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Since OpenSolaris started using Gnome 2.24, I started getting loud system beeps those were produced on the PC speaker device that by-passes the audio device. Gnome uses kbd to generate this beep. This beep is so loud that it is really annoying. Also it hurts one's ears when ...


As we all know Gnome 2.16 is out. I always have a question after each Gnome release. When will it be available in Debian SID? This page helps you to track the status of Gnome 2.16 in Debian.


Gnome is my all-time favourite desktop. I use Gnome 2.14 on my Debian SID. Yesterday night I did an upgrade and I think due to some of the packages that were pulled in yesterday, my Gnome won't start today morning. When I logged in from the GDM console ...


To change the splash screen of Gnome, you need to do the following.

  1. Download your favourite splash screen and store it in some location.
  2. Invoke the GConf editor (Applications --> System Tools --> Configuration Editor).
  3. Change the key for the splash screen, /apps/gnome-session/options to store the absolute path of the ...

I am happy to be present in the list of contributors for Evolution. My name found its place in the 2.4 release of Evolution. Hurray!

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Here is the screenshot of my latest Gnome desktop.

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The service manager tool is mostly a distro specific tool. We have one common tool in KDE. Gnome lacked one. I always preferred doing it manually. It seems that the problem is now solved and there is a distro independant service manager tool for Gnome. Ubuntu's Breezy pulled in ...


I was using /opt/gnome2 as install prefix for my Gnome developement on my SuSE Linux 9.3 box. One fine day, the /opt/gnome2 folder disappeared suddenly. I didn't know how. I ran YaST update before that. So, I assumed that YaST probably done something with this. Moreover ...


If you are interested to play with Evolution and you want to concentrate only on building and running Evolution from the CVS, you need not build the entire Gnome. Here are the steps to follow for building and running Evolution from CVS using 'jhbuild'.

The first step is setting up ...


GMail offers POPoSSL and SMTP on non-standard ports. Novell Evolution doesn't provides an explicit way of specifying the port. Instead, the port should be specified implictly in the URL. Expand the post to find some screenshots to help a Evolution newbies to configure GMail on Novell Evolution.

Configuring the ...