Gnome 2.18 Released

xdancergirlx writes "Gnome 2.18 was released today (on time as usual). Detailed release notes are available. Nothing revolutionary in this release but definitely some nice new features, bug fixes, and improvements."

Gnome

[xaositects]

Gnome 2.18: Nothing special really, just somewhat improved infravision, an extra +10 bonus to detect uneven grades, worked out some bugs in the "failure to run from big scary trolls due to lack of common sense" department. Should be a somewhat more usable gnome.

Gnome 2.18 with performance improvements!

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks to those I got first post!

Re:Gnome 2.18 with performance improvements!

[Mikachu]

Hah, first post. Bet you wish you were using KDE now, don't you. ;)

Knome skin

[goombah99]

The big change is they went to a Knome skin that makes it look like KDE.

Nothing revolutionary

[Anonymous Coward]

As usual too ;)

Re:I wonder if they took Linus's patches?

[Monkey_Genius]

Does he have a problem quitting [nicorette.com]?

Re:Yawn

[radarsat1]

Nothing revolutionary in this release but definitely some nice new features, bug fixes, and improvements.

Yeah, god, I just can't STAND all this hype.

Re:Underpants gnome?

[Mr. Underbridge]

I was wondering where my tidy-whities went...

It's 'tighty'. Those things definitely aren't 'tidy' after you leave that nice racing stripe in them.

Re:Yawn

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

The way the post hyped it up, I was expecting something actually exciting.

WTF? The post even says "Nothing revolutionary in this release".

If that's hype, you must suffer from spontaneous ejeculation at a repubrocrats/demican rally.

Re:That's Nice

[imboboage0]

It's the year 2007 and we have desktops with the same intelligence as those back in the early 80's.

Yeah, but the people got worse.


*ducks*

Re:That's Nice

[SnprBoB86]

Yes, so you better get started soon :-)

Re:That's Nice

[kurtmckee]

So, when are we going to see smart and innovative desktops that dramatically improve user friendliness?

Just as some examples:

• As an end-user why can't I extend applications by simply thinking things into existence? i.e. Dragging and dropping Blender into Gaim?
• I have 1000s of photographs and I hate metadata. Why can't my computer automatically recognize people's faces and group the photos accordingly? Why can't it analyze the hairstyles and figure out when the photo was taken, and why can't it automatically scan the photos for logos and figure out where the photo was taken?
• I have 1000s of mp3s and I hate metadata. Why can't my software use voice recognition to figure out the lyrics and then create a playlist using a Bayesian filter? I can filter spam out of my inbox, I should be able to filter ARTIST UNKNOWN out of my GENRE UNKNOWN playlist!

These are some of the type of things that would make using a computer more like using deep black magic.

Are open source desktop developers so focused on trying to make it "easy" for Windows users to convert they get Microsoft tunnel vision and can't innovate?

It's the year 2007 and I want my computer to be more like the computers in the sci-fi movies I saw in the early 80's.

Re:I can't feel any responsiveness improvements.

[yoyhed]

And on top of all that, KDE is more configurable!

3D Chess is everywhere!

[pizzach]

With the release of GNOME 2.18, it appears there has been a change in the playing field. In order to be considered to a full fledged modern OS, a Three-Dee [wikipedia.org] Chess program must be included with every new operating system. The Release of Mac OS X seems to have started this trend. Microsoft soon followed suit with Windows Vista. Now there is Gnome. Will KDE be pulled into this madness, or will it fall behind into oblivion?!

Apple Chess [gete.net]

Windows Chess [kotaku.com]

GNOME Chess [sourceforge.net]

Feel free to flog me now.

Re:Nothing revolutionary

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, I'm disappointed, too. From other software projects we've gotten used to 2.17 -> 2.18 transitions to be cataclysmic, jaw dropping and quite simply awe inspiring. The GNOME project has really let us down here...

Re:Did they include...

[Breakfast Pants]

The Gnome file dialog can turn anyone into a jackass.

Re:i've got a picture of it here

[gardyloo]

Christ. Not only did that squirrel give the gnome an entire basketful of red, painful-looking chancres, but it also ate off his left hand. And he's *smiling*. That's one badass gnome.

Gnome 2.18 Released

[baomike]

and with any luck it wont come back.

Re:I can't feel any responsiveness improvements.

[phrasebook]

KDE's configurability just scares me

I know what you mean. I had to configure my background in KDE once. Christ, it gave me THREE options! 'No picture', 'Picture' and 'Slide show'. I mean, WTF? I'm not a rocket surgeon.

Then I wanted Konqueror to open links in tabs. People are right when they say KDE has a cluttered interface. It dragged me into Settings, then into something called Web Behaviour, and then forced me to click the box saying 'Open links in new tab'. After that I had to rest with 2 hours of TV.

Re:Knome skin

[Anonymous Coward]

Man, how long have you been waiting to use that joke?

Re:That's Not Release Notes

[Anonymous Coward]

Gnome releases used to come with nice detailed release notes, but this time I simply couldn't find them.

They were found to be too confusing for users. They're on a hidden webpage somewhere on the GNOME site, though, so keep on typing those random URLs - you're bound to find it eventually!

Re:Did they include...

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, I like his 'Mac emulator' patch - it stops one mouse button from working altogether.