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GNOME 3.0 Delayed Until March 2011

Posted by timothy on from the so-little-time-until-2012 dept.

Julie188 writes "GNOME 3.0 was scheduled to be released in September but during the developers conference, GUADEC 2010 in Den Haag, the organization had to face facts: the much ballyhooed GNOME Shell really wasn't ready. The Shell is supposed to bring 'a whole new user experience to the desktop.' So now, in September, what users will see is GNOME 2.32, distributed as a new stable release. Next target date for 3.0: March 2011."

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  1. Smart by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Better than releasing the Gnome equivalent of KDE4.

    1. Re:Smart by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Better than releasing the Gnome equivalent of KDE4.

      ...unless it ends up as the Gnome equivalent of Vista - late and not what anyone wants.

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    2. Re:Smart by jadrian · · Score: 5, Informative

      They wish they had something even remotely close to KDE 4.0. All they have is a new desktop shell.

  2. Learn Lessons From KDE4 by SlashdotOgre · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I truly hope the Gnome folks observed the KDE4 fiasco and learned some good lessons. They really need to make sure the product they release is stable and doesn't include significant feature regressions (although knowing Gnome, they'll probably call them usability enhancements...). There's certain types of software that can be unstable, and a desktop environment isn't one of them. I'm very much in favor of them holding off as long as it takes.

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  3. New GNOME Shell design by supersloshy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Another reason they're pushing GNOME 3 back is that Shell's design isn't quite usable yet. I would know because I frequently use daily builds of GNOME Shell for testing purposes. I mean, look at it. It's so... blah and thrown-together. The design team is working on the design, and the final design will look much different. If you clone the gnome-shell-design git repository, you'll get the most current mockups. Here's a link to those of you unable to use git including the latest mockups as of today. These mockups look amazing and make the shell much easier on the eyes as well as usable. Ever since they announced this new design, I've been looking forward to it much more than I already have.

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  4. What about GNOME 3? by assertation · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I haven't kept up on it. What will be special about GNOME 3, particularly from an end user's perspective?

    1. Re:What about GNOME 3? by Beelzebud · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Using a marketing slogan like "it just works" doesn't describe anything about the new features Gnome 3 has... What is it with Mac users and their eagerness to repeat ad slogans over and over again?