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GNOME 2.13.1 Development Release

Submitted by stro on Wed, 2005-10-26 16:26. Gnome 2.x

Welcome to the latest issue of "The GNOME Development Releases". With
this issue, we start a new cycle (numbered 2.13) in which we will see
plenty of improvements, new features, bug fixes, speedups, etc. We
invite everyone to read (test?) this issue: missing an issue is like
missing your plane. Hrm. Maybe it's not a good comparison. Anyway, you
don't want to miss it, I assure you. Go download it. Go compile it. Go
test it. And go hack on it, document it, translate it, fix it.

For those not understanding the previous paragraph, this is our first
development release on our road towards GNOME 2.14.0, which will be
released in March 2006.

To compile it, you can use the jhbuild modulesets available at:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/teams/releng/2.13.1/

bindings 2.13.1 statistics:
tar.gz: 18M total
tar.bz2: 12M total

desktop 2.13.1 statistics:
tar.gz: 157M total
tar.bz2: 111M total

platform 2.13.1 statistics:
tar.gz: 49M total
tar.bz2: 34M total

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
--------------------------

This release is a snapshot of development code. Although it is buildable
and usable, it is primarily intended for testing and hacking purposes.
GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate development status.

For more informations about 2.13, the full schedule, the official module
lists and the proposed modules list, please see our new shiny 2.13 page
on the wiki:
http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointThirteen

You can also check out the beginnings of the proposed modules list here which so far includes a lockdown editor, a game named Atomix, gnome-screensaver, fast user switching capabilities and the the deskbar applet

It's good to see screensavers coming to gnome!

Submitted by Scarlet on Thu, 2005-10-27 05:05.

Gnome screensaver is such a brilliant idea, I'm so glad to see it being considered for inclusion. Here's my suggestion for the next big gnome project:

Carrying goods over long distances is time consuming and efficient. Dragging goods on sledges over dirt isn't much better. My idea is to create a device to put on the underside of our sledges to make it far more efficient. My idea is that it could be round if possible and maybe it could be pinioned in the center. This way heavy loads could be moved very efficiently. Of cause far more research and implementation is needed, but I think this could lead to a great new era of gnome based transportation.

I have heard of similar devices being used, but they do not really fit the gnome UI guidelines as well as they should. Proprietary corperations like Goodyear, Toyo and Bridgestone have similar technology but it is completely innapropriate for gnome to use something that does not fit perfectly with the gnome desktop.

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