Gnome 2.30 released
LINUX DESKTOP DEVELOPER the Gnome Project has announced that the latest version of its desktop environment is ready for its growing hoards of users.
The updates in Gnome 2.30 aren't just skin deep, although the project did mention "significant user-visible improvements". There's more important stuff in this update, including "platform improvements" for developers.
Gnome is the default desktop environment in a number of popular Linux distributions including Ubuntu and OpenSuSE, although its rival desktop project KDE can be had easily too. Both projects are in many ways vital to the acceptance of Linux on the desktop as they provide the look and feel for the power and flexibility of the underlying operating system.
Gnome 2.30 includes updates to the file manager and instant messaging client and adds accessibility options for those who have vision or hearing impairments. For developers, the headline is the new GTK+ toolkit, but of course there's a lot more in Gnome 2.30 as outlined in the release notes.
This version of Gnome will make it into the next release of OpenSuSE and Novell has said that users of OpenSuSE 11.2 will be able to upgrade easily. Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, the firm behind the Ubuntu distribution, said that Gnome 2.30 is a "significant release".
The updates in Gnome 2.30 aren't just skin deep, although the project did mention "significant user-visible improvements". There's more important stuff in this update, including "platform improvements" for developers.
Gnome is the default desktop environment in a number of popular Linux distributions including Ubuntu and OpenSuSE, although its rival desktop project KDE can be had easily too. Both projects are in many ways vital to the acceptance of Linux on the desktop as they provide the look and feel for the power and flexibility of the underlying operating system.
Gnome 2.30 includes updates to the file manager and instant messaging client and adds accessibility options for those who have vision or hearing impairments. For developers, the headline is the new GTK+ toolkit, but of course there's a lot more in Gnome 2.30 as outlined in the release notes.
This version of Gnome will make it into the next release of OpenSuSE and Novell has said that users of OpenSuSE 11.2 will be able to upgrade easily. Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, the firm behind the Ubuntu distribution, said that Gnome 2.30 is a "significant release".
