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GNOME 2.20 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-version dept.

Gimli writes "GNOME 2.20 has been officially released. There are a number of enhancements and improvements to things such as power management, Evince (the GNOME document view), Totem (the video player), and note-taking application Tomboy. There are also some changes to GNOME's configuration utilities with an eye towards streamlining them. The timing is impeccable, too: 'This release coincides with the tenth anniversary of GNOME's existence. The project has evolved considerably since its earliest incarnation and has become a global phenomenon. Used as the default environment in popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora, GNOME is widely used by Linux desktop users and is supported by a growing community of companies and independent developers. GNOME 2.20 will be included in the next major releases of many mainstream Linux distributions, including Ubuntu 7.10, which is scheduled for release next month. Users who wish to try it now can use the latest Ubuntu 7.10 live CD images, or the latest build of Foresight Linux. You can also check out the release notes."

17 of 443 comments (clear)

  1. I have to ask... by Chlorus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since this is a new GNOME release, what configuration option did they cut out now?

    1. Re:I have to ask... by drgonzo59 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The one that is confusing the users and that you can never remember how to find after you messed it up. Yeah...I'm pretty sure, that's the feature...

    2. Re:I have to ask... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "For GNOME 2.20, the control panels have been reorganized slightly to reduce the number of control panels, making it easier to find what you need."

      From the release notes page for 2.20. On can only assume this means they've gutted the whole thing and you now have the option to choose between 2 lovely colorschemes, everything else has been set at the factory.

    3. Re:I have to ask... by mike_sucks · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, that is _precisely_ what I said.

      Seeya!

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      -- "So, what's the deal with Auntie Gerschwitz et all?"
    4. Re:I have to ask... by mike_sucks · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's amazing how much genuinely useful work I get done with GNOME.

      Never ceases to surprise me, given how genuinely useless it all is.

      -mike

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      -- "So, what's the deal with Auntie Gerschwitz et all?"
  2. Arr! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    frist ps0t?? natalie pr0tman with hot gnomes etc etc etc? No really, I love GNOME, and Ubuntu, and I'm really going to love GNOME 2.20 in next month's Ubuntu!

    It be an enhanced GNOME. Didn't ye get the email?

    Enahnce your GNOME, stay up longer, get better performance from your GNOME, have great timing and more control over your power! contact XXXXX@yahoo.co.uk.

    scupper me, all we were t'were pirates!

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  3. In related news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    A worldwide shortage of underpants has begun.
    While Miguel de Icaza wasn't very specific about the improvements in the new version, Novell stockholders are anticipating record profits.

  4. Oh, great by MT628496 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just finished compiling 2.18

  5. Re:SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    8====D

    Why the long face? Or am I missing something? :--D
  6. Re:I hope I'm not being a Troll by aerthling · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please, stop tolkien rubbish.

  7. Re:SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the Celine Dion emoticon.

  8. Re:SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's just say it's definitely horse related.

  9. Re:Power Management? by Nimey · · Score: 2, Funny

    You just need to program your robotic girlfriend, then.

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  10. Re:performance? by raddan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I must meet your sister.

  11. Re:Power Management? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Kind sir,

    We finally managed to make it to the end of your comment, and (forgive me for saying this) we can hear the English language weeping. Your spelling and grammar choices would keep an entire team of linguistics expert perplexed for months, if not years. Eventually they would determine that either English is not your first language, and forgive you, or English *is* your first language, and have you executed for the good of mankind. We hope it's the former.

    Love,
    The people whom you made cry with your post

  12. Re:Power Management? by weighn · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wish my girlfriend had an option to wake up and poll my dick every 100 seconds :-) 100ms = 100 milliseconds. You know "milli"? It's the prefix for the unit of measure your girlfriend uses when describing your dick to her friends.
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  13. Re:Power Management? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    an entire team of linguistics expert

    'nuff said