GNOME 2.12 Previewed

An anonymous reader writes "Davyd Madeley has completed his Prerelease Tour of GNOME 2.12. Scheduled for release on September 7th, 2005, GNOME 2.12 has picked up a new theme, some features popularised by Apple's System 7, some new multimedia tools and plenty of bug-fixes."

BSD ?

[mbyte]

Is this some subtile joke by the editors among the BSD is dying trolls ?

nice headline...

[w4rl5ck]

for a second I was... "hey I have to install that imme... wait... I already did... I... *click* 2.10... [strange feeling]... ah, 2.12..."

can someone correct the headline or something? :)

Re:Gnome vs. KDE

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't want to troll, but I have always wondered... Why are there two major windows manager projects?

I don't want to flame, but I always wonder... how do people like you manage not to have seen this question discussed to death in every single previous Gnome or KDE-related discussion here on Slashdot since the dawn of time?

Re:Gnome vs. KDE

[Anonymous Coward]

I remember once there was a war, but since then there has never been another war because as a species humans learnt their lesson.

Re:BSD ?

[Anonymous Coward]

Netcraft Confirms: GNOME is dying.

The current number of servers Netcraft reports as powered by GNOME now stands at zero. It's official. GNOME is dead. Upon hearing the news, creator Miguel de Icaza was seen working at Taco Bell, depressed, sweeping the floor, and muttering the words, "ay carajo..." The KDE dragon was unavailable for comment.

Or something. I don't quite have the knack for these.

Re:KDE

[kelnos]

Ok, so we merge KDE and GNOME into KNOME. What next? Well, why should we choose between the great features of KNOME and Mac OS X? Well, ok, let's merge them too. So now we have MaKNOME X. Well, there's Windows out there too, and it does have a few nice features, so why not do another merge? And thus WinMaKNOME VistaX is born. And a thousand marketing gurus' heads explode.

Seriously, though, why should unification be the ultimate goal? Different people have different ideas about what makes a good, productive, usable desktop environment. Trying to make a one-size-fits-all monstrosity would be just that: a monstrosity.

And remember, we're talking about OSS here. Put up or shut up. If you're a GNOME user and like a certain feature KDE has, bust out some coding skills and write it yourself. If you can't do that for whatever reason, find someone with the ability and pay them to do it. In the end, no one is beholden to you, and there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Re:Gnome vs. KDE

[Almond Tree]

Gnome is better ... and vi. There, it's settled

Re:It Just Works Philosophy

[dbIII]

GNOME-VFS in GNOME 2.12 has improved integration with HAL, and now gives more visual cues about the types and names of media devices.

Open the iPod bay doors HAL.

God. Now THAT's a mean trick.

[Stauf]

It's like all my fonts snapped out of focus. Maybe we should tack on an appropriate disclaimer: not for LCDs, your eyes will bleed .

Re:Wow!

[GeffDE]

Yes, right after he fires you for being on slashdot all day...;-)

Re:Wow!

[Anonymous Coward]

It's alright - it's the weekend. He probably meant 'girlfriend'