Re: [Helix Updates] GNOME 1.0 "Bongo GNOME" Now Available

[Jan Castermans <jan beta9 be>]

Nice, after installing the thing it ruined my system, it fails with
gnome-session: error in loading shared libraries: gnome-session:
undefined symbol: _IceTransNoListen

jacob@gnome.org wrote:

>              GNOME 1.2 "Bongo GNOME" has been Unleashed!
>                          Head for the Hills!
>
> KING OF THE BONGO
>
>     The GNOME team is proud to announce the availability of GNOME 1.2,
>     affectionately known as "Bongo GNOME."  GNOME 1.2 is the latest
>     stable release of the GNU desktop.
>
>     This new release represents a dramatic step forward in the
>     usability, attractiveness, and stability of the GNOME desktop.
>     Since the release of October GNOME, the pace of development of new
>     features and bugfixes in the GNOME project has more than doubled,
>     and it would be impossible to name them all here.
>
>
> GNOME 1.2 FOR USERS
>
>     End users will be able to impress their grandparents and younger
>     siblings with the following large-scale changes to the GNOME
>     desktop:
>
>         * Ease of use.  In response to feedback from our users, we
>           formed the GNOME UI team, focused solely on improving the
>           user experience.  The result is a lean, intuitive, and
>           attractive desktop which just plain feels good.
>
>         * Help.  Thanks to the relentless effort of the GNOME
>           documentation team, on-line documentation and user's manuals
>           are ubiquitous in GNOME 1.2.
>
>         * Polish.  We corrected countless problems and bugs which
>           users had reported in the previous version, and GNOME is
>           more stable and smoother as a result.
>
>         * Polyglot.  Updated localization and documentation from
>           our international team of translators and writers.
>
> GNOME 1.2 FOR HACKERS
>
>     GNOME hackers and developers of GNOME applications now have a much
>     more powerful development platform available to them:
>
>         * Stability.  The same APIs you used in GNOME 1.0 are
>           still available to you in GNOME 1.2.  We have worked hard to
>           preserve source- and binary-compatibility everywhere.
>
>         * Simplicity.  The Glade UI design tool has much improved
>           support for GNOME, and is now an official part of the GNOME
>           project.  Thanks to Glade, even the most inept programmers
>           can construct beautiful user interfaces.  And
>           non-programmers can contribute to the development process by
>           designing interfaces which can be dropped wholesale into an
>           existing project.
>
>         * Power.  The robustness and utility of the GNOME libraries
>           and development tools has been improved across the board.
>
>         * Documentation.  The majority of the GNOME APIs are now fully
>           documented.
>
>         * Support.  The developer.gnome.org web site contains a
>           wide variety of resources for those individuals and
>           companies that use the GNOME development platform.
>
>
> NEW WEB PAGE
>
>     The introduction of GNOME 1.2 is accompanied by a new web site
>     design.  Check it out at http://www.gnome.org/
>
>     Updates and news the GNOME community are available daily from
>     http://gnotices.gnome.org/gnome-news/
>
> SOURCE CODE AVAILABILITY
>
>     The GNOME 1.2 source code is available from the GNOME FTP site at:
>
>         ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/releases/gnome-1.2/
>
>     Our web site contains full details for installing GNOME from
>     source:
>
>         http://www.gnome.org/start/installing/
>
> READY-TO-INSTALL GNOME 1.2
>
>     Helix Code provides easy-to-install packages for GNOME 1.2.
>     Installation instructions can be found here:
>
>             http://www.helixcode.com/desktop/download.php3
>
>     An extensive set of platforms are supported:
>
>         Linux/Intel:
>             Debian GNU/Linux (Woody, Potato)
>             TurboLinux 6.0
>             Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2
>             Linux Mandrake 6.1, 7.0
>             Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
>             SuSE 6.3 (6.4 coming soon)
>
>         Linux/PPC
>             LinuxPPC 2000
>             Yellow Dog Linux Champion Server 1.2
>
>         SPARC:
>             Solaris 2.7 on UltraSparc
>
>     Helix Code's web site uses Akamai to ensure that downloads are
>     speedy from every corner of the planet.
>
>
> SCREENSHOTS
>
>     If you want to see just how beautiful a desktop can be before
>     downloading GNOME 1.2, check out our
>
>         http://www.helixcode.com/desktop/screenshots.php3
>
> THE GNOME STEERING COMMITTEE
>
>     At the first GNOME Users and Developers European Conference held
>     in Paris, the GNOME steering committee was created to oversee the
>     development of the GNOME 2.0 platform.  The committee will also
>     help establish the GNOME Foundation which will be a non-profit
>     organization that will insure GNOME's future as the world's
>     leading free desktop.
>
> Thanks to all of the people that made Bongo GNOME possible:
>
>     The GNOME team would like to thank our GNOME 1.2 release
>     coordinator Jacob "The Bod" Berkman who devoted endless hours to
>     making sure the GNOME 1.2 user experience was superb.  (Miguel)
>
>     Our documentation team pulled one of the most impressive efforts
>     in the story of free software documentation.  Special thanks to
>     Dave Mason for motivating contributors and coordinating this
>     effort.
>
>     The users who reported bugs, suggested improvements and provided
>     constructive criticism.
>
>     Our translation team that worked constantly to keep our
>     applications fully internationalized and localized.  Special
>     thanks go to Kjartan Maraas, the team coordinator.
>
>     The hackers and families of the hackers that made this software
>     possible.
>
>     All of the companies that have supported GNOME over the years.
>
>     Special thanks go to Mathieu Lacage and all of the companies,
>     organizations and individuals that made the first GNOME Users and
>     Developers European Conference (http://www.guadec.enst.fr/)
>     possible: ACT/Europe, AFUL, Alcove, Eazel, Helix Code, Linux
>     Magazine/France, Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE, Telecom Paris and Mike
>     Shaver.
>
>     The GNOME User Interface Improvement team for devoting countless
>     hours evaluating, commenting, redesigning, polishing, improving
>     and rethinking our user interfaces.  Thanks to James Cape for
>     heading up this team.
>
>     Thanks to the free software community.
>
> Enjoy,
> Jacob                   jacob@gnome.org
> The GNOME Team         http://www.gnome.org/
>
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