GNOME Technology Release for Red Hat Linux 5.2
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This is a preview of the GNOME desktop environment (see
http://www.gnome.org
for all the details). This is a BETA release - you can run it and try
it out for a demonstration of what GNOME will bring to your PC. However,
GNOME is being activitely developed every minute of the day by programmers
worldwide, so this snapshot of their efforts is not quite a finished work yet.
Hopefully you will find that it has many useful features, but understand
that if some parts aren't quite finely polished yet that this is just a
temporary situation.
Here is a listing of the files provided in this preview release:
i386/
alpha/
sparc/ - binary distribution of the GNOME desktop for RH 5.2
(directory name depends on architecture)
noarch/ - architecture independent packages
SRPMS/ - complete sources for GNOME
docs/ - documentation, release notes, etc
fvwm2rc.gnome - fvwm2 rc file customized for GNOME look-and-feel.
See Release Notes (docs/release.html) for details.
install-gnome - install script for GNOME
wmconfig2desktop.pl - Perl script to convert installed wmconfig entries
into desktop entries as used by GNOME
Release Information
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The GNOME project is a Net-based effort to provide a powerful desktop
environment for Linux. It is indisputable that Linux is a rock-solid
server OS, but traditionally Linux has not catered as much to the
typical desktop user who wants to write email, browser the web,
etc. The GNOME project aims to provide a desktop environment that will
be friendly to novice users, but at the same time provide the power
and flexibility that advanced users expect.
The release notes as well as an introduction to GNOME can be read in the
docs/ directory using a web browser. Additionally, once GNOME is installed
you can run the gnome-help-browser and it will default to a page
with links to all the documentation. We recommend you read both to
learn how to unleash the maximum utility from the GNOME preview.
To learn more about GNOME, visit the website at
http://www.gnome.org. There
you can learn about the GNOME related mailing lists, where you can keep
up with the latest happenings. The GNOME project is always interested
in new people to help out with the cause. Whether your a programmer,
a graphic artist, or a technical writer, there is SOMETHING you can help
out with. The mailing lists are the best way to find out how you can help.
Red Hat is actively supporting the GNOME project, and has even created a
division, called RHAD Labs, whose sole focus is helping the GNOME community.
Visit our web page at
http://www.labs.redhat.com.
