Gnome 2.4 for Mac OS X Underway
The Fink project already features KDE 3.1.1, but Tony Arnold is working on bringing Gnome 2.4 (2.3.x for now) under X11 for Mac OS X, via Fink. Screenshot. So far, older Gnome 1.4 is available via Fink.
Gnome Archive
GNOME Development Series Desktop 2.3.2 Released
The GNOME Development Series Desktop 2.3.2 "Little Hero", is ready for bug testing. It is available for immediate download on ftp.gnome.org and mirrors. Details here, changelog here.
GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.3.1
The GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.3.1 "Daddy Walrus", is available for immediate download on ftp.gnome.org and mirrors. Full details and changelog here.
Inteview with Miguel De Icaza about GNOME at LinuxJournal
Miguel De Icaza is the creator of the GNOME desktop environment (among other things). Aleksey Dolya interviews Miguel about the process of creating GNOME and what he's up to these days.
HP Drops Gnome 2 Efforts; Vera Fonts Available
HP will not make further investments in Gnome and they will stick with CDE for their HP-UX operating system. This is a bummer for Gnome, but not all is bad today, as the Bitstream Vera TTF fonts for X11 are out of beta and available to download (read the release notes and get a newer freetype/fontconfig though, as it fixes some problems when using these fonts).
GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.3.0: “Mighty Atom”
The GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.3.0 "Mighty Atom", is ready for your bug-busting and testing. A few new modules were added to this dev beta of Gnome for testing: battfink (energy saving and battery tool), fontilus, galeon, gcalctool, gnome-mag (desktop magnification tool), gok ('GNOME On-screen Keyboard', an accessibility tool), gpdf, gucharmap (unicode character map tool), nautilus-cd-burner, themus (theme management), zenity.
GNOME 2.2.1 Released
The GNOME Project has announced the immediate availability of the GNOME 2.2.1 Desktop and Developer Platform. The 2.2.x series is devoted to bugfixes, translations, and general polish.
GNOME 2.2 Gains Muscle and Polish
eWeek reviews the Gnome 2.2 release and rates it as "good" overall.
The Creative Penguin: The GNOME Art Duo Speak
After spending time with Torsten Rahn and Everaldo Coelho earlier this year, we continue our Creative Penguin series in a discussion with Tuomas "Tigert" Kuosmanen and Jakub "Jimmac" Steiner of Ximian. If you've ever admired the beautiful artwork of GNOME, these are the gentlemen responsible for it. How did they get involved? Why should you be interested in desktop artwork? They now discuss all of this and more with Open for Business' Timothy R. Butler.
Revamped Gnome Wants to Get Along
"The launch of the latest edition of the Gnome desktop software for Linux and Unix operating systems marks a new attitude among its developers: Integration is key." BusinessWeek carries the story.
GNOME 2.2 Released
Announcement is here and the sources of Gnome 2.2 are available for downloading. Get more info about this version, and many screenshots here.
GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris OE Released
Gnome 2.2 User Interface Discussion
Chrisime, member of the Gnome project, has put up a page discussing UI shortcomings on Gnome 2.2. Update: And here is another one, this time for Mandrake 9.1b3.
A Glimpse of the Future? I Hope So.
"The minders ushered me into the dimly lit hut built of rough wood and palm fronds. They pointed to a place where I could sit. Then we waited. In a few minutes, the elder came in, then one of the chiefs. I was about to be shown something few outsiders had seen. After the ritual discussion of other things, the tall, animated chief motioned for me to approach. And then he showed me the current state of Ximian Desktop 2.0. It is very cool." Read the preview at LinuxAndMain.
GNOME 2.2 Desktop Release Candidate 2 Available
The Gnome 2.2-RC2 (2.1.91) is released. This is the last test version before the final version is to get released next week. Also, the Gnome Summary of this week is published for your reading pleasure.
GNOME 2.2 Desktop RC 1 Available
From the GNOME Desktop 2.2 Release Candidate 1 (2.1.90): "1.21 Jigawatts", is ready for your bug-busting and testing pleasure! It is available for immediate download on ftp.gnome.org and mirrors."
GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.1.3 Released
The GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.1.3 "Twin Pines", is ready for your bug-busting and testing pleasure! It is intended for testing and hacking purposes only. You will need XFT2 and fontconfig to build it. Among the changes is Sawfish which has been removed completely and replaced with Metacity.
GNOME 2.0.3 Desktop and Developer Platform Released
The GNOME Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the GNOME 2.0.3 Desktop and Developer Platform. Download statistics: tar.gz: 77M total, tar.bz2: 58M total. The GNOME 2.0.x Desktop and Developer Platform releases are devoted to bugfixes, translations, user interface consistency, and general polish.
GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.1.2: ”Life Preserver”
The next interim release on the path to GNOME-2.2 is now available, according to release guy Jeff Waugh. GNOME-2.1.2 includes implementation of several user-requested features and cosmetics, as well as some under-the-hood changes. Read the report at LinuxAndMain.
GTK+ 2-based Eclipse IDE Screenshots and Other Gnome Goodies
Saw the following while reading the latest Gnome Summary (discussion about the summary, here). HP from Red Hat wrote to GnomeDesktop.org: "The Eclipse IDE hasn't gotten much attention in the GNOME world but is a promising IDE with a GTK 2 interface. It's been making progress recently; they now have a decent C/C++ editor (the CDT) and the GTK 2 port works fairly well. See below for some screenshots and info on how to try out the Eclipse CDT."