The second GNOME 2.16.0 Beta (2.15.91) release which leading up to imminent release of 2.16.0 has hit the shelves and is going fast. You can find a changelog and download locations here.
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2005-07-08
Is it just me or Gnome 2.16 is faster than previous versions? I'm running FC6 test 2 at the moment and it does feel faster. Maybe it's just an illusion? ;-)
Anyway, it's cool to see Gnome moving torward version 3.0. I just hope they will finally make some kind of integrated config panel and drop a few annoyances like the ugly minimize animation in Metacity 
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Gnome does have some optimizations, combined with FC6's optimizations as well, so its not just gnome.
The ugly minimize animation is replaced in the metacity that uses a compositor already... its not going to be enabled by default in gnome 2.16 and you're going to need xorg 7.1 with drivers supporting the new features or Xgl. In 2.18, you'll probably see all the animation affects and I'm sure by then everyone will have new drivers supporting 7.1 fully as well.
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2005-07-06
is that some day beagle will be light enough to be default in gnome...
As always I am waiting for Davyd tour on GNOME 2.16 as he did for 2.14 in http://www.gnome.org/~davyd/gnome-2-14/
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2005-11-12
1. And the new vertical view.
RES SHR
21m 15m
:-)
2.Like the new launcher properties panel, much more cleaner
3. Bug reports are so easy now, if something crashes it asks you to send the report or make one out, very easy.
4. Deskbar is even better, faster and can be lauched without the need of the panel.
5. New icons look clean like Tango.
6. Disk Usage Analyzer is useful, tell you how big directories are grapical map ect...
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2006-01-31