Introduction
The GNOME 2.4 Desktop is the latest release of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment.
GNOME 2.4 expands the offerings of the popular free software desktop, with a new web browser based on the most standards-compliant rendering engine available, improved accessibility tools, a number of new applications to make day-to-day desktop use easier and a continued commitment to creating a computing environment that "just works".
GNOME 2.4 includes 11 new applications and more than 100 user-requested enhancements, evidence of the user-driven community development process used to create each GNOME release.
GNOME runs on a variety of platforms, including GNU/Linux (commonly called Linux), Solaris, HP-UX, BSD and Apple's Darwin. GNOME includes powerful features such as world-class smooth text rendering, a first-class accessibility infrastructure, and a complete internationalization infrastructure that includes support for bi-directional text.
GNOME provides a user-friendly environment that "just works" for everyday users, without excess complexity, while at the same time providing the rich flexibility experienced developers demand. We have tried to avoid unnecessary complications or obscure features, sticking instead to a clear, unified vision of a usable, powerful desktop.
Of course GNOME 2.4 includes all of the improvements made in GNOME 2.2, which you can learn about in the GNOME 2.2 release notes.
The Desktop release contains all the applications needed to provide basic user functionality. Major applications such as Gnumeric and Evolution also are available, but are developed in parallel on their own release cycle rather than being included in the core GNOME release.
GNOME is part of the GNU Project, and is free software.
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