the new mime system
Got /.ed again. I am redirecting this to the GNOME webserver where it should be able to better handle the load.
GNOME 2.8 is due for release on the 15th of September (release schedule). Before then here are some screenshots of things we can expect in GNOME 2.8.
This page is slowly getting updated as I find the time to screenshot things and include them. If these screenshots get out of date, it's not really my fault. These images are of the development release.
These are changes to core components of the GNOME desktop. Changes to core GNOME modules include things like GNOME VFS (the virtual file layer) and Nautilus (the file manager), ie. things that affect the whole desktop.
the new mime system
easily edit file associations (no more confusing file types capplet)
lengthy transfers now give a time to completion
FTP authentication (and new, improved FTP module)
browse network services via Rendezvous (now called OpenTalk)
new printer selection dialog
These are changes to modules already included in the GNOME desktop. There are already more then a few modules included with GNOME, most of them have changed in some way, most of those changes I haven't noticed.
now with wireless support
now with searchability
improved cd burning interface
simplified dialog for adding applets
(thanks to Darren Adams for spotting this one)
Indubstrial is a modified version of Industrial proprosed as the new default theme for GNOME 2.8. The other theme proposed as the new default theme is a theme called SmoothGNOME or "Simply Smooth", based off the Smooth engine.
Indubstrial
a selection of traditional games sporting a new cleaner Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
look.
improved battery information for laptop users
These modules have been proposed for GNOME 2.8. They might not make it into the GNOME desktop but here are some screenshots anyway.
Evolution is a groupware client for GNOME. Written by Ximian (and now owned by Novell). Evolution has been a favourite of many GNOME users for some time now. Evolution 2.0 has been proposed for inclusion as an official component of GNOME 2.8.
mail component
calendar component
subscribe to online calendars straight from your webbrowser
GNOME System Tools is a set of tools for configuring the operating system underlying the desktop. GNOME System Tools can configure Redhat, Debian, Mandrake and many other Linux distrobutions.
a selection of tools
Vino is a VNC server for the GNOME desktop. It allows remote users to connect to your desktop to view or manipulate what they see.
vino running in a VNC client on MacOSX
GNOME Volume Manager is a daemon designed to handle volume mounting and management under GNOME. Using the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and DBUS to communicate with the lower level system.
properties page
GNOME Keyring Manager is a tool for managing secrets stored in the GNOME Keyring daemon that appeared in GNOME 2.6. The keyring manager is an effort of the gnome-love project for new developers.
keyring manager displaying the default key
GNOME Nettool is an application for giving network information such as IP addresses, traceroutes, whois lookups and almost everything else associated with networks. It is considered a useful network debugging tool.
a selection of tools for GNOME Nettool
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