Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:30:23 -0400 From: Phillip Neumann <pneumann@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16 coming soon Message-ID: <1156991423.30762.7.camel@monkey.sofsis.cl> In-Reply-To: <7daacbbe0608281037g341dbb83k6a01699bb901bcb3@mail.gmail.com> References: <1156484388.27932.30.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <7daacbbe0608281037g341dbb83k6a01699bb901bcb3@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello. This is how my notebook looks. Spanish. Computer Disk usage. Volume manager. Evince and a little toy :-) http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pantallazoft0.png the battery thing works greate btw! good luck! KillFill El lun, 28-08-2006 a las 19:37 +0200, Dominique Goncalves escribió: > Hi, > > On 8/25/06, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> wrote: > > GNOME 2.15.92 (aka 2.16 Release Candidate 1) was released today, and the > > FreeBSD port in the MarcusCom CVS repository > > (http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html) has been updated as > > well. I'm not saying everyone should run and install this. In fact, I > > would caution against it unless you really know what you're in for. > > > > Why? Well, a lot has changed for the FreeBSD GNOME port. On the hip, > > cool side, we now offer a working port of HAL. But that's not a reason > > NOT to get GNOME 2.15. The big reason is that we have [finally] decided > > to switch PREFIXes from X11BASE to LOCALBASE. What this means is that > > all ports that depend on cairo need to be rebuilt (as well as a few > > others). It also currently means some conflicts with KDE. So unless > > you're really brave, it would probably be best to wait for the official > > release when he hope to have a better set of [tested and safe] upgrade > > instructions. > > > > So why am I telling you all this? Two reasons really. One is, of > > course, to warn you about what's coming. The other is to solicit some > > cool GNOME 2.16 screenshots from those already testing out GNOME 2.15 > > and have some creative juices. > > > > Joe > > > > P.S. GNOME 2.16 will most likely be released during the 6.2 ports > > freeze. But even if it isn't, we will probably not merge it right away > > so we can do some QA after the release dust settles. I'm thinking of > > hosting an IRC testing and debugging party around that time for people > > interested. > > -- > > Joe Marcus Clarke > > FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org > > FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome > > > > > > > > This is a screenshot of my desktop, with french locales, deskbar > applets, listening radiofg with bmp and eog with holiday picture from > Portugal :-) > > http://djdomics.free.fr/FreeBSD/gnome/gnome-2.16.png > > Regards. >
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