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TechieSouls: "I recently installed new version of linux (Ubuntu Intrepid ibex) on my secondary computer and i wanted to customize it like i am used to customize windows."

Nella giornata di ieri GNOME ha raggiunto con l’ennesimo rilascio la versione 2.24.2.Si tratta essenzialmente di una versione in cui sono stati corretti molti bug di rilevante importanza che creavano non pochi disagi agli utenti.

GNOME is an easy-to-use desktop environment for Linux and other UNIX systems. It combines a flexible, graphically demanding work environment with the technical advantages of a UNIX system.

GNOME is almost entirely localized, meaning that GNOME even without English skills can use it.

Desktop effects in Ubuntu 8.10 can be used without Compiz, by enabling compositing in Metacity - the Gnome’s default window manager.

Daylight ujrza?o the stable edition of one of the most popular Linux distributions - Fedora 10 Last official version appeared six months ago, exactly 13 May.What at the beginning throws in the eyes of the new versions of desktop environments, GNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1.2 with od?wie?onym diagram and graphical ikonkami.

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During the GNOME 2.25 release cycle, GNOME Power Manager will be moved from a HAL dependency and on to a new DeviceKit-power dependency.

Gnome typically comes with a bar across the top of the screen with the clock, notification icons and menu items and a second at the base of the screen containing window lists, workplace switchers and, in the Ubuntu incarnation, a trash can/recycle bin.

Fedora 10 was just launched on 25 November 2008. It comes with many new virtualization features, increased boot speed and include GNOME 2.24.1 and OpenOffice.org 3.0.

Fedora 10 has many of the features we loved in Ubuntu - the latest version of GNOME and the new NetworkManager utility, for instance.

As a bonus you also get the always excellent RPM package system, the new Empathy instant messenger framework, PackageKit and host of other Fedora-specific tools.

There's been much discussion over the past few months about the marriage of databases and filesystems - with Microsoft's Longhorn reportedly sporting the Yukon integrated SQL Server , and GNOME Storage in heaty ...