What Will Happen to GNOME Now?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 1, 2010 7:41 PM EDT
Linux Journal; By Susan Linton
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Those who remember a time before Ubuntu will undoubtedly also remember that GNOME, although probably the second most popular desktop manager, didn't hold too much share of the Linux desktop market. KDE was king, and GNOME was a distant second. Then Ubuntu appeared and not only climbed its way to the top of the distribution game, but brought GNOME with it. Polls over the last few years have shown its use increasing to the point that it is oftentimes equalling or out-ranking KDE. But what will happen to GNOME now that Ubuntu 11.04 is going to ship with Unity?

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My guess tracyanne 8 958 Nov 2, 2010 2:16 PM

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