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Gnome 2.22 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the latest-and-greatest dept.

kie writes "The latest version of the Gnome Desktop is being released today. New features in 2.22 include Cheese (an application for webcam photos and videos), window compositing, PolicyKit integration and much more. The full details are in the Release Notes."

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  1. That explains it. by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gnome 2.22 Released
    I was wondering where it came from.
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  2. Yeah, but... by iknownuttin · · Score: 2, Funny

    does it run Linux? Oh, wait, ummmm, shit! I really suck at karma whoring....

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    1. Re:Yeah, but... by PC+and+Sony+Fanboy · · Score: 2, Funny

      you both suck at karma whoring... wait ... why am I karma whoring too?

    2. Re:Yeah, but... by LingNoi · · Score: 3, Funny

      The cake was a lie you insensitive clod!

  3. KISS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fitting with GNOME's "keeping it simple" policy

    I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.
  4. Re:Gnome & KDE by fireman+sam · · Score: 2, Funny

    One down, now if only we can get the "vi versus emacs" folks to do the same.

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  5. Re:Gnome & KDE by jcast · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe we should shoot for more realistic goals. Like acceptance of Emacs' superiority.

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  6. Gnome 2 for 22 by ross.w · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also known as the Richie Benaud release

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  7. Re:Gnome & KDE by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe we should shoot for more realistic goals. Like acceptance of Emacs' superiority.

    Well, Emacs is a nice OS and all, but what it really needs is a good text editor.

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  8. Re:Gnome & KDE by Constantine+XVI · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear viper-mode's coming along nicely. Haven't checked recently since I don't dual-boot much.

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