GNOME 2.18 is out, on time as usual. The top-class free desktop for the masses looks and feels better than ever. This is another progressive release in our road to perfection. It integrates another load of improvements done in the visual design, the performance of the desktop components, and the growing collection of integrated applications. The web browser and the themeable window manager are two good examples to check.
GNOME seems to be more active lately, which is good to see. Some additions to “note” is Tomboy, a note-taking applet, updated Disk Usage Analyzer and a better power manager.
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