Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of GNOME
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- Sep 5, 2009, 8:57:02 PM (15 years ago)
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v15 v16 5 5 The GNOME Foundation uses the version scheme where odd minor versions indicate that a package or product is a development version, such that GNOME 2.27.x is a development version, considered unstable, while 2.26.x is a release version that is considered stable. 6 6 == Running GNOME == 7 The GNOME desktop may be run by issuing the command '''gnome-session &''' from an ''xterm'', or by adding the command '''exec gnome-session''' to your ''~/.xinitrc'' file. If you use [http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus dbus], you may prefer to use the command '''exec dbus-launch gnome-session''' in ''~/.xintrc'' to allow GNOME applications to take advantage of the dbus interprocess communications system.7 The GNOME desktop may be run by issuing the command '''gnome-session &''' from an ''xterm'', adding the line '''USERWM=gnome-session''' to a script in your ''~/.xinitrc.d'' directory, or adding the command '''exec gnome-session''' to a script in your ''~/.xinitrc.d'' directory. If you use [http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus dbus], you may prefer to use the command '''exec dbus-launch gnome-session''' to allow GNOME applications to take advantage of the dbus interprocess communications system. 8 8 === Environment === 9 9 The environment that GNOME runs in requires that the following variables be set. These are shown with the values for a default MacPorts installation: