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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

YES THERE SHOULD

Submitted by Anonymous George on Fri, 2005-10-28 10:33.

I cringe throwing memory away, I have a pile of it the size of Mt Kilamonjaro, and unfortunately not even Sir Ranlf Fines will climb it, I've asked him and he said its too damned flimsy, however he did offer to blow it up for me, which was nice.

I declined gratiously.

I also have a few processors and other bits n bobs which would suit developing countries, however

I'M NOT GIVING MY HARDWARE AWAY FOR FREE TO SOME NEEDY KIDS IF THEY ONLY HAVE TO PAY UP THE ARSE TO MS FOR LICENCES, ITS JUST NOT CRICKET!

Its really important that Gnome, and especially the work that federico is currently doing on speeding up pango/file widget gets more attention, its been really interesting hearing how much he skims here and there and would be great to see the same kind of maticulous attention given to gconf, evolution, firefox and open office. The memory footprint of these apps is tremendous, and would make microsofts bloatware division proud.

Imagine gnome being a contender for HP iPaq's next palmtop. With the GTK code for stylus being done now and gnome shrinking, it may be a real possibility to get old PDAs and hack em up with gnome... and of course, some financial backing from a corporation would help the cause anyway, especially if they start providing bounties (which I've noticed motivate very well), lets say google/nokia/hp get together and offer 100K to the team or individual that gets gnome running on a machine with 128Mb ram, no swap and a 400Mhz ARM chip.

People would be shaving memory left right and centre to get a piece of the pie.

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