GNOME

This article is about the GNOME project and desktop environment. For other uses, see Gnome (disambiguation).
GNOME
Original author(s)Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena
Developer(s)The GNOME Project
Initial release3 March 1999; 25 years ago (1999-03-03)[1]
Stable release
47.2[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 7 December 2024
Repository
Written inC, XML, C++, C#, HTML, Vala, Python, JavaScript, CSS, and more[3]
Operating systemBSD, Linux, Unix
PlatformWayland and X11
Available in38 languages[4]
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[5]
Websitewww.gnome.org Edit this on Wikidata

GNOME is a computer desktop environment. It was designed for Linux, but many other operating systems can use it too. GNOME aims to provide an easy way to use a computer. GNOME is a free software project. It was made because people were questioning whether KDE is free. GNOME is part of the GNU project.

Aims

According to the GNOME website:

The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.[6]

The GNOME project puts heavy emphasis on simplicity, usability, and making things “just work” (see KISS principle). The other aims of the project are:

  • Freedom—to create a desktop environment with readily-available source code for re-use under a free software license.
  • Accessibility—to ensure the desktop can be used by anyone, regardless of technical skill or physical circumstances.
  • Internationalization and localization—to make the desktop available in many languages. At the moment, GNOME is being translated to 161 languages.[7]
  • Developer-friendliness—to ensure ease of writing software that integrates smoothly with the desktop, and allow developers a free choice of programming language.
  • Organization—to adhere to a regular release cycle and maintain a disciplined community structure.
  • Support—to ensure backing from other institutions beyond the GNOME community.

Applications

GNOME has many applications written for it. Some of them include:

References

  1. ↑ "GNOME 1.0 Released" (Press release). San Jose, California: The GNOME Project. 3 March 1999. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "GNOME 47.2 released". 7 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "The GNOME Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page". www.openhub.net.
  4. ↑ "Introducing GNOME 41". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  5. ↑ "GNOME License". Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "About GNOME". Retrieved 2005-09-08.
  7. ↑ "GNOME Languages". Retrieved 2009-11-19.

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