Getting to know GNOME
Linux has come a long way from the early, oft-crashing days. GNOME is now one of the primary desktops for the Linux operating system; not only is it highly customizable, but it is amazingly stable. Jack Wallen explains why Linux -- running GNOME -- is a viable desktop alternative.
I was present at the very first unveiling of GNOME at the Linux Expo at Duke University; it was pretty amazing at the time to see a new Linux desktop. This was version .30; as of this writing, GNOME is at 2.18.1. It has come a long way from the early, oft-crashing days. Even though GNOME doesn't have the same look and feel as it did in its early, ground-breaking days, GNOME is now one of the primary desktops for the Linux operating system. If you've never given GNOME a try, I'm confident that you will after reading this article.
What's GNOME?
If you're of the 95 percent of the world that uses Windows, you know what a GUI is, but because you're running Windows, you're stuck with only one -- the GUI Microsoft forces you to use. In the Linux world, you can choose pretty much any GUI for your desktop. GNOME is one of the most popular desktops available, although you've probably heard of other ones such as KDE or Enlightenment.
GNOME is the default GUI for most of the major Linux distributions, including Red Hat, SuSE, and Ubuntu.
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