Re: 01.org GNOME entry content

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

Comments inline. In general don't forget to capitalize GNOME.
s/Gnome/GNOME/g

On 06/19/2014 02:05 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> Can you guys look at this?  Sadly, I need to get this done by today,
> according to our team at 01.org. :(
>
> The Value of the GNOME Project.
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> GNOME is a freely available operating system for desktops, laptops and
> netbooks, highly influential in the Linux community due to the project
> community’s unique commitment to the user experience.
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> Used by millions of people around the world, it is the most popular
> environment for GNU/Linux and UNIX-type operating systems. GNOME’s

"As the most popular environment for ... operating systems, GNOME is
used by millions of people around the world.  Additionally, GNOME's..."
is a bit less awkward.

Isn't OS X's DE more popular than all of *nix combined? (I don't know if
Unix-type is the best term here, or if its necessary). Maybe 'Free &
Open Source' operating systems?

desktop environment perhaps?

> software has been utilized in successful, large-scale enterprise and
> public deployments.
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> Gnome’s close alignment with human-computer interaction drives
> technical requirements in areas such as interface design, toolkits,
> graphics and display rendering. These innovations have been picked-up

It might be good to also some socio-technical values like i18n, l10n,
a11y, and GNOME Love, GSoC, & OPW?

> by other Linux operating system projects such as Ubuntu and Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux (Fedora), Chrome, MeeGo, and Tizen distributions
> (including Tizen IVI).
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> Who It’s For
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> Gnome is used directly by consumers, and its open source code is
> utilized by operating system vendors, system integrators, original
> device and equipment manufactures and others who are building custom
> Linux desktop and distributions. Application developers also use GNOME
> for development and test activities.
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> Project Specifics
>
> Gnome is written primarily in the C language, distributed under the
> LGPL v2.1 license, with over five thousand contributors including
> writers, designers, translators and programmers.

written in C with bindings for a multitude of languages (with GObject
Introspection)

> About Intel Involvement
>
> Intel has contributed engineering talent as well as user experience
> research to GNOME in recognition of its

its...

Intel also recently donated hardware for HiDPI support, no?

> It is compatible through open source with Intel® Atom™ processors and
> Intel® Core™ processors.
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