Re: 01.org GNOME entry content

[Oliver Propst <oliver propst gmail com>]

On Thu, 2014-06-19 at 11:05 -0700, 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. :(
Great thanks for doing this, have added some comments below.

> The Value of the GNOME Project.
>
> 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
> software has been utilized in successful, large-scale enterprise and
> public deployments.
I think it should be desktop most popular "desktop environment". 

> 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
> by other Linux operating system projects such as Ubuntu and Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux (Fedora), Chrome, MeeGo, and Tizen distributions
> (including Tizen IVI).
Maybe "Linux *based* operating"?

> Who It’s For
>
> 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.
"Gnome is used by consumers"? (I'm not sure "directly" is 
necessary).

> Project Specifics
>
> Gnome is written primarily in the C language, 
I think its good to mention GKT+ and also mention that
its possible to write apps in JavaScript. 

> distributed under the
> LGPL v2.1 license, with over five thousand contributors including
> writers, designers, translators and programmers.
Many parts of GNOME are distributed under GPL2 only (especially apps)

> About Intel Involvement
>
> Intel has contributed engineering talent as well as user experience
> research to GNOME in recognition of its
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> It is compatible through open source with Intel® Atom™ processors and
> Intel® Core™ processors.
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