What is GNOME?
GNOME is a Unix and Linux desktop suite and development platform. Here, you can learn more about GNOME as a whole, get involved in GNOME software development, or participate in email discussion lists and news forums.
The GNOME Foundation
When you make a donation to the GNOME Foundation, you ensure that GNOME is always well represented throughout the world and you allow us to defray expenses for independent developers and students coming to conferences like GUADEC and the GNOME Summit.
To help, you can become a Friend of GNOME or increase your current level of sponsorship. As always, we also acknowledge every donation made on the GNOME website. The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit group; all contributions are tax-deductible in the U.S.
Special thanks to our generous friends, and remember that every donation is important.
GNOME 2.12 is released!
The GNOME 2.12 Desktop is the latest release of the ever popular, multi-platform free desktop environment - on time, to the day! It includes a number of interesting new features and hundreds of bug fixes. This time GNOME also includes a video player and a CD-ripping utility. You can learn more, and read the in-depth, translated release notes on the GNOME 2.12 start page.
New GNOME Shirts Available!
Hackerthreads will be donating a portion of proceeds of the shirt sales to the GNOME Foundation. Buy a shirt today!
Official GNOME 2 Developer's Guide
No Starch Press and the GNOME Foundation have announced the release of The Official GNOME 2 Developers Guide, the first English-language book about developing with GNOME 2. With this book, current and would-be GNOME developers can come up to speed with the building blocks of GNOME development: the GLib, GTK+, and GNOME API's.
The GNOME community has been deeply involved in the creation of this book. Matthias Warkus wrote the original in German, Miguel de Icaza wrote the foreword for the English edition, and Michael Meeks performed a thorough technical review.
Plus, No Starch Press will be donating a portion of the proceeds the GNOME Foundation! Buy a copy today!
