way the post hyped it up, I was expecting something actually exciting.
WTF? The post even says "Nothing revolutionary in this release".
If that's hype, you must suffer from spontaneous ejeculation at a repubrocrats/demican rally.
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
*ducks*
Honesty may be the best policy, but by process of elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.
Yes, so you better get started soon :-)
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So, when are we going to see smart and innovative desktops that dramatically improve user friendliness?
Just as some examples:
These are some of the type of things that would make using a computer more like using deep black magic.
Are open source desktop developers so focused on trying to make it "easy" for Windows users to convert they get Microsoft tunnel vision and can't innovate?
It's the year 2007 and I want my computer to be more like the computers in the sci-fi movies I saw in the early 80's.
And on top of all that, KDE is more configurable!
WHO NEEDS SHIFT WHEN YOU HAVE CAPSLOCK/ DAMN1
With the release of GNOME 2.18, it appears there has been a change in the playing field. In order to be considered to a full fledged modern OS, a Three-Dee Chess program must be included with every new operating system. The Release of Mac OS X seems to have started this trend. Microsoft soon followed suit with Windows Vista. Now there is Gnome. Will KDE be pulled into this madness, or will it fall behind into oblivion?!
Apple Chess
Windows Chess
GNOME Chess
Feel free to flog me now.
Once you start despising the jerks, you become one.
The Gnome file dialog can turn anyone into a jackass.
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WHO ATE MY BREAKFAST PANTS?
Christ. Not only did that squirrel give the gnome an entire basketful of red, painful-looking chancres, but it also ate off his left hand. And he's *smiling*. That's one badass gnome.
and with any luck it wont come back.
KDE's configurability just scares me
I know what you mean. I had to configure my background in KDE once. Christ, it gave me THREE options! 'No picture', 'Picture' and 'Slide show'. I mean, WTF? I'm not a rocket surgeon.
Then I wanted Konqueror to open links in tabs. People are right when they say KDE has a cluttered interface. It dragged me into Settings, then into something called Web Behaviour, and then forced me to click the box saying 'Open links in new tab'. After that I had to rest with 2 hours of TV.
Actually, I like his 'Mac emulator' patch - it stops one mouse button from working altogether.