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eWeek: GNOME Beta Shows New Desktop Strength

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“Version 2.4 of the GNOME Project’s namesake desktop environment
provides a smooth, well-performing graphical interface for
companies looking to expand their Linux deployments from the data
center to the desktop.

“eWEEK Labs tested Beta 2 of GNOME (GNU Network Object Model
Environment) 2.4 and found it notably faster and more mature than
the 2.2 release we tested in the spring, particularly in the
Nautilus file manager…

“Of course, room for improvement remains. We’d like to see
Version 2.6, which is slated for release next spring, include
support for locked-down configurations and remote desktop sharing.
These are two features that the rival KDE (K Desktop Environment)
already includes, and KDE, which is set to see its 3.2 release in
December, isn’t standing still…”

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