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GNOME 3.16 Released
kthreadd writes Version 3.16 of GNOME, the primary desktop environment for GNU/Linux operating systems has been released. Some major new features in this release include a overhauled notification system, an updated design of the calendar drop down and support for overlay scrollbars. Also, the grid view in Files has been improved with bigger thumbnail icons, making the appearance more attractive and the rows easier to read. A video is available which demonstrates the new version.
Pardon my ignorance, I'm not a Linux GUI user or developer. (But would like to be!)
Is it true that Gnome, KDE, Ximian, etc, are all based on the basic X-Windows system? Isn't that system supposed to be very inefficient?
-- Aaron
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Ummm, something tells me the GNOME guys would be better off spending their time making the desktop more marketplace-friendly and user-friendly versus adding yet more and more crap no one will ever use into the API. It pains me to think of how much time is spent by the developers building what amounts to a waste of time, when the same effort could be diverted toward:
o Making the GUI easier for first-time Linux users, which was the whole point of GNOME in the first place, wasnt it?
o Building stronger interoperability between Windows apps and Linux apps. WINE is a good start, but its bloated, and even when it works, its clumsy and never works the way anyone wants it to. Modal emulation has been the established standard for years. People are smart enough to know when they should use an "emulator" versus using their native environments.
o Establishing "bounty rewards" for the things we don't yet have. Why not set up a collection plate where people can donate, and award its contents to the first person who can deliver a Microsoft Word 2002 format
Look, guys. I'm not trying to bash GNOME, but you guys need to STOP TRYING TO BUILD A DESKTOP FOR PROGRAMMERS. Its a mistake to try and make a damn desktop aimed at programmers. Why? The rest of the world isn't made up of people like us. You need to aim your work at people like your dad, and NOT aim to impress people like your friend "31337b0y" on IRC. Youre gonna have to accept this idea if you want your work to go anywhere. You don't go building an GUI for programmers because the programmer is ultimately going to fashion his own environment by and for himself, not thru GNOME, or KDE, or any other environment. Sit down, look at the damn road ahead of you. The world is waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a solid, usable GUI for Linux, something we can be identified by, and we're busy pissing in the wind. Pretty soon they're going to give up, and write Linux off along with the dot-com duds. Look, you're at point A, you wanna get to point B. B is total worldwide acceptance of your desktop as the universal standard for Linux. Do what you have to do to get to B. Here, i'll even give you a hint: It doesn't involve anyone saying "I just spent 4 weeks optimizing your patch for gtk that allows nonorthoganal crossreferences to referential database templates in Python!!!!". Start by getting rid of the foot. Its not cute. Feet stink, and using a "foot" for an emblem opens the door wide open to any number of foot-related jokes about your work when it bombs. Think!
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Cheers,
Bowie J. Poag