GNOME Gets its Own Software Repository 85
PostThis writes "After the attack to the Gnome servers a few months back the Gnome Project was left without a third party software repository (which wasn't that usable anyway). The gap was filled in very recently by GnomeFiles.org. The site was built using BeBits as a model (BeOS users still swear by it) and they are looking into filling up their Gnome/GTK+ software database quickly; they are offering prizes to Gnome developers who will submit an app during the first week of the site's launch."
Glad the model has ben thouroughly tested... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Guys, while we're on the subject... (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Glad the model has ben thouroughly tested... (Score:1)
Nice (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Nice (Score:4, Informative)
As for trying out gnome, the easiest way is to grab Fedora [redhat.com] which has GNOME 2.6 on the CDs.
It's possible, but slow, to trawl through the sources at ftp.gnome.org, downloading all the necessary files. However, if you can find binary packages for your distro of choice then I'd go for them.
Re:Nice (Score:1)
Re:Nice (Score:2)
My preferred method of getting the latest GNOME stuff is garnome [gnome.org].
You still have to wait a day or two while it is compiling, but at least you don't have to download everything youself. And you get all the goodies of compiling from source, like switching on optimizations and stuff.
This way I can have the latest GNOME desktop even on my Debian Woody machine.
Re:Nice (Score:1)
If you're using Slackware, you shouldn't have to ask this question, but... :P
Dropline GNOME [dropline.net] All you'll ever need for Slackware GNOME
Nice niche thingy (Score:2)
I run Slackware, and yes I've dl'ed Dropline Gnome, but that has to be the slowest torrent I've seen in a long time. And it's torrent-only download.
Re:Nice (Score:2)
Sourceforge has a nice categorization scheme [sourceforge.net], I wish they'd copied that instead of inventing their own. I suggested
Re:Nice (Score:2)
gnome-look (Score:5, Informative)
Re:gnome-look (Score:1)
At least the old one had stuff in... (Score:3, Interesting)
I wonder whether I can submit all the miscellaneous lint I've acquired for the developers
It's a real pity when things like that get hacked - It's GNOME people who're the real hackers, after all. In addition, this is a free software group - it's not like they're a software giant *cough* who crushes small businesses *cough* and uses illegal business practises *cough* (Oh, sod this - MICROSOFT) We need more white-hats, to go and whoop Teh Script Kidde H4x0r'S arses...
Re:At least the old one had stuff in... (Score:2, Interesting)
Oh the double standards. When its an MS system or a dumb windows user that gets hacked its because they are are stupid or have crap security or they deserved it anyway. When its OSS its a pity and because of nasty malicious hackers.
First slashborg post (Score:4, Insightful)
List of prizes: (Score:4, Informative)
- Ten OSNews subscriptions (allowing you to read a faster-loading OSNews without ads), a $20 value each.
- One copy of "Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition" by Mark Rochkind.
- Four blocks of $50 in free advertising to promote your application.
Nice!
Re:List of prizes: (Score:3, Funny)
It's called AdBlock in Firefox...
Oops, did I give it away? =D
Re:List of prizes: (Score:3, Funny)
But then people will click to see what the claim is, so i counts as a hit doesn't it?
Ads are somewhat good if they are unobtrusive and, of course, if you c
Re:List of prizes: (Score:2, Insightful)
- Gnome is part of the GNU project.
- The FSF asks us to boycott Amazon.com because of the one click patent.
Practice what you preach Gnome.
Re:List of prizes: (Score:2)
Re:List of prizes: (Score:2)
Re:List of prizes: (Score:5, Informative)
This is not true. FSF has in fact ended the boycott [gnu.org].
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Re:List of prizes: (Score:1)
Re:List of prizes: (Score:1, Funny)
People actually pay $20 to read the bad writing of uninformed middle school students?
I've submitted mine.. (Score:5, Funny)
Did I win?
Re:I've submitted mine.. (Score:2)
"Own"? (Score:3, Informative)
slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:5, Interesting)
I just hope that with this new incentive to bring in GTK+ apps that people start more closely examining the underlying software support for the GNOME project. I think GNOME is still light-years behind KDE, not so much in interface, but in foundation and logic.
I'd like to see more developers optimize GTK apps to only load needed libraries. I think this is one of the reasons linux has come under fire recently for being "unusable" on older systems - it loads up too much junk with the standard desktop environments. I don't mean for this to be a flame towards the GNOME project, but it's just an unfortunate trend I'm noticing.
GTK apps need to be refined, such that they don't start following the Microsoft paradigm of, "since we have it, let's bring everything in and add it to the toolbar... woot woot".
Any thoughts on this?
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:2)
That's what XFCE [xfce.org] is supposed be for.
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:1, Interesting)
The main problem with gnome, IMHO, is that it tries to be as OO as KDE but using C. This leads to the horrible mess that is gnome and its library dependencies. Sorry Miguel, but the current object model, as implemented in Gnome 2.6, blows dead goats.
