FootNotes - GNOME

Release of GNOME SlackBuild GNOME 2.22.1 Desktop for Slackware 12.1

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:56:45 -0400

The GNOME SlackBuild GNOME 2.22.1 Desktop is now available for users of the latest Slackware 12.1 release! There have been a lot of improvements in this latest GSB release, including the move to PulseAudio, fewer package replacements, a GNOME-integrated Compiz-Fusion setup, the latest NetworkManager, Abiword 2.6, and OpenOffice2.4, a richer Mono C# suite, as well as all the great features of GNOME 2.22.

For those users new to GSB, head over to the Download page which has full instructions on how to download, install and configure GSB GNOME 2.22.1. For users who want to upgrade their current version of GSB, please check out the What's New page to find information on what needs to be done for a smooth upgrade, and information about what has changed in this release of GNOME SlackBuild.

3rd GNOME Mobile summit to be held in Austin this week

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:40:26 -0400

Next week the members of the GNOME Mobile initiative will descend on Austin for the 3rd GNOME Mobile summit, which will be held as part of the Linux Foundation collaboration summit. On the agenda are the creation of a roadmap for the initiative, and encouraging industry participants to collaborate in the community on projects of joint interest.

For more information, see the foundation press release.

GNOME 2.22 released

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:09:56 -0500

GNOME 2.22 has been released, bringing a whole ream of new apps, features and improvements to GNOME users.

Among the most significant additions in this release are the addition of a photo and video taking application that integrates with your webcam called Cheese, a new VNC viewer called Vinagre and the addition of an advanced and integrated IDE, Anjuta.

Notable improvements are the improved support for DVD playback, subtitles and VLC support in the Totem video player, an improved international clock applet, Google calendar integration in Evolution, improved accessibility for web apps and a whole new library to support networked file-systems.

GNOME Foundation Annual Report 2007 released

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:31:12 -0500

The second annual report of the GNOME Foundation is available for download (1860 KB, PDF) now. The report aims to bring a summary of GNOME community activities in 2007. It includes a review of the year, accounts of various community activities and events around the world, and foundation development actions during the year.

GNOME SlackBuild RC1: GNOME 2.20.3 Desktop for Slackware 12

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:40:42 -0500

Originally based on the Freerock GNOME project, GNOME.SlackBuild (GSB) provides the latest GNOME Desktop (2.20.3) for Slackware Linux. It includes both a binary distribution, as well as a complete GNOME source build system. The GSB project has been re-vitalised by a new development team who have, over the past several months of hard work, re-engineered the GSB source build system and brought the project back to the forefront of the GNOME packaging projects for Slackware. This project also supports and provides binary packages for x86_64 ports of Slackware, such as Slamd64.

For information about the project, screenshots, and downloads, please see http://gnomeslackbuild.org

PyChess Philidor 0.8 beta, Check it out before your neighbor!

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:01:56 -0500

After the by far longest PyChess development cycle, version Philidor beta, codenamed 0.8 beta, has been released!

Download from: http://gnomefiles.org/app.php/PyChess

Screenshots: http://pychess.googlepages.com/screenshots

The long development time covers a close to total rewrite, the most throughout testing for a PyChess release yet, and a massive new base of features. Many of which users have been screaming since the first alpha of PyChess.

The new features includes, but are not restricted to:

CE Linux Embedded Linux Conference Europe approaching

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:29:15 -0400

During April's CE Linux Embedded Linux conference in Santa Clara, GMAE was announced. CELF is organizing a Embedded Linux Conference also in Europe this year, in Linz in Austria. If you are interested in Embedded Linux and want to met a lot of the people involved with GNOME on the embedded front, then ELC Europe 07 is one of the best places to go. The conference will take place on 2nd and 3rd of November. So be sure to check out

DesktopLinux looks at GNOME 2.20

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:12:58 -0400

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at DesktopLinux got a review of GNOME 2.20 available. Featured improvements include Totem's codec manager, Sabayon the profile manager and the improved power manager. Be sure to check it out and download your own copy of 2.20!

The Foresight Linux Project is proud to announce the release of Foresight Linux 1.4.

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:08:03 -0400

The Foresight Linux Project is proud to announce the release of Foresight Linux 1.4.

Foresight Linux is a Linux distribution for your desktop that features a rolling release schedule that always keeps your desktop up to date; a revolutionary package manager, Conary; the latest GNOME desktop environment and an innovative set of excellent, up to date packages. Foresight is proud to be the first distribution to ship with GNOME 2.20 and be the basis for the GNOME Live Media available at http://torrents.gnome.org.

Vancouver law firm trades in MS for desktop Linux

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:10:07 -0400

He didn't have a preference when it came to Linux distributions so he tested a number of them. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) stood out for Giroux. It came with the GNOME desktop, which he regards as faster than most, Firefox, which is the company's preferred browser, and the Citrix client built-in.

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10 ideas to improve GNOME

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:55:28 -0400

A GNOME enthusiast shares 10 nice ideas about how to improve GNOME, adding some more polish and usefulness. Furthermore, most of those ideas are not of the blue sky type, and could be implemented in a short time.

See the article here: http://www.venturecake.com/10-ideas-to-improve-gnome/

The GNOME Journal, June Edition

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:17:18 -0400

The latest issue of the GNOME Journal has just been published! It features an article about GStreamer audio effects, an interview with Ken VanDine about GNOME 2.18 Live Media releases, an introduction to Accerciser, and a summary of GNOME.conf.au 2007. Writers in this edition are Stefan Kost, Paul Cutler, Eitan Isaacson, and Davyd Madeley, respectively.

Read now: http://www.gnomejournal.org

Cleanup your GNOME GConf database

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:12:08 -0400

The other day I stumbled upon this neat tool that helps cleanup your GConf registry, called GConf Cleaner. While GNOME registry size isn't nowhere near the size of Windows registry, and thus shouldn't slow your computer too much, it's still nice to have a tool that cleans unused and obsolete entries.

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gconf-cleaner is a Google Summer of Code project.

Foresight Linux 1.3 Released

Thu, 31 May 2007 08:58:53 -0400

Timed to be released with GNOME 2.18.2, the Foresight Linux team is happy and proud to announce the release of Foresight Linux 1.3. For more information, view the release notes or download Foresight Linux, including a number of Live Media images, today.

Foresight Linux continues to build on it’s success of releasing a stable Linux distribution with the latest software, including GNOME and applications such as Banshee for music management, F-Spot for photo management, Pidgin and Ekiga for internet communication and OpenOffice.org for productivity and office applications. Providing the latest versions of applications gives our users access to the latest bug fixes, and the use of Conary as a package manager makes it easy for users to update the software on their desktop.

GNOME Roadmap Released

Sat, 26 May 2007 10:30:57 -0400

The GNOME Roadmap for 2.20 (and partially for 2.22 and future 2.x releases) is available at:

http://live.gnome.org/RoadMap

The GNOME Roadmap is a big-picture view of functionality we expect GNOME to include in short-term and long-term future. The roadmap is based on feedback from current GNOME developers and other community members.