http://www.osnews.com/story/19389/Gnome Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:53:57 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?302446 http://osnews.com/thread?302446 Bloody hillarious. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (judgen) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302447 http://osnews.com/thread?302447 I've got to admit that is pretty damn funny, despite the fact I'm using GNOME right now.

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Sean Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Sean Parsons) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302450 http://osnews.com/thread?302450 Excellent. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vimh) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302454 http://osnews.com/thread?302454 You're improving, Thom. I thought this one was funny (and I actually think I understood it, too!) Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ManWithCamera) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302484 http://osnews.com/thread?302484 The Travelocity Doll + a tool. Hmmmm...they need to use the tool called Travelocity. I understand, the XFCE folks need to get out more, travel to conventions, make themselves know. I get it!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302487 http://osnews.com/thread?302487 Funny, I thought it was the gnome from Amelie. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moochman) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302502 http://osnews.com/thread?302502 I've always assumed that the Travelocity Gnome and the one from Amilie were one and the same. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Javert) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302518 http://osnews.com/thread?302518 Though I personally don't agree with the answer proposed by the comic, I must say that it was pretty damn hilarious! It seems as if you're getting more comfortable with the comic stuff. Keep up the good work, Thom! Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302617 http://osnews.com/thread?302617 I did get it, and tried to find something positive to say about it, but for the life of me I don't find it even remotely funny. Maybe I actually didn't get it! Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Lobotomik) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302620 http://osnews.com/thread?302620 What's so wrong about just plain Gnome really? Ok perhaps Gnome+Thunar could rock better, possibly... But what does XFCE have to with it all? I do not see Gnome and Xfce as the same thing at all. Don't get me wrong, I do love XFCE and that's what I use on my EeePC cuz it's lightweight and all. But that's the whole point! It's lightweight! That's why we need it as it is. If you replace it with Gnome then what's left of XFCE?? How can it become #1 If it's gone already? I don't get it.

IMHO, we do need both as different entities. Gnome on the powerful desktop (with Thunar, if you wish), and XFCE on lower specs devices. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (toogreen) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?302675 http://osnews.com/thread?302675 Or, as I have done in the past, use Xfce as a direct replacement for GNOME on a fast system. My reason is thus: Modern GNOME on an old or slow system is nearly unbearable. Xfce on such a system is useable and therefore popular. On new, fast hardware, GNOME is decent and should remain the default DE. Xfce on that new hardware is absolutely blazingly fast and should be an option at install. This means increased productivity and less fatigue should the user choose to go with it, while maintaining support for GNOME and KDE apps.

I, too, think Xfce is just fine where it is, there's no need for GNOME to go away at all. I would prefer Xfce to stay third place and keep its lightweight but powerful soul, while benefitting from the wonderful apps that make up the GNOME environment. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?303075 http://osnews.com/thread?303075 maybe that's because english is not my primary language.

A gnome, similar looking to the half life 2 gnome plus a hammer... can someone explain? Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fjleon) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?303076 http://osnews.com/thread?303076 Gnome - popular desktop environment
Hammer - used to smash Gnome Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dhave) Comments