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Gnome 2.30 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-and-improved dept.

Hypoon writes "The GNOME project is proud to release this new version of the GNOME desktop environment and developer platform. Among the hundreds of bug fixes and user-requested improvements, GNOME 2.30 has several highly visible changes: new features for advanced file management, better remote desktop experience, easier notes synchronization and a generally smoother user experience. Learn more about GNOME 2.30 through the detailed release notes and the press release."

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  1. April Fools! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    April Fools!

    1. Re:April Fools! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, great joke - Gnome, ADDING features? Give me a break!

    2. Re:April Fools! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm guessing that no jokes today IS the joke.

  2. Headscratch. by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    I don't get it. Not even a peep about it being renamed to KNOME, or about KDE being renamed to GNU/DE.

    I mean, what the hell, Slashdot! Serious news? On this, the holiest day of the Geek Calendar?

    Seeing "support for Facebook chat, and new productivity features" in the same sentence was a pretty good start, but things just trailed off from there. I demand a punchline from this press release, or at least some enlightened puns about how to reduce the window manager's footprint!

  3. OnceBittenTwiceShy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hah! Bring it on. You won't get me this year!

  4. Don't fall for it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just say "GNO".

  5. Can we please just shoot this turkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't put a lot of faith in DE developers that can't fix a simple "Show/Hide hidden and backup files" problem in their file-browser. It's only been how many years?

    Seriously, I set it to show hidden/backup files and tar up a directory (after checking the files) and SENT MY BOSS BACKUP AND HIDDEN FILES THAT I DID NOT WANT TO. That could have been the end of my little world!

    Gnome - what a cluster-f*ck, heheheh!

  6. Re:need some better visuals by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love Gnome, but is looks so outdated these days...

    All the cool UIs have buttons on the left. Someone should do that for Gnome.

  7. You know what they say... by arielCo · · Score: 3, Funny

    " If you can't fix it - give it more features! "

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    1. Re:You know what they say... by Korbeau · · Score: 5, Funny

      " If you can't fix it - give it more features! "

      Did God say that after giving women boobs?

    2. Re:You know what they say... by AresTheImpaler · · Score: 3, Funny

      Did God say that after giving women boobs?
      No, before

  8. Re:Typing in paths by dargaud · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thanks, that single 'feature' was the reason I switched all my machines to KDE ! Ctrl-L you say ? Too Ctrl-Late.

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