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GNOME SlackBuild GNOME 2.20.3 Stable Release

Posted 2008/03/07 @ 13:07 GMT

We are proud to announce the stable release of the GNOME SlackBuild GNOME 2.20.3 Desktop for Slackware Linux and its 64-bit version, Slamd64. The GNOME SlackBuild GNOME Desktop most notably features a full GNOME Desktop, with Epiphany and Evolution, the OpenOffice.org Office Suite built for GNOME and GTK, integrated Compiz-Fusion or Metacity Window Manager, and a wide variety of applications to suit every user's taste or need. For a more detailed list of software provided by GSB, please see our Included Software page, or take a look at our Screenshots page to see GNOME SlackBuild in action.

If you are interested in trying GNOME SlackBuild, please take a look at our Download & Install web page for a full set of instructions on how to download, install, and configure your new GNOME desktop.

The GNOME SlackBuild Development Team

SVN 2.20.x Branch Announcement

Posted 2008/02/24 @ 16:21 GMT

Just a general news announcement to those who use the svn build system. Since we're releasing GNOME 2.20.3-STABLE, we're branching development work in svn. Please be aware that trunk/ will continue as the -current development branch, and a 2.20.x stable branch has been created in branches/ for those who wish to build from a -STABLE tree.

SVN Development Tree:

http://svn.gnomeslackbuild.org/gsb/branches/gsb-2.20.x (-STABLE)

http://svn.gnomeslackbuild.org/gsb/trunk (-CURRENT)

You can check out either (or both) or these using svn. See our Wiki for more information about obtaining the source code, or building GNOME SlackBuild.

OpenOffice package available for GNOME SlackBuild

Posted 2008/02/17 @ 18:48 GMT

In additional to a full GNOME Office suite, which includes Abiword, GNUCash, Gnumeric, and Glom, GNOME SlackBuild now provides the option of an integrated OpenOffice package, including Writer, Impress, Math, and Web Writer, all built using the GTK widget set to seamlessly match your GNOME Desktop. There is also a new package to install an OpenOffice.org submenu in your GNOME Applications menu.

The new packages are:

openoffice - OpenOffice.org Office Suite

gnome-menus-ooo - OpenOffice.org Menus

The best method for installation is using slapt-get. For more information on how to download and install GNOME SlackBuild packages, please see our Download page.

GSB GNOME 2.20.3 Release Candidate 1

Posted 2008/01/14 @ 02:48 GMT

Good news everyone! We've moved from the testing stage to being able to offer our first firm Release Candidate for GNOME SlackBuild. It's proving quite solid, but there are a few minor tweaks still to be made. We have a brand new Download page that has full instructions on how to download, install and configure GSB GNOME 2.20.3. Please give it a try! And remember, this is a release candidate, so if you find any bugs, please help us out by reporting it using our issue tracker:
http://dev.gnomeslackbuild.org/projects/gsb-binary/issues

Or come by our IRC channel and let us know what you think!

GSB `-current` binary packages ready for testing

Posted 2008/01/01 @ 10:52 CDT

The long-awaited GSB GNOME Distribution (based on GNOME 2.20.2^[1]) is ready for brave folks to test. For access to the binaries, hop into our IRC channel (#gsb on irc.freenode.net). But reports must be logged in our issue tracker:
http://dev.gnomeslackbuild.org/projects/gsb-binary/issues

Also, we have a new roadmap published, which details our GSB release schedules and plans:
http://dev.gnomeslackbuild.org/projects/roadmap/gsb-binary

1. In late January, when GSB stable is released, it will actually be upgraded to GNOME 2.20.3.

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