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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Dec 2006 11:38 UTC

In 2002, both KDE and GNOME released their last major revisions; KDE released KDE 3.0 on 3rd April, while GNOME followed shortly after with GNOME 2.0 on 27th June. For the Linux desktop, therefore, 2002 was an important year. Since then, we have continiously been fed point releases which added bits of functionaility and speed improvements, but no major revision has yet seen the light of day. What's going on?

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Works fine

by Kwitschibo on Thu 21st Dec 2006 11:49 UTC

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2006-01-17

Gnome 2.* works fine... no Problems... i use Gnome for my business Workstations since 4 years and i like the stable development. So... why u need 'the next big thing'? I also have OS X and... no... its not very big... and Leopard... same thing... no big revolution... just slow Evlotution... and Vista? 1 Step forward, 3 Back.

Edited 2006-12-21 11:53

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RE: Works fine

by SeanVernell on Thu 21st Dec 2006 11:59 in reply to "Works fine"

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2005-08-06

I feel much the same way. I use Gnome every day and I can't think of much more I would want from it really. I'm probably just a luddite.

Having said that, I would also like to see GNOME 3.0 have bit more of a direction.

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RE: Works fine

by gmlongo on Thu 21st Dec 2006 13:55 in reply to "Works fine"

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2005-07-07

Why is Vista 3 steps back? Amazing how people just flame because they feel like it, especially after having never used the software in question.

-G

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RE[2]: Works fine

by Kwitschibo on Thu 21st Dec 2006 13:59 in reply to "RE: Works fine"

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2006-01-17

Why 3 Steps back? A new DE witch can only offers new features and designs with MORE and MORE Hardware Power is no Evolution, its just 3 Steps back. PS: I've installed Vista and its _S_L_O_W_.

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RE[2]: Works fine

by vegai on Fri 22nd Dec 2006 07:05 in reply to "RE: Works fine"

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2005-12-25

Looking at Microsoft's OS releases, it is more an exception than rule that their new OS releases take steps backwards instead of forward.

(The obvious exceptions being Windows NT and 95.)

So, it's a pretty good guess.

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RE[2]: Works fine

by HappyGod on Fri 22nd Dec 2006 00:20 in reply to "Works fine"

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2005-10-19

If everyone had this kind of attitude we'd still all be sitting in front a single-tasking command prompt.

I mean hey, why did we need the upgrades, we had Pong and 1-2-3, and WordPerfect ...

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RE[3]: Works fine

by Nathan O. on Fri 22nd Dec 2006 00:31 in reply to "RE[2]: Works fine"

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2005-08-11

There's a hair to be split here. Yes, progress is good. No, inefficiency isn't good. Progress can be made efficiently. OS X and free software packages have shown that. Vista has a lot more features than XP, but its basic requirements are awfully high for just an OS.

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RE[3]: Works fine

by Kwitschibo on Fri 22nd Dec 2006 20:33 in reply to "RE[2]: Works fine"

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2006-01-17

You miss the point... we need no new major version to have a modern system. Every 2.* Version of Gnome brings many improvements, Features and Apps. This is not Windows where new apps, features and improvements came only ever 5 years. Windows XP and Gnome 1.4 came both in 2001. Gnome 1.4 to 2.18 ... BIG Evolution... but XP to Vista... oh please... If you like big app numbers... ok... then use another system... like... Mac OS... its by 10. MUCH bigger the crappy XFCE which is by 4... or Gnome *OMFGLOL* only 2... so... the BEST will be Windows Server __2_0_0_3__ what a great number. ;-)

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