Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:29:27 -0500 From: Jason Dusek <jdusek@cs.uiowa.edu> To: "Gnome@BSD" <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.6 released! Message-ID: <40717B57.4030401@cs.uiowa.edu> In-Reply-To: <1081137325.89285.24.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1081137325.89285.24.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Hey Everyone, How do I 'drop to a terminal' if I am running GDM? Should I just turn GDM off, reboot, and then turn it back on again, or is there a better way? --~:~\\ Jason Dusek \\~:~://|||//|||| ---~:~\\ The Hydra Project \\~:~://|||//||| ----~:~\\ The University of Iowa \\~:~://|||//|| ---- Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > The FreeBSD GNOME Team is delighted to announce the release of the GNOME > 2.6 Desktop and Developer suites for FreeBSD. Accompanying this release > are the usual meta-port bumps for the GNOME Fifth Toe, Power Tools, > Hacker Tools, and Office. > > For the highlights of what's new in GNOME 2.6, please checkout our > upgrade FAQ at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq26.html > > This page will give GNOME users a script which they can use to assist > with the upgrade. IF YOU ARE A GNOME DESKTOP USER, YOU MUST USE THIS > SCRIPT TO UPGRADE. > > If you'd rather install from packages, go to > http://www.marcuscom.com/tinderbox/ where you will find i386 packages > for all supported FreeBSD versions. > > In addition to the GNOME-wide improvements in GNOME 2.6, there have been > some FreeBSD-specific additions as well. First, certain types of media > (e.g. CD-ROMs, floppies, etc.) are now mountable dynamically for > Nautilus. This release also consolidates the KDE menus (if KDE is > installed) so there isn't as much clutter under the Applications menu. > Finally, we have a spiffy new splash screen created by Franz Klammer. > > As always, GNOME on FreeBSD would not be possible without the effort of > this team (http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/contact.html), its alumni, and > our users. We would especially like to thank the following users that > helped by testing GNOME 2.5, and providing patches: > > Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> > Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my> > Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl> > Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> > Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> > Scott Dodson <sdodson@sdodson.com> > Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru> > > Marcus on behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team >
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