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GNOME 3 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

Blacklaw writes "The GNOME Desktop team has sent its latest creation into the wild, officially launching GNOME 3.0 — the biggest redesign the project has enjoyed in around nine years. 'We've taken a pretty different approach in the GNOME 3 design that focuses on the desired experience and lets the interface design follow from that,' designer Jon McCann explained during the launch. 'With any luck you will feel more focused, aware, effective, capable, respected, delighted, and at ease.'"

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  1. Xfce by Moderator · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's always Xfce for those of you who still want a traditional, stable environment. Uses the same Gtk+ themes that Gnome used, and the panel is flexible enough to emulate Gnome 2.x, KDE/Windows, or CDE.

    I know, they turned their back on the *BSD's with Xfce 4.8, but it's still the only desktop environment worth using anymore.

    Oh yeah, and they plan on sticking with Gtk+ 2.2 for the next couple of years.

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  2. Re:lol wut by slaxative · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually press release link: http://www.gnome.org/press/2011/04/gnome-3-0-released-better-for-users-developers-3/

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  3. Translated release notes by ReinoutS · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read the release notes in your favorite language here: http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.0/