Gnome 2.0 RC2 Asks For Abuse 214
A nameless reader submits: "The GNOME Desktop 2.0 release candidate 2 has been released! Gnome 2.0 should be coming out soon! The release notes have some good information."
An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says 'Beam me up, Scotty'.
RC code name (Score:5, Informative)
Mirrors (Score:4, Informative)
ftp.twoguys.org (US or Canada) [twoguys.org]
ftp3.sourceforge.net (US or Canada) [sourceforge.net]
ftp.rpmfind.net (US or Canada) [rpmfind.net]
ftp.sourceforge.net (US or Canada) [sourceforge.net]
ftp.cse.buffalo.edu (US or Canada) [buffalo.edu]
ftp.yggdrasil.com (US or Canada) [yggdrasil.com]
planetmirror.com (Australia) [planetmirror.com]
ftp.sunet.se (Europe) [sunet.se]
ftp.dataplus.se (Europe) [dataplus.se]
ftp.easynet.nl (Europe) [easynet.nl]
ftp.unina.it (Europe) [unina.it]
ftp.belnet.be (Europe) [belnet.be]
ftp.codefactory.se (Europe) [codefactory.se]
ftp.tr.gnome.org (Europe) [gnome.org]
fr.rpmfind.net (Europe) [rpmfind.net]
ftp.acc.umu.se (Europe) [acc.umu.se]
ftp.no.gnome.org (Europe) [gnome.org]
ftp.dit.upm.es (Europe) [dit.upm.es]
fr2.rpmfind.net (Europe) [rpmfind.net]
linux.cem.itesm.mx (South America) [itesm.mx]
Garnome (Score:5, Informative)
It takes a while to build (about an hour on my 1.0 GHz PIII), but it doesn't touch your existing install - everything goes into ~/garnome.
Gnome2 problems (Score:2, Informative)
Things I hope they can change in by release day.
Japanese Input is broken in gnome2 applications.
File Chooser is not improved.( I know this is planned for the 2.2 release)
I was expecting a lot more from gnome control center.
Default configurations are bad.
Re:Does anyone know... (Score:5, Informative)
I don't have any inside information, but if you look here [gnome.org] you can see that they've added an unscheduled release candidate and they had planned two weeks between the last release candidate and going gold.
Assuming we don't get another release candidate (which I think is a good bet - I'm running the nightlies and they feel solid) that places 2.0 around July 7.
Re:Looking forward with mixed feelings (Score:3, Informative)
Gnome2 will hit Debian unstable fairly soon. In fact it is mostly in there already - there are just a few things in experimental really.
I would say that in your case you probably will be better off with Gnome2, because it does seem snappier than 1.4.
Re:What about KDE? (Score:2, Informative)
Why use either? (Score:2, Informative)
Seriously, I run straight WindowMaker even on newer hardware, sure on a fast machine I bring up a gnome panel occassionally to mess around with, but I honestly never really understood why people seem to think they have to have KDE or GNOME on a machine - particularly an older one of course. Install the libs, and whatever applications you have to have, and they'll run just fine without any panels or the like...
Re:Just anti-aliasing? (Score:3, Informative)
Xft.rgba: rgb
Or equivalently, in your ~/.xftconfig file:
match edit rgba=rgb;
Re:Where's the ChangeLog ? (Score:2, Informative)
You can use bugzilla [gnome.org] to find this information.
As an example, here [gnome.org] is a list of all bugs with the GNOME2 keyword that are in the RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED state that changed state between the RC1 and RC2 releases. It is not complete, and probably isn't fully accurate (some changes may have been fixed but no new tarball is available yet), but it gives you an idea of what has changed.
Re:RC code name (Score:1, Informative)
We should all party together.
How to enable anti-aliasing? (Score:5, Informative)
First of all, you must enable Xft support (the new font system for X). This is done by defining the GDK_USE_XFT environment variable before running a program. The best way to turn this on for the entire desktop is by defining it in the X startup script (probably ~/.gnomerc, ~/.Xclients or ~/.xinitrc):
After doing this, you may still not see antialiased fonts. For instance, on Red Hat systems, the default /etc/X11/XftConfig file has the following lines:
which turns off antialiasing for fonts with sizes between 8 and 14. By commenting out these lines, AA will be enabled for all fonts. If you have an LCD panel, add a line like the following to /etx/X11/XftConfig or ~/.xftconfig:
This will turn on ClearType style subpixel antialiasing.
Re:RC code name (Score:3, Informative)
I know the perfect hangover cure. When I have a hangover, I can't sleep... so, oddly enough, after a heavy night of drinking, I'm up early, curled up in the fetal position on a couch cursing my own existance. (At least, when I used to drink a lot thats what I did... but that was 10 years ago).
OK, here's the cure:
1) 2 or more excederin (with both asprin and tylenol as pain releivers, it is always good at taking the edge off - and it has caffeine - a plus for this crowd)
2) a multivitamin, like centrum.
3) a b-complex vitamin suppliment(a lot of drug stores sell this as something like B-100). Alcohol flushes b complex vitamins from your system, which is one of the reasons you will feel like crap.
4) Gatorade. Swallow all of those pills with a big jug of gatorade... it contains a lot of the electrolytes you need, but pissed out because your kidneys were dumping all the alcohol.
5) a high-carbohydrate breakfast. Something like pancakes.
finally, after doing all of that, melt yourself in a warm shower.
Seriously... Do all this, and you will feel a LOT better.