Invigorating GNOME
Jun 12, 2008, 00:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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"There has been some discussion recently about the future of
GNOME. I have seen this blogged on Planet GNOME, on the LugRadio
Forums, discussed in corridors and elsewhere. Although I am an
ardent supporter and fanboy around GNOME, and I love the desktop
for its simplicity and elegance… GNOME has
become the software equivalent of my dad's comfortable
trousers--predictable and reliable, but has ceased to be exciting
and innovative in new, innovative, visual, inspirational ways. I
accept this metaphor only partially applies to the aforementioned
father's trousers. This is not to say that GNOME is not
innovating-- GNOME is filled to the brim with tiny little niceties,
but it seems that the time for tiny little niceties needs to give
way to a new, exciting vision that takes into account the changes
since GNOME 2.0 in the online and offline world, in interaction,
social networking and the typical things people do with
computers..."
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