Free start gnome desktop software for linux

gnome-python-desktop package contains a few python modules that used to live in gnome-python-extras:
- gnomeapplet
- gnomeprint, gnomeprint.ui
- gtksourceview
- wnck
- totem.plparser
- gtop
- nautilusburn
- mediaprofiles
- metacity
Enhancements:
General:
- With recent pygtk, add a __version__ attribute to modules (Gustavo)
Gnomekeyring:
- Allow some parameters to be None (Sebastian Rittau, Gustavo)

Hearts for GNOME is an implementation of the classic card game for the GNOME desktop, featuring configurable rulesets and editable computer opponents to satisfy widely diverging playing styles. Hearts is Free Software, released under the GNU General Public License and should be able to run on any computer that can run the GNOME desktop.
Main features:
- Various rulesets with configurable options
- Multiple computer opponents with differing styles of play
- Drag & drop adding of new opponents
- Easy creation and modification of opponents through the Lua scripting language

Tagore project is a personal desktop wiki for GNOME.

Tagore lets you take notes using the textile syntax and display them with the embeded browser. You can add tags to your notes for easy organizing them and you can later export them to html.

GNOME Art is a frontend for art.gnome.org.

The GNOME Art Collection written in ruby is a collection of tools for managing art from the art.gnome.org website.

GNOME Art is the graphical frontend for art.gnome.org. Backgrounds and all themes can be downloaded and previewed. Backgrounds, icon themes and splash screens can be installed directly.

GNOME Splash Screen Manager is for managing the splash screens of the GNOME desktop.

Einstein@GNOME is a GNOME panel applet that lets you participate in the Einstein@Home neutron star search.

It is a frontend for the boinc client and was developed because there are no other decent GUIs available yet.

Gnomeradio is a FM radio tuner for the GNOME desktop (version 1 and 2).

Gnomeradio is an FM radio tuner application. It should work with every FM tuner card that is supported by video4linux. Remote controls are supported via (optional) lirc-support. Gnomeradio can also record radio as a Wave or MP3 file.

dropline GNOME project is a version of the GNOME Desktop that has been tweaked for Slackware Linux systems.
It is available in Slackwares standard .tgz package format and requires Slackware 10.1 or higher.
dropline GNOME features the latest stable release of GNOME and its associated components.
Main features:
Internet Applications
- Mozilla Firefox, the fastest full featured web browser on the planet.
- Mozilla Thunderbird, the email client from the Mozilla Foundation.
- Epiphany, a lightweight web browser for gnome based on firefox.
- Drivel, a blogging tool with support for most blog services and software
- Gaim, instant messenger supporting AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and just about everything else.
- GnomeMeeting, for your videoconferencing and VoIP needs.
- Xchat, a IRC client. be sure to check out freenode and #dropline
Office Software
- The Gnome Office Suite, a set of lightweight office applications.
- Open Office (coming soon)
- Evolution, a mail program including a calender, scheduling, and much more.
Media Players
- Totem, A full-featured media player with a web browser plugin.
- Rhythmbox, A library based music collection player.
Graphics Viewers/Editors
- Evince, an advanced PDF/PS renderer.
- Gthumb, an image collection viewer
- The Gimp, also known as the GNU Image Manipulation Program, your image and photo editor.
- Gtkam, an app providing support for numerous digital cameras.
- Inkscape, a powerful vector image (SVG) editor.
Miscellaneous
- Accessibility programs including a screen magnifier, an on-screen keyboard, and the advanced Dasher input system.
- The Dropline installer, keeps your dropline install up to date.
- Games: All standard Gnome games like Mahjongg and AisleRiot are included.
- Graveman: A CD/DVD burning application.
- Seahorse, the GnuPG encryption key manager.
and many more tools that make your life easier.
dropline GNOME includes optimized X.org packages which while not required, are recomended.