Free gnome 2.18.3 2.19.6 software for linux

The GNOME project provides two things: GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for end-users, users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.
Main features:
Free
- GNOME is Free Software and part of the GNU project, dedicated to giving users and developers the ultimate level of control over their desktops, their software, and their data. Find out more about the GNU project and Free Software at gnu.org.
Usable
- GNOME understands that usability is about creating software that is easy for everyone to use, not about piling on features. GNOMEs community of professional and volunteer usability experts have created Free Softwares first and only Human Interface Guidelines, and all core GNOME software is adopting these principles. Find out more about GNOME and usability at the GNOME Usability Project.
Accessible
- Free Software is about enabling software freedom for everyone, including users and developers with disabilities. GNOMEs Accessibility framework is the result of several years of effort, and makes GNOME the most accessible desktop for any Unix platform. Find out more at the GNOME Accessibility Project.
International
- GNOME is used, developed and documented in dozens of languages, and we strive to ensure that every piece of GNOME software can be translated into all languages. Find out more at the GNOME Translation Project.
Developer-friendly
- Developers are not tied to a single language with GNOME. You can use C, C++, Python, Perl, Java, even C#, to produce high-quality applications that integrate smoothly into the rest of your Unix or Linux desktop.
Organized
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Supported
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A community
- Perhaps more than anything else, GNOME is a worldwide community of volunteers who hack, translate, design, QA, and generally have fun together. Find out more at GNOME Developers site.

gnome-menus project contains menus for the GNOME desktop environment.
gnome-menus package is free software and is part of the GNOME project.
The package contains an implementation of the draft "Desktop Menu Specification" from freedesktop.org:
http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec
Also contained here are the GNOME menu layout configuration files, .directory files and assorted menu related utility programs.
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.
Whats New in 2.18.3 Stable Release:
Fixes:
- Fix crashes in python bindings (Colin Walters)
- Fix crash in inotify backend when ~/.config/menus is created
- (Vincent)

gnome-desktop package is free software and is part of the GNOME project.

gnome-desktop package contains the libgnome-desktop library which contains APIs that really belong in libgnome[ui] but have not seen enough testing or development to be considered stable. Use at your own risk.

Also contained here are documents installed as part of the core GNOME distribution, e.g. a copy of the GPL, the gnome-about program, some manpages and GNOMEs core graphics files and icons.

eel comes from Eazel Extensions Library is a collection of widgets and extensions
to many modules of the GNOME platform.
These widgets and extensions were developed by hackers working on Nautilus. For the duration of the Nautilus 1.0 development cycle, the code was internal to Nautilus and its components.
In order to clearly distinguish useful extensions that could be useful for other projects, we have decided to put then in their own library. It is possible that we will move even more from Nautilus to Eel in the future.
Whats New in 2.18.3 Stable Release:
- Fix crash in the open with dialog
- Translation updates

Gnome Icon Theme package contains icons for the GNOME desktop.

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.

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

nautilus-cd-burner is an easy to use CD/DVD burning package, well integrated with Nautilus and the GNOME desktop.
nautilus-cd-burner package also contains the libnautilus-burn library as a simple application interface to CD/DVD drives and disc burning. This library is not guaranteed to be API/ABI stable. However, authors of Free Software applications should feel free to use it if they wish.
You may download updates to the package from: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/nautilus-cd-burner/
Enhancements:
- Fixed #433730, [Patch] Run gtk-update-icon-cache in install-hook and uninstall-hook (William Jon McCann)
- Fixed #435025, Direct copy of audio CD results in white noise CD (William Jon McCann)
Translators
- Updated fi: Ilkka Tuohela
- Updated ta: I. Felix