On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Sumana Harihareswara <suma...@panix.com>wrote:
> > > Within GNOME 3, GNOME Shell reimagines the user interface for the next > generation of the Free & Open Source desktop. This innovative interface > allows users to focus on tasks while minimizing distractions such as > notifications, extra workspaces, and background windows. > > I'm not sure if an extra workspace is a distraction... ? I would have probably have mentioned cluttered desktop.. but I don't care enough to argue this point that much. :-) > The GNOME Project was started in 1997 by two then-university students, > Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena. Their aim: to produce a free (as in > freedom) desktop environment. Since then, GNOME has grown into a hugely > successful enterprise. Used by millions of people across the world, it is > the most popular desktop environment for GNU/Linux and UNIX-type operating > systems. The desktop has been utilised in successful, large-scale enterprise > and public deployments, and the project's developer technologies are > utilised in a large number of popular mobile devices. For further comments > and information, contact the GNOME press contact team at > gnome-press-contact@gnome org. > > I believe Federico's full name is Federico Mena Quintero. sri
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