Testimonials
What they say about GNOME:
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"This is similar to Windows but perhaps a bit more like
the Mac in that it feels less cluttered. In a trial in Birmingham,
where users were given two days with each, Les Timms found that
users preferred GNOME to the similar KDE environment. Anyone used
to opening, closing and minimising windows in a Microsoft environment
can go straight into GNOME and get busy." Peter Judge,
ZDNet UK, November 2005
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"As part of my work, I had to install and use Windows XP this
past week. I had not used a Windows desktop for a couple of years
for anything but testing. I found using it painful. I finally
reorganized the program menu like my GNOME desktop so I could find
programs easier." Tom Adelstein, in the
Linux Journal, July 2005
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"And I'm thinking that Grandmawho, having never used a PC before,
doesn't yet know what a window is and certainly won't care very much
whether it is blue or grey or metallic-lookingwill appreciate
Gnome's simplicity, too. After all, she's got a learning curve ahead.
I'm just trying to keep it manageable. That's why I've chosen Gnome
for her." Matthew Newton,
PC World,
April 2004
What they say about GNOME as default desktop:
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"I instantly fell in love with this distro, which could be defined
with one word: Simplicity. [...] JDS's Gnome based desktop is a pleasure
to use." Fernando Cassia, in
The Inquirer, Oct. 2005
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"Ubuntu is totally free. [...] It also has, on top of that, very good
ease-of-use. It's going to be usable by people that aren't Linux experts
and really just want to have an easy-to-use desktop [...]." Tony Iams,
vice president and senior analyst with Ideas International in Port
Chester, N.Y., in
SearchEnterpriseLinux, July 2005
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"Logging in to the system (Foresight Linux) produces one of the cleanest
desktops out there. The desktop space itself contains only icons for
browsing the computer, home directory, documents, music, photos, and
trash. [...] The Gnome menus are organized better than many distros out
there. Everything is accessible withing two or three clicks at the most.
The organization is just very intelligent and intuitive." Adam Doxtater,
MadPenguinDotOrg, July 2005
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"The GNOME 2.6 desktop gives Fedora Core II a set of rich features.
Gnome provides enhancements that make the desktop easier to use, with
noticeable improvements in speed, a slightly improved and more intuitive
user interface and a new help system. The desktop remains simple but
appears more responsive." Tom Adelstein,
DesktopLinux.com,
August 2004
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"Fedora's marriage of kernel 2.6 and Gnome 2.6 (the identical version
numbers are just a coincidence) makes for a very responsive system that's
a pleasure to use." Matthew Newton,
PC World,
May 2004
Awards
Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards 2008
GNOME was voted "Favorite Desktop Environment" with 45.70 percent of over 5,900 votes.
DesktopLinux.com 2007 Desktop Linux Market survey
44,8 percent of 38,500 perticipents answered