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Re: [News] New Version of GNOME - Release Readied (it looks awful)

Peter Hayes <not_in_use@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:53:04 +0100, flatfish+++ wrote
> (in article <r3hLg.447$fm1.18@xxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
>> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:32:56 +0200, Hadron Quark wrote:
>> 
>>> "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>> GNOME 2.16 Release Notes
>>>>> 
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> GNOME 2.16 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop; a popular,
>>>>>> multi-platform desktop environment for Linux?, UNIX? and other
>>>>>> platforms. Based on Free and Open Source Software, GNOME provides all
>>>>>> of the common tools computer users have come to expect of a modern
>>>>>> computing environment, as well as a flexible and powerful platform
>>>>>> for software developers.
>>>>> `----
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/notes/C/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Better than a release once in 5 years.
>>>> 
>>>> Little dig (Digg) there Roy ;ÃÂ
>>>> 
>>>> I like the "eye candy" section, and this:
>>>> 
>>>> http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project
>>>> 
>>>> Looks good ...
>>> 
>>> It cracks me up that a web page devoted to "looking good" uses non
>>> standard fonts for its cover page and looks far from good. I have
>>> extolled the virtues of Ubuntu & FF here lots of times : it looks much
>>> better than XP. But really, check this out:
>>> 
>>> http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/0221b44fcb.png
>> 
>> 
>> That looks horrid under firefox and PCLinuxOS.
>> 
>> Of course, the "works fine for me" gang is mobilizing at this very moment.
>
> http://www.seahaze.demon.co.uk/Picture1.png
>

Much better. Any idea what I might be missing?

> -- 
>
> Peter
>

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