Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Nov 2005 22:22 UTC
"Contrary to what was expected from recent Novell announcements, Novell executives are apparently slicing deeply into the Linux heart of the company. Jobs and resources are actually being slashed in several areas previously dubbed by Novell management as "key component parts of Novell's Linux developments": staffers working on Mono, Hula, Evolution and Desktop Strategy are getting the sack. SUSE customers around the world will be shocked and puzzled by this management decision."
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RE: Gnome (and GTK apps) are on a roll
by on Sat 5th Nov 2005 10:08
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You can smell it on the internet, go on look for your self:
What is KDE talking about? Making KDE4 a total new platform, with new look and feel. But his is like navel-staring The desktop it self isn't that important, its the applications that count. Focussing on the desktop isn't the way forward.
Now look at Gnome/gtk. Are they going to redifine the desktop again? no, they have layed out what direction to take years ago and for the upcoming releases they are not talking about new looks and feel, they have passed that station long ago, wit the HIG. No they are optimizing core libraries, they have build new foundations that are getting integrated in the excisting desktop and none GTK+ application. they are doing a great job, Cairo, GTK+2, Gstreamer, libpoppler, dbus/hal, gecko engine, evolution-data-server are the building blocks and they are getting used all over the place and little by little every Gnome application that counts is starting to integrate these building blocks. What does it mean. It means that the application are starting to get more and more attention and functionality, and you can feel it, GAIM in the next incarnation will be a messenger to watch out for, with SIP and Webcam support and so closing a gap in the desktop. Rhythmbox is coming out of hibration and is implementing all those new core functionality (network sharing music). And for eyecandy, I allready love the standard desktop (with Clearlooks)
Even for the looks, Gnome related developers have started projects to make it uniform for everybody. Gnome isn't about navel-staring but to give Linux the building stones for a complete and integrated desktop.
It is not about assimilating (KDE), but about sharing for everybody.
I use Gentoo-Linux on my computer with gnome/gtk-only desktops, except for OpenOffice and Firefox (which are perfectly accepted and supported by the Gnome-camp) there are no none gtk-application on my desktop, Work related I've to work sometimes on Windows XP and MacOS, especially Mac OS drives me crazy, I find our G5 slow and clumsy, the in and out popping windows are very distracting.