Let's look at an app that doesn't even claim to be fully gnome-ified...
mandraka: {396} ldd `which gaim` /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x40020000) /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x402ed000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 =>
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 =>
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:5, Insightful)
libkmailprivate.so.0 =>
libkhtml.so.4 =>
libjpeg.so.62 =>
libkjs.so.1 =>
libpcreposix.so.0 =>
libpcre.so.0 =>
libkdeprint.so.4 =>
libkparts.so.2 =>
libkutils.so.1 =>
libkwalletclient.so.1 =>
libkdenetwork.so.2 =>
libkspell.so.4 =>
libkdepim.so.1 =>
libmimelib.so.1 =>
libktnef.so.1 =>
libksieve.so.0 =>
libkcal.so.2 =>
libkabc.so.1 =>
libvcard.so.0 =>
libkresources.so.1 =>
libkio.so.4 =>
libkdeui.so.4 =>
libkdesu.so.4 =>
libkdecore.so.4 =>
libDCOP.so.4 =>
libresolv.so.2 =>
libart_lgpl_2.so.2 =>
libkdefx.so.4 =>
libqt-mt.so.3 =>
libGL.so.1 =>
libXmu.so.6 =>
libXrandr.so.2 =>
libXcursor.so.1 =>
libXft.so.2 =>
libfreetype.so.6 =>
libfontconfig.so.1 =>
libdl.so.2 =>
libpng12.so.0 =>
libXext.so.6 =>
libX11.so.6 =>
libSM.so.6 =>
libICE.so.6 =>
libpthread.so.0 =>
libXrender.so.1 =>
libutil.so.1 =>
libz.so.1 =>
libfam.so.0 =>
libstdc++.so.5 =>
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:2)
libncurses.so.5 =>
libsasl.so.7 =>
libdl.so.2 =>
libc.so.6 =>
libdb2.so.2 =>
libcrypt.so.1 =>
libpam.so.0 =>
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:1)
ldd `which konqueror`
konqueror.so =>
libkonq.so.4 =>
libkparts.so.2 =>
libkio.so.4 =>
libkdeui.so.4 =>
libkdesu.so.4 =
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:3, Interesting)
ldd `which nautilus`
libnautilus.so.2 =>
libnautilus-adapter.so.2 =>
libnautilus-private.so.2 =>
libeel-2.so.2 =>
libXrender.so.1 =>
libXext.so.6 =>
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:1)
Re:slashdot = osnews + 5 days (Score:4, Informative)
The GNOME devs are actively working on this issue.
See for example
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/ 2004-May/msg00028.html [gnome.org]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2004 -April/msg00065.html [gnome.org]
You should start seeing the improvements in 2.8.
The wheel is always rounder... (Score:2)
Now if only... (Score:5, Funny)
Bizzaro BeBits . . . (Score:1)
I see one big problem (Score:3, Insightful)
Say what you want about Windows but if your running XP you can download and install pretty much any app from last 8 years and get it to work. There are of course exceptions to this rule but for the most part its possible with little to no effort. For most people Gnomefile.org is just going to be a painful reminder of what cool apps are out there but you can't run because you can't figure out how to install them without hosing your system. For the new generation of Linux Desktop users this continues to be a huge problem.
Use apt,yum (Score:2)
Re:I see one big problem (Score:3, Informative)
Basically I think you are o
A Gnome Poem (Score:2, Funny)
Gnome no roam!
Last gnome home overthrown,
get owned!
Users groan:
Gnome overblown!
Biggest bloat known,
look like windows clone!
Gnome throw bone
Prize for code loan!
"Hone tome
that is gnome;
No more piss and moan."
Re:A Gnome Poem (Score:2)
Re:oh, please (Score:2)
Re:oh, please (Score:3, Funny)
Rushed Entries (Score:2, Insightful)
From the story:
they are offering prizes to Gnome developers who will submit an app during the first week of the site's launch.
Re:Rushed Entries (Score:1)
8. Profit!
their own complete distro... (Score:1)
Just a thought and I know in advance a lot of folks will say "you can do this with distroX, why shoul
Re:their own complete distro... (Score:2)
Exactly... and GNOME does not want to limit itself to any particular kernel, arch, package system, etc. To many people and organizations, those fundamentals matter a great deal more than which desktop runs on top of it.
well, that's their decision... (Score:1)
It's just an idea, no biggee. Here is my thinking in an anology form. I
gnome.org (Score:2)
Furthermore, gnome.org is far from the central site regarding things about gnome, which I think is a big mistake. In fact, even though I'm a heavy user of gnome stuff and keep up to date with gnome news, I hardly ever visit. Many important websites about gnome like footnotes or
Re:gnome.org (Score:2)
I think that the approach to documentation, software design, policy and politics all reflect this.