From the Release Notes:
“GNOME 2.20 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a
popular, multi-platform desktop environment. GNOME’s focus is ease
of use, stability, and first class internationalization and
accessibility support. Based on Free and Open Source Software,
GNOME provides all of the common tools computer users expect of a
modern computing environment, as well as a flexible and powerful
platform for software developers.“The improvements in GNOME 2.20 include: Improved support for
right-to-left languages; desktop search integrated into the file
chooser dialog; convenient new features in the Evolution email and
calendar client; enhanced browsing of image collections; simplified
system preferences; efficient power management and incredibly
accurate laptop battery monitoring. Developers receive more help
with application development thanks to a new version of the GTK+
toolkit, improved tools, and a great new documentation web
site…”