If you're already running a software distribution, you can probably install the GNOME Desktop easily. This page will help you to install the latest stable version of GNOME supported by your system.
If you want to test the latest unstable GNOME versions, then see the start page, but that is much more difficult, and not recommended for everyday use.
If information here is incorrect or out-of-date then please email webmaster at gnome.org.
Distribution | Version | GNOME Version supported | Installation method | Further information |
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Ubuntu | Ubuntu Linux 4.10 | GNOME 2.8 | ||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | GNOME 2.8 | Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications". | ||
Red Hat Desktop | GNOME 2.2 | Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications". | ||
Fedora Core | Fedora Core 3 | GNOME 2.8 | Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications". | |
Novell | Novell Linux Desktop 9 | GNOME 2.6 | Choose "GNOME Desktop Environment" when installing, or in "Add/Remove Applications". | |
SUSE | SUSE Linux 9.2 | GNOME 2.6 | Select GNOME during installation, and change your defaults. | |
Mandrake | Mandrake Linux 10 | GNOME 2.4 | ||
SUN Java Desktop System | JDS 3 | GNOME 2.6 | Installed by default. | |
Debian | Debian GNU/Linux Stable (Woody) | GNOME 1.4 | apt-get install gnome | |
Debian GNU/Linux Testing (Sarge) | GNOME 2.8 | apt-get install gnome | ||
Gentoo | Gentoo Linux Stable | GNOME 2.8 | emerge gnome | |
Slackware | Slackware Linux 10 | GNOME 2.8 | Select GNOME packages when installing. |
Distribution | Version | GNOME Version supported | Installation method | Further information |
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Free BSD | 4.9, 4.10 | GNOME 2.6 | pkg_add -r gnome2 | FreeBSD GNOME Project |
Net BSD | GNOME 2.4 | Use pkgsrc. | pkgsrc |
Distribution | Version | GNOME Version supported | Installation method | Further information |
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SUN Solaris | 9 | GNOME 2.6 | GNOME for Solaris |