Free gnome 2.18.2 software for linux

GNOME project has built a complete free and easy-to-use desktop environment for the user, as well as a powerful application framework for the software developer.
GNOME is included in pretty much every BSD and GNU/Linux distribution and works on many other Unix systems.
It is a greatly improved user environment for existing GNOME applications.
Enhancements include anti-aliased text and first class internationalisation support, new accessibility features for disabled users, and many improvements throughout GNOMEs highly regarded user interface.

gnome-user-docs package contains documents which will be packaged together and
shipped as gnome-user-docs in the core GNOME distribution.
They should be documents targetted for end-users of GNOME.
Installation:
The simplest way to compile this package is:
1. `cd to the directory containing the packages source code and type ./configure to configure the package for your system. If youre using `csh on an old version of System V, you might need to type `sh ./configure instead to prevent `csh from trying to execute `configure itself.
Running `configure takes awhile. While running, it prints some messages telling which features it is checking for.
2. Type `make to compile the package.
3. Optionally, type `make check to run any self-tests that come with the package.
4. Type `make install to install the programs and any data files and documentation.
5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory by typing `make clean. To also remove the files that `configure created (so you can compile the package for a different kind of computer), type `make distclean. There is also a `make maintainer-clean target, but that is intended mainly for the packages developers. If you use it, you may have to get all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came with the distribution.
Enhancements:
Accessibility Guide:
Updated translations:
- es (Jorge Gonzalez)
System Admin Guide:
Updated translations:
- es (Jorge Gonzalez)
User Guide:
Updated translations:
- es (Jorge Gonzalez)
- hu (Gabor Kelemen)
- ko (Changwoo Ryu)
- pa (A S Alam)
- pt (Duarte Loreto)
- pt_BR (Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle, Vladimir Melo,
- Andre Noel, Felipe Ferreira, Vinicus Pinheiro)

Gnome OSD project is a notification system.

Gnome OSD is a new small project to create an OSD (On Screen Display) infrastructure, similar to XOSD.

It includes a command-line client, and sample xchat and rhythmbox plugins.

GNOME-Mud project consists of a MUD client for the GNOME platform.

GNOME-Mud (formerly AMCL) is a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) client that aims to make mudding a bit easier.

It can define aliases, triggers, variables, keyboard shortcuts, and has a connection wizard for easy management of different player characters and MUDs.

GNOME Maze project is a maze board game.
The objective is to get the Tux out of the maze.
This release has different levels, and if you are unable to solve the maze, the computer can do it for you.
Enhancements:
- implemended levels,
- improved pad-history,
- pixmaps,
- computer-solving.

gnome-backgrounds contains a set of backgrounds packaged with the GNOME desktop.

Backgrounds:

Branded

- GNOME-Curves.png Model by Jakub Steiner/Rendered by Ulisse Perusin/Retouched by Lapo Calamandrei

Tiles and Translucent backgrounds by Andreas Nilsson and Lapo Calamandrei

Nature

- FreshFlower.jpg Jens Ansorg
- OpenFlower.jpg Garrett LeSage
- GreenMeadow.jpg Timothy Schellhase, retouched by Lapo Calamandrei

gnome-socket provides a simple library for high-level network asynchronous I/O in GNOME applications.

gnome-socket is a library that provides simple high-level network access to GNOME applications. Its main features are asynchronous DNS lookup and non-blocking network I/O.

Its designed to use the very flexible glib event loop in order to make integration with GNOME programs easy.