Continuing its drive to promote the Gnome desktop, Sun Microsystems today issued a preview release of Gnome 1.4 for its Solaris 8 operating environment. The release, entitled "Exploring the Gnome ...

Since the initial release of GNOME 1.0 in 1999, there have been 33 stable releases. That first release would set the framework for all future versions. It was based on the GIMP ToolKit (GTK+). Then, ...

The release of Ximian GNOME 1.4 a couple of weeks ago resulted in a flurry of activity as people downloaded and installed it. (See Resources for a link.) Like the KDE project, Ximian GNOME’s success ...

Ximian announced this week the release of Ximian GNOME 1.4 and version 1.0 of its software update mechanism called Red Carpet. The company intends both products to be steps along the path to ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. One of the cardinal virtues of open-source software is its ...

Fans of Linux in general and Linux Mint in particular are no doubt already familiar with MATE, the GNOME 2-like desktop that was first included in Linux Mint 12 as an alternative for users wary of ...

Boost your productivity with these Gnome extensions that make Linux faster, smarter, and more efficient to use every day.

I've always liked GNOME. It seemed faster than KDE, much more modular, and most of my favorite apps used GTK+ making that a good widget set to standardize on.<BR><BR>Then I tried GNOME 2 using that ...