“One of the engineers chiefly responsible for what we all see on
our computer screens told developers that a uniform view is
important if Linux is to go mainstream.”
“Keynoting Linux Expo here Thursday, Jim Gettys, senior
consulting engineer at Compaq, told a crowd of several hundred
Linux developers to find standard specifications and keep them as
they develop a graphic user interface for the burgeoning operating
system.”
“Gnome, a new GUI that sits on top of Linux was released by the
FreeSoftware Foundation at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in
March. It is considered a step forward for the operating sytem
which some estimate is installed on 17 million computers.”