The next major version of the GNOME desktop environment, version 3.0, may contain more than the one Mono-dependent application than it currently does, according to GNOME Foundation member Dave Neary.
Read more »KDE's Kontact vs. GNOME's Evolution: Best Personal Info Manager?
This is a comparison of two PIM suits for Linux. The author compares several aspects of Kontact and Evolution. The interface, the applications for email, address books, calendars, tasks, memos, and other features -- he looked at them all closely. Is there any reason to prefer one over the other?
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The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 11 (GNOME)
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 11 desktop (GNOME) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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The GNOME Foundation Is All About People
As open source projects mature, they tend to join or create a foundation to manage the project's financial and software assets, provide a marketing and legal entity, and help to set the direction of the project.
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Gmusicbrowser: A possible replacement for Amarok?
'm very picky when it comes to music players, so I tested: Rythmbox (obviously, it comes with Ubuntu), Jajuk, aTunes, the new Exaile and Banshee, Songbird, Guayadeque, GMusicBrowser and Amarok 1.4 and 2
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Gnote Can Save GNOME from Mono
Upon the release of Gnote 0.4.0, another clear warning is given
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Qt vs. GTK: Konqueror, Arora, Firefox, Midori, Epiphany
I’ve mentioned a couple of times that, at least in my opinion, KDE is losing out to GNOME because there simply aren’t as many Qt applications as GTK ones. This is the second in a series of articles comparing different kind of applications.
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Get to know Linux: Xfce 4
Xfce 4 is a fine example of how a full-blown Desktop Environment can be both feature rich as well as light weight. Xfce 4 is based on the GTK+ toolkit which immediately puts in in the same category as GNOME.
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New Version of Gnote Released, Already Earns New Users Who Boast Mono Relief
More steps are taken to leave Mono behind and move just GNOME/GTK forward
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9 Great Gnome Themes with Ubuntu Repositories
François Vogelweith is the author of zgegblog, a site that maintains a collection of great GNOME themes. Balanzan (translated: Balance) is one of its most popular creations, a very comprehensive theme based on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope, which contains a wallpaper, logon theme, Emerald theme, controls and icons.
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The Path to Mono-free GNOME-based Distributions is Foreseeable
Replacements for widespread Mono applications just keep on coming
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The GNOME Journal, May Edition
The GNOME Journal is back. A brand new issue has just been published. It features an interview with Stormy Peters, a look at the GConf Configuation System, and editorial on GNOME 3.0.
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Gnote Supports 6 More Languages, Does Not Support C#
FOR those who are looking to detoxify their GNU/Linux distribution which contains GNOME, Gnote 0.3.0 is finally out.
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Take the Gnome 3.0 General Sociological Research Survey
This research aims at finding the needs, and practices of users of Gnome 2.x. Analyzing that data will give the Gnome Usability Team very precious information that will shape up the form of Gnome 3.0.
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Announcement: Mono-Free Tomboy Replacement (Gnote) Releases Version 0.2.0
The new release of Gnote and its significance. A former Novell engineer has just released a new version of Gnote, whose great value we explained in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. The project is growing quickly because it's mostly a constructive port to Microsoft-independent grounds.
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