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GNOME 2.10 reaches beta
News The next stable version of Linux desktop environment GNOME, which was released in beta last week, includes an improvement to the Evolution mail client. GNOME developer Thomas Wood said developers have added plug-in capabilities to Evolution, so...
[February 8, 2005, 16:30]
GNOME and KDE battle rages on
Talkback I've mostly used KDE, but with SUSE saying they will be moving their tools to support Gnome natively, I've started using Gnome as well. Gnome looks fairly pretty, but feels clunky in places and looks inconsisent.
[January 5, 2006, 6:22]
Gnome ignominy, PDF style
Blog I tried the default Gnome PDF reader Evince but the text is copied over across the three columns. Without wanting to sound too much like Kenneth Williams, can I just say: Oh the ignominy of it all". I wanted to copy and paste the text from a 3...
[October 7, 2009, 15:30]
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]
GNOME to fish in embedded Linux pond
News GNOME developers are making various changes to the open source desktop environment that should make it more suitable for embedded environments. Future versions of GNOME will include improved compatibility with styluses and performance enhancements...
[October 10, 2005, 16:35]
Gnome
Downloads Gnome is a simple beat keeper for musicians. Gnome will run on ANY computer with Mac OS, System 6.0.7 or later. I made it because I couldn't find a usable metronome for the Mac platform. It's drummer oriented but should be usable by...
[June 11, 2001, 8:00]
GNOME to fish in embedded Linux pond
Talkback Yawn, KDE is making all the progress on flash effects and gizmos, while GNOME has been guilty of looking too hard at HIG (something KDE needs to cover) at the expensive of speed tweaks The thing that sucks is that there are two projects covereing...
[October 11, 2005, 12:08]
Gnome Linux desktop updated
News The Gnome project has released the first test version of Gnome 2.22 this week, including a new web-browser engine, a new virtual file system and updates for virtual network computing and accessibility.
[January 31, 2008, 17:11]
GNOME 2.14 targets corporate desktops
Talkback Gnome is a very promising and promising desktop. Just HAD to through in the shot about Linus with KDE. And even though Linus recommended using KDE, everybody is encouraged to check out other desktops.
[February 21, 2006, 17:57]
GNOME to fish in embedded Linux pond
Talkback I wouldn't have expected such anti-Qt FUD from someone so high in GNOME hierarchy. Yawn. It really gets old. Someone with practical experience knows that the productivity gain of Qt is much more important than the license fee you have to pay (if...
[October 10, 2005, 21:07]
GNOME 2.10 ups multimedia support
News GNOME 2.10, the latest version of the GNOME Linux desktop environment, has gained new multimedia applications including a video player and CD ripper. GNOME developers claim the addition of these features helps close the gap on rival desktop...
[March 14, 2005, 14:50]
Gnome grafted onto Solaris
News Sun Microsystems has released an update to its Solaris operating system that incorporates, for the first time, the Gnome open-source graphical interface. The overhaul of Sun's version of Unix, announced on Tuesday, now allows people to choose Gnome...
[July 30, 2003, 9:00]
GNOME 2.12 improves hardware integration
News The latest version of GNOME includes improvements to its hardware integration capabilities, improving the user friendliness of the Linux desktop environment. GNOME 2.12, which was released on Wednesday, includes better integration between the...
[September 8, 2005, 17:55]
Gnome Linux to attack Windows
News A high-profile group of companies is expected to back the Gnome Linux interface as a serious competitor to Windows on desktop systems. The hardware vendors did not respond for requests to comment on their Gnome plans.
[August 15, 2000, 8:45]
GNOME Do What?!
Blog On my quest for ever smaller icons and ever smaller finger movements on my Acer Aspire One Natty Book, I have come across GNOME Do. This is an application launcher based on the Mac's Quicksilver and Gnome Launch Box.
[September 24, 2008, 8:35]
GNOME and KDE battle rages on
Talkback I've found KDE to be slower on my (older) systems than Gnome, though not by much but still, slower. KDE to me appears more polished and soup-to-nuts but the trade-off is the responsiveness (which I will admit they are working on).
[February 21, 2006, 19:53]
GNOME 2.10 ups multimedia support
Talkback Totem is officially part of GNOME now. Luis Villa, a member of the GNOME Foundation Board, claimed that GNOME beats proprietary vendors in the time it takes to add new features. Is that why the latest version of Totem takes three times as long to...
[March 15, 2005, 1:46]
Gnome Foundation hires Timothy Ney
News The Gnome Foundation has hired Timothy Ney, the key organiser behind Richard Stallman's Free Software Foundation and its managing director. Ney will become executive director of the Gnome Foundation, the organisation behind the GNU Network Object...
[August 24, 2001, 8:30]
GNOME gives peek into next-gen Linux desktop
News Free-software developers have released the first pre-release of the next generation of GNOME, one of several Linux desktop environments that make the operating system simpler to use. The first alpha version of GNOME 2.0 appeared on Thursday and is...
[October 5, 2001, 16:30]
GNOME DO does, Firefox SiteLauncher launches sites
Blog I'm a huge fanboi of GNOME Do, a keyboard shortcut application launcher. It's the same idea as GNOME Do; a keyboard shortcut brings up your most favoured sites and then you're only a keyboard character away from visiting one of your faves.
[May 18, 2009, 16:37]
