GNOME Desktop environment turns 15 - Happy
Birthday GNOME :)
On 15 August one day before Debian Linux birthday and Debian
manifesto announcement another important project for free software
realm came to existence. On 15 Aug 1997
Miguel de Icaza,
posted announcement explaining the major goals of the GNOME -
GNOME Desktop project
The original announcement of
GNOME Desktop Project can be read here
Last year GNOME has went through severe ups and downs, it was
criticized and decredited by many of the true "believers" in the
project because of the drastic turn the project does. Lest the ups
and down,
GNOME project is one of the most succesful free
software project and in my view the most succesful FOSS software
GUI.
Its interesting fact two major free software projects celebrate
birthdays with 1 day difference. This makes August a major month
for free softwar
As a long term Debian and GNOME user I felt obliged to
drop few lines in thanks and congrats to GNOME which powers my
desktop for 8 years already.
Happy Birthday GNOME! Happy Free Software month ! :)