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<title>The GNOME Foundation: GNOME 1.4 Released</title>
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<h3 align="center">GNOME 1.4 Released - Desktop Environment Boasts Power, Stability, Polish and Integration</h3>
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001-- Latest GNOME release offers
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something for everyone - from enhanced end-user capabilities to powerful development
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tools
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In a move that will take free software (also referred to as open source software) to a
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new level, the GNOME Foundation announced the release of GNOME 1.4. The release offers a
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stable, powerful and tightly integrated platform that features the most extensive
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documentation to date, making the help features very user-friendly. GNOME 1.4 includes
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Nautilus, the new graphical shell for GNOME that features advanced file and Internet
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browsing capabilities. Developers will find a set of new and updated tools, making GNOME
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the ideal programming platform.
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"GNOME 1.4 has a wealth of new features, from an updated Sawfish window manager to
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enhanced support and interoperability with other desktop environments." said Havoc
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Pennington, GNOME Foundation board chair. "This release represents a major leap forward
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in the GNOME desktop environment. Users will instantly see an improvement in the
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usability and power of components like Nautilus. Developers will enjoy the strategic
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advantages of improvements to the component architecture and streamlined tools for
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greater internationalization and localization of GNOME-based programs."
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<br><br>
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New or enhanced features of the GNOME 1.4 desktop environment include:
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Nautilus - a new file manager and desktop environment that allows users to easily
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manage their files, browse the web and access web-based services through a
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sophisticated, customizable interface. For example, GNOME users can select any word in a
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text document and do a Google search on that term or look up the word in an online
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dictionary.
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Better support and interoperability with KDE and legacy X applications
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New Application Launch Feedback lets the user know when a program is in the process
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of being loaded.
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Sawfish window manager is now a standard part of GNOME. All aspects of the user
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interface are customizable through Sawfish, including complete configuration of the look
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and feel of the desktop.
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Easier to use and more intuitive help browser and help system, boasting extensive
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documentation covering all aspects of GNOME operations.
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GNOME Fifth Toe, a broad collection of applications that run on GNOME.
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Medusa, the new GNOME searching/indexing package. Medusa is a content and file
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indexing system that performs quick searches of a user's hard drive.
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"The goal of GNOME was to create a program that could be used by anyone." Miguel de
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Icaza, president of the GNOME Foundation said. "GNOME 1.4 reaches that goal and more.
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The hundreds of volunteers and paid programmers who have worked on the project have
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created a program that is powerful, both for the user and the developer." GNOME 1.4 will
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also include a number of enhancements for developers, including:
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GNOME-VFS - The GNOME Virtual File System provides an
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abstraction to common file system operations like reading,
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writing and copying files, listing directories and so on.
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GNOME-VFS is extensible and usable from any application on the
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GNOME desktop.
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Updated Bonobo Component Model - 1.4 will include developments
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in the interfaces that provide standard component programming
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and program interoperability in Linux and Unix.
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Xml-i18n-tools - a set of tools for better
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internationalization and localization of GNOME. Xml-i18n-tools
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contain some utility scripts for internationalizing various
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kinds of XML files. In addition, it has a merging feature,
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which will be extended to handle desktop and MIME files in the
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future.
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GConf, a sophisticated system for storing configuration
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information. It provides a notification service so
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applications can be notified when a configuration setting
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changes. changes. Gconf also allows for pluggable storage
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backends (text files, databases, etc.) and gives
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administrators control over default and mandatory settings.
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Enhanced Language Bindings - facilitating the use of GNOME
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from a number of programming languages. Language bindings
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included with GNOME 1.4 for Gtk+ include C, C++, Objective C,
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Ada, Perl, Python, Guile, TOM, Eiffel, Dylan, JavaScript,
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Pike, Pascal and Haskell. Many of these languages also have
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support for GNOME widgets available.
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Enhanced GNOME Display Manager - A re-implementation of the
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well-known xdm (X Display Manager) program that features X
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authentication, default and per-display initialization
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scripts, pre and post-session scripts, pluggable
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authentication modules and TCP wrappers for access control.
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"Since the GNOME project is a free software project, we were able to incorporate
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advances from some of the most talented programmers in the world," said Maciej
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Stachowiak, head of the 1.4 Release Team. "Hundreds of people from every part of the
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world contributed to this release. The result is a mature, stable, powerful and
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fun-to-use desktop, with the promise of a host of new killer applications, due to the
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programming enhancements."
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<br><br>
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GNOME is a free software project that is developing a complete, easy to use desktop for
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GNU/Linux (more commonly known as Linux), BSD and a variety of other Unix and Unix-like
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operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world.
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More than 500 computer developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers,
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contribute their time and effort to the project.
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<br><br>
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<b>About the GNOME Foundation</b>
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Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME
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Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. The
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Foundation provides organizational, financial and legal support to the GNOME project and
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helps determine its vision and roadmap. GNOME is an entirely free user environment for
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desktops, networked servers and portable Internet devices. The modern architecture and
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design of GNOME includes a technically advanced application development platform and a
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powerful end-user desktop environment. Major leading software industry and computer
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manufacturers support the GNOME development effort, which is led by a worldwide
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community of volunteers. More information on GNOME is available at www.gnome.org.
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Schnapper-Casteras</a> and <a href="mailto:bart@eazel.com">Bart Decrem</a>.</font></center>
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