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And here comes a gnome-panel fork...

Posted by slacker_mike on · 6 comments
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Last week-end, just before leaving for some travel, I became aware that gnome-panel was being forked into consort-panel (btw, I commented on that post, but I guess it was a bit too late since it's stuck in the moderation queue).

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Comments (6)

cmost ·
If you're going to jump the gun and post a news item, then you should at least try to get it right. It's not only the gnome-panel that's been forked but rather Gnome 3.x fall-back mode in it's entirety. The new fork is called Consort desktop and includes not only the panel (consort-panel) but also Metacity (Consortium, includes consort-session) and even Nautilus (Athena). The purpose is to provide a Gnome 2.2x experience using Gnome 3.x libraries, unlike MATE which is a fork of Gnome 2.2x and utilizes GTK 2.x libraries. The creators of SolusOS are responsible for this latest fork of the mess that's Gnome 3.x
slacker_mike Story submitter ·
Um, is your comment directed at me for posting this or the author of the post?
cmost ·
The author of the post. Obviously I would never kill the messenger. :-)
BernardSwiss ·
No problem; it's just a flesh wound.
caitlyn ·
...he says after an arm has been lopped off.
DrGeoffrey ·
Anyone else just get a picture of Monty Python's Black Knight?

"'Tis but a scratch"

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