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Linux.com: First Look: Dropline GNOME 2.14.0

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 5, 2006

“Dropline 2.14.0, released last month, lets you add the GNOME
desktop environment to Slackware. It consists of 271 compressed
package format files on a single CD. Using dropline on top of
Slackware is like putting icing on a cake…

“In March 2005, Pat Volkerding, Slackware’s creator, decided to
drop the GNOME desktop from Slackware, and suggested GNOME fans
replace it with one of three projects that added the GNOME desktop
to Slackware…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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