GNOME 1.4 cikti

[Gorkem Cetin <gorkem gelecek com tr>]

Merhaba,

GNOME Masaustu ortaminin 1.4 surumu cikti. Tahmin ediyorum ki bir-iki gun
icinde de ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/linux/gnome adresinde
yeralacaktir.

Bu mektubu gonderirken henuz www.gnome.org guncellenmemisti. Asagida
basin bulteni yeraliyor. 

En cok goze carpan noktalar:

- Gnome vfs destegi
- Nautilus web tarayici / dosya yoneticisi / paket guncelleyici / muzik 
calici / dolma sarici vb.
- Sawfish gnome project kapsaminda ve GNOME 1.4 ile standart geliyor.
- Bonobo bilesen modeli (uygulamalar arasinda mesajlasmayi saglayan
yapi gelisti)
- Yeni gdm (gnome display manager)

Iyi calismalar
Gorkem
Gelecek A.S

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Download information: Stable source for GNOME 1.4 is available from the
GNOME site. The page linked provides an automated mirror selection tool,
instructions for the proper build order, and instructions on how to launch
it. Please take advantage of the mirrors. Users on RPM-based systems who'd
like to build their own RPM's from the source packages may be interested
to know that many of GNOME source packages include spec files that permit
generation of RPM's with the command rpm -tb packagename.tar.gz. 


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PRESS RELEASE -- The GNOME Foundation announces the release of GNOME 1.4.
The release offers a stable, powerful and tightly integrated platform that
features the most extensive documentation to date, making the help
features very user-friendly. GNOME 1.4 includes Nautilus, the new
graphical shell for GNOME that features advanced file and Internet
browsing capabilities. Developers will find a set of new and updated
tools, making GNOME the ideal programming platform. 

"GNOME 1.4 has a wealth of new features, from an updated Sawfish window
manager to enhanced support and interoperability with other desktop
environments." said Havoc Pennington, GNOME Foundation board chair. "This
release represents a major leap forward in the GNOME desktop environment.
Users will instantly see an improvement in the usability and power of
components like Nautilus. Developers will enjoy the strategic advantages
of improvements to the component architecture and streamlined tools for
greater internationalization and localization of GNOME-based programs." 

New or enhanced features of the GNOME 1.4 desktop environment include: 

Nautilus - a new file manager and desktop environment that allows users to
easily manage their files, browse the web and access web-based services
through a sophisticated, customizable interface. For example, GNOME users
can select any word in a text document and do a Google search on that term
or look up the word in an online dictionary. 
Better support and interoperability with KDE and legacy X applications 
New Application Launch Feedback lets the user know when a program is in
the process of being loaded. 
Sawfish window manager is now a standard part of GNOME. All aspects of the
user interface are customizable through Sawfish, including complete
configuration of the look and feel of the desktop. 
Easier to use and more intuitive help browser and help system, boasting
extensive documentation covering all aspects of GNOME operations. 
GNOME Fifth Toe, a broad collection of applications that run on GNOME. 
Medusa, the new GNOME searching/indexing package. Medusa is a content and
file indexing system that performs quick searches of a user's hard drive. 
GNOME 1.4 will also include a number of enhancements for developers,
including: 

GNOME-VFS - The GNOME Virtual File System provides an abstraction to
common file system operations like reading, writing and copying files,
listing directories and so on. GNOME-VFS is extensible and usable from any
application on the GNOME desktop. 
Updated Bonobo Component Model - 1.4 will include developments in the
interfaces that provide standard component programming and program
interoperability in Linux and Unix. 
Xml-i18n-tools - a set of tools for better internationalization and
localization of GNOME. Xml-i18n-tools contain some utility scripts for
internationalizing various kinds of XML files. In addition, it has a
merging feature, which will be extended to handle desktop and MIME files
in the future. 
GConf, a sophisticated system for storing configuration information. It
provides a notification service so applications can be notified when a
configuration setting changes. changes. Gconf also allows for pluggable
storage backends (text files, databases, etc.) and gives administrators
control over default and mandatory settings. 
Enhanced Language Bindings - facilitating the use of GNOME from a number
of programming languages. Language bindings included with GNOME 1.4 for
Gtk+ include C, C++, Objective C, Ada, Perl, Python, Guile, TOM, Eiffel,
Dylan, JavaScript, Pike, Pascal and Haskell. Many of these languages also
have support for GNOME widgets available. 
Enhanced GNOME Display Manager - A re-implementation of the well-known xdm
(X Display Manager) program that features X authentication, default and
per-display initialization scripts, pre and post-session scripts,
pluggable authentication modules and TCP wrappers for access control. 
"Since the GNOME project is a free software project, we were able to
incorporate advances from some of the most talented programmers in the
world," said Maciej Stachowiak, head of the 1.4 Release Team. "Hundreds of
people from every part of the world contributed to this release. The
result is a mature, stable, powerful and fun-to-use desktop, with the
promise of a host of new killer applications, due to the programming
enhancements." 

GNOME is a free software project that is developing a complete, easy to
use desktop for GNU/Linux (more commonly known as Linux), BSD and a
variety of other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME desktop
is used by millions of people around the world. More than 500 computer
developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers, contribute
their time and effort to the project.