Security Breach Delays Gnome 2.6 Release
News A security breach is likely to delay for several days today's scheduled release of the next version of the popular Gnome open source desktop environment, a member of the release team said. Jeff Waugh, the head beekeeper of the Gnome Release Team...
[March 24, 2004, 9:45]
GNOME: We Have Feature Parity With Windows
News An upgraded GNOME desktop environment for Linux and Unix is due for release this Wednesday, with its authors pitching enhanced features for end-users and a commitment to make hardware "just work". Popular Linux and Unix desktop environments such as...
[September 15, 2004, 10:40]
Red Hat Predicts Death Of Solaris
News The distribution will also support version 2.8 of the popular Gnome desktop software. Gamte said the name JDS was a misnomer, as the system was "a straight Gnome desktop with a couple of Java apps that don’t follow the look and feel - basically...
[February 16, 2005, 8:50]
Linux Geeks Getting Real, With Pizza
News To win, users will have to find a graphic of a gnome footprint on Red Hat's Web site, five of the 10 days from April 26 to May 5. For one thing, some in the Linux community speculated that users, in their eagerness to find the gnome footprints...
[April 15, 1999, 9:52]
Web Leak Lets Red Hat Out Of The Bag
News Red Hat's Bluecurve interface, which works with both KDE and Gnome, eases over differences between the two products. Bluecurve is Red Hat's attempt to make the KDE and Gnome interfaces look the same, bridging a divide in the Linux universe, said...
[September 26, 2002, 7:21]
Novell Merges Linux Tech Into New Product
News The new desktop software also includes the Ximian Desktop version of the GNOME user interface and software suite, and it's customised to work smoothly with Novell's GroupWise server software for email, calendars, contact lists and instant messaging.
[August 9, 2004, 11:30]
Next Linux Kernel Gets Aussie Animal Name
News Gnome project manager Jeff Waugh pledged to allow the winning bidder to add their name to the next 2.6 Gnome release if bidding topped A$2,500 (£1,063). The next release of the Linux kernel will be named after an Australian animal following a...
[January 19, 2004, 8:20]
Novell Beefs Up Desktop Linux Challenge To Windows
News Other features include greater security via automatic activation of a firewall after installation and the KDE 3.3 and GNOME 2.6 graphical desktop environments. Novell plans to release in early November a new version of its open-source operating...
[October 7, 2004, 9:40]
Debian Sarge Focuses On Easy Installation
News Sarge also includes improved integration and updated versions of various applications including version 3.2 of the KDE desktop, version 2.6 of the GNOME desktop and OpenOffice.org 1.1. Debian developers have completely rewritten the Debian...
[November 11, 2004, 16:45]
Three-year Wait Ends For Debian Fans
News Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 -- codenamed 'Sarge' -- also includes updates to key open source software packages like Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Samba and Firefox, as well as desktop environments like KDE and GNOME.
[June 7, 2005, 15:55]
Mandrakelinux 10.1 Focuses On Mobility
News It also contains updated versions of various applications including both KDE 3.2.3 and GNOME 2.6 desktops, as well as a new version of the Mozilla Web browser and the Gimp image editing application. Mandrakesoft on Wednesday released the latest...
[October 29, 2004, 17:49]
Canonical Goes 'edgy' With Latest Ubuntu
News Edgy Eft also comes with the newest version 2.6 of the Gnome graphical user interface; fans of the KDE alternative can use a variant called Kubuntu. Canonical on Thursday plans to release the new "Edgy Eft" version of its Ubuntu Linux, which...
[October 26, 2006, 9:05]
Torvalds Moves Next Linux Into Final Phase
News Torvalds confines his work to the operating system kernel, but today the term "Linux" commonly covers higher-level software components as well, including graphics software from XFree86, user interface software from KDE or Gnome, and software...
[October 10, 2003, 12:10]
A Challenge To All Linux Users In The World
Blog I am partial to Gnome but I'm willing to use KDE. I think that Microsoft deserves to get some competition. Here's the challenge: There are a lot of Linux experts on this site. I challenge them to come up with a list of applications that work the...
[May 27, 2007, 6:01]
Novell Readies Linux Desktop Release
News The package will give customers the choice of using the Gnome or KDE user interface software, and it will include the Mono development tools for building Linux applications. Looking to tap into discontent with Microsoft, Novell is set to deliver...
[November 8, 2004, 7:23]
Red Hat Launches Desktop Linux
News We have the largest group of desktop engineering leadership in any company involved in the Linux desktop," he said, pointing to developers helping with open-source projects including the OpenOffice competitor to Microsoft Office, the Mozilla Web...
[May 4, 2004, 13:35]
Red Hat Doffs Cap At Latest Fedora
News For user interfaces, Red Hat still offers new versions of the two prevailing choices: Gnome 2.6 and KDE 3.2.2. Red Hat released its newest Linux product on Tuesday, Fedora Core 2, a free version designed for enthusiasts and developers who want to...
[May 19, 2004, 9:15]
Red Hat Unveils Latest Fedora
News The first beta of Fedora Core 2, introduced on Thursday, also includes new versions of two popular Linux user interfaces, Gnome 2.5 and release candidate 1 of KDE 3.2, Red Hat said. Red Hat has released a test edition of Fedora Core 2, which is a...
[February 16, 2004, 7:25]
Nubuntu? Schmubuntu!
Blog I've settled with Bluefish, it's pretty cool (and fits in nicely with Gnome) but its configuration is tricky. The Problem With Linux or My Problem With Linux or My Problem With everyone raving about how wonderful the new Ubuntu is (well, everyone...
[May 9, 2008, 11:37]
