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GNOME 2.14.0 Release Candidate

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Woohooo! This is our last unstable release before the big .0 release.
Lots of new features and bug fixes have been added during this cycle,
probably more than what you can remember if you've been running all the
unstable releases so far. But if you can remember, then you're ready to
help with the release notes :-)

See this mail for instructions on how to
contribute to the 2.14.0 release notes:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2006-February/msg00051.html

The release notes that describe the changes between 2.13.91 and 2.13.92
are available. Go read them to learn all the goodness of this release:

platform - http://download.gnome.org/platform/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS
desktop - http://download.gnome.org/desktop/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS
admin - http://download.gnome.org/admin/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS
bindings - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS

Basic ambrosial stats:

admin 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 784K total
tar.bz2: 612K total

bindings 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 22M total
tar.bz2: 16M total

desktop 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 160M total
tar.bz2: 116M total

platform 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 50M total
tar.bz2: 37M total

The GNOME 2.13.92 release is available here:

platform sources - http://download.gnome.org/GNOME/platform/2.13/2.13.92/
desktop sources - http://download.gnome.org/GNOME/desktop/2.13/2.13.92/
admin sources - http://download.gnome.org/GNOME/admin/2.13/2.13.92/
bindings sources - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.13/2.13.92/

To compile it, you can use GARNOME (will be released soon), or the
jhbuild modulesets available at:

http://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/2.13.92/

TESTING! TESTING! TESTING!
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This release is a feature, user interface, and string frozen snapshot
primarily intended for wide public scrutiny before the final GNOME
2.14 release in March. GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate
development status. Please check the 2.13 page for more info:

http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/

Happy testing!

Of course they're not useful

Screensavers are obviously not meant to be useful (turning the screen off would clearly suffice).

They're meant to look good, and/or bring a little fun, goddammit.

So now Gnome has decided that "fun" shall not be a Gnome users goal? That's a bit sad. Or is it that we shall only have the official amount of fun: one bouncing cow is ok, but two are not useful?

What's next: removal of gnome's games? lock down to an officially sanctioned set of background images? out with the themes?

And yes, I've already apt-get remove'd gnome-screensaver. I just hate to see Gnome make such a fool of itself.