GNOME 2.8 in Slackware 10.0

objorkum · 11-10-2004, 03:07 PM

I have Slackware 10.0 with GNOME (also KDE installed).

What is the easiest way to get GNOME 2.8? Swaret?

Makaelin · 11-10-2004, 03:57 PM

The official Slackware packages for GNOME are getting really outdated. There have been rumors that GNOME will be dropped in the next release.

If you want GNOME 2.8, then I recommend trying out Dropline Gnome. It's an i686-optimized version made specifically for Slackware 10. I've been running it for about a month now, and haven't had any issues.

You can find it at http://www.dropline.net/gnome/

objorkum · 11-10-2004, 04:07 PM

Thanks. Dropline looks good!

predator.hawk · 11-10-2004, 07:16 PM

From the looks of the Slackware Current Changelogs, Patrick Volkerding is going to drop GNOME. He's building more packages without GNOME depencies and i have yet to see a GNOME 2.8 package.......

objorkum · 11-11-2004, 06:57 AM

Hmm, if he drops GNOME, then we can use Dropline, can't we?

What is the main differences between 2.6 and 2.8?

Thanks.

objorkum · 11-11-2004, 01:54 PM

Someone??