Re: [GNOME-my]Hey everybody -> FreeBSD/Gnome 2.5.1 Updates

[Chee Bin HOH <cbhoh mimos my>]

Hi,

Welcome to the community, great to know that you are working on GNOME
FreeBSD port.

If you need any help, and think that we are able to help out, drop us a
message, and there are many new comers here willingness to do thing for
GNOME,.... sometimes we need a guider.


regards,
HOH

On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 00:16, Khairil Yusof wrote:
> Hey everybody, just joined the list. 
> 
> FYI, I'm helping out with the Gnome2 porting/debugging effort on
> FreeBSD. So I'm already running Gnome 2.5.1 and struggling with the very
> bug ridden Evo 1.5.0.
> 
> For normal Gnome issues on FreeBSD, feel free to drop a line. I should
> be able to help with most issues when installing/upgrading from ports.
>                                                                                 
> I'll post an update now and then, with the latest news. A preliminary
> screenshot of Gnome 2.5 is available at:
> http://www.inigo-tech.com/Members/kaeru/gnome/
> 
> Major changes are Nautilus.. quite different way of accessing folders,
> really reminds me of BeOS without the browse feature. Ie. you keep
> opening folders, and you choose with shortcuts to keep opening new
> subfolder windows or parent folders. Also shortcut keys to clear up
> windows also. This makes it much quicker, but I dunno. Folder browsing
> is something that everybody is used to.
> 
> Overall speed is also quicker, and i18n is top notch with even more
> gtk im modules making it in.
> 
> As for evo 1.5. Some great new features, such as integrated spamassasin
> and an updated ui. However, I really recommend waiting for 1.5.1 which
> is probably delayed until January. Right now a lot of show stopper bugs,
> which make it almost unusable.
> 
> I'll drop by and post and update now and the then.
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