From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 32395 invoked from network); 9 Dec 1998 21:55:07 -0000 Received: from mail.redhat.com (199.183.24.239) by lists.redhat.com with SMTP; 9 Dec 1998 21:55:07 -0000 Received: from ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU [128.250.20.3]) by mail.redhat.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA17756 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:48:43 -0500 Received: from localhost (jasonw@localhost) by ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA07769 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 08:48:36 +1100 (AEDT) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 08:48:36 +1100 (AEDT) From: Jason White X-Sender: jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Gnome project Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: In the latest issue of the Linux Gazette, there is an article which describes the Gnome Project, a graphical desktop for Linux which has been rapidly developing during the past year. One point in the article attracted my attention: apparently the system comprises a number of discrete components, each of which fulfils a particular role. One example discussed in the article was of an e-mail client, for which it would be readily possible to substitute an alternative (such as an Emacs mail reader) whilst still retaining integration with the remainder of the desktop. What consequences, if any, does this design have for the development of alternative, non-visual interfaces? Linux Gazette is at http://www.linuxgazette.com/ and the Gnome project has a web site at http://www.gnome.org/