GNOME 2.8 Desktop and Developer Platform Unveiled

GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform Version 2.8 adds greater usability, speed and better internationalization to the desktop environment.





Users can look forward to:

• Automatic detection of removable devices.
  
• Automatic detection of local servers.
  
• The Evolution email client, calendar, and address book.
  
• Improved internationalization support.
  
• GNOME 2.8 fully supports 40 languages, with improved support for an additional 50+.
  

System Administrators will welcome:

• Remote control of users' desktops via the VNC server.
  
• Network tools that allow users to provide diagnostic information.
  

Developers will see:

• Incremental backwards-compatible API additions.
  
• The ability to develop GNOME software in C++, Java, Perl, and Python, as well as C.

GNOME is supported on a variety of platforms, including GNU/Linux (more commonly referred to as Linux), Solaris Operating Environment, HP-UX, Unix, BSD and Apple's Darwin. GNOME is distributed as part of their offerings by leading Linux distributions worldwide.

Source: press release
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