To: gnome-list@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Subject: GNOME 0.20 RPMS Released Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 18:14:43 -0400 From: Michael Fulbright <msf@redhat.com> NOTE - this is a reposting of the previous GNOME 0.20 release. It is being reposted with some corrections - PLEASE READ Release Notes for GNOME 0.20 ---------------------------- Version 0.20 of the GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME) has just been released. This version is intended to be taken as a pseudo-beta release. That is, it may not be 100% bullet-proof, but it should be pretty usable for most people. GNOME 0.20 includes most of the toys that were presented during Linux Expo. (See below for instructions on how to get GNOME 0.20 for your machine) Some of the major features in this release are: - The Panel plus all its nifty applets (including the beloved Wanda the Fish!). You can use them as an application launcher, a system monitor, a fortune teller, and whatnot. - The GNOME port of the Midnight Commander file manager has been revamped. It now supports an iconic file listing and drag-and-drop to the desktop and to applications. - The Gnomecal program is a nifty calendar and personal scheduler. It uses the standard vCard file format for interoperability with other calendar programs. - There is an included tour through the GNOME programs, available through the help system. - The Electric Eyes image viewer lets you view images as well as perform many operations on them (color correction, cropping, scaling, etc.). - The Logview program lets you browse your system logs with explanations on some of the messages in them. - The Gxsnmp program is an SNMP browser for your network. - The gnome-terminal program is an extremely fast terminal emulator. - The gtcd CD player supports the CDDB. - The Extace program, in conjunction with the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esound), can be used to display 3D FFT waveforms of your sound card's output. Major seizures may result from prolonged use. - The Gtop program is a graphical replacement for top. You can display graphical memory maps and send signals to processes. - Session management is implemented in most of the GNOME programs. You should be able to quit your session, and when you log back in everything should pop up in the way it was before. There are many other new features that I have missed. In general, everything has been made more consistent and bug-free. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting GNOME 0.20 ------------------ GNOME 0.20 For Red Hat Linux/Intel 5.1 -------------------------------------- You can download GNOME in RPM format for Red Hat Linux/Intel 5.1: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/v0.20/i386 - GNOME 0.20 release ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/redhat/i386 - Required support packages IMPORTANT NOTICE: The RPMs mentioned above are built against RH 5.1, and require that you upgrade to the recent errata items concerning libjpeg/libgif (June 10th). See http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh51-errata-libjpeg.html or just grab this entire directory via ftp: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/i386/jpeg/ GNOME 0.20 Source Code ---------------------- Source in .tar.gz format is available from: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/v0.20/TARBALLS - GNOME 0.20 release ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/extra-src - required extra packages GNOME 0.20 For Debian --------------------- Debian packages are coming soon. Final Notes ----------- Additional notes on the installation and use of GNOME can be found at: http://www.gnome.org/start -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The GNOME web site is at http://www.gnome.org Please report bugs to gnome-list@gnome.org or to our web-based bug tracking system here: http://www.gnome.org/cgi-bin/bugs Have fun! The GNOME team -- To unsubscribe: mail gnome-announce-list-request@gnome.org with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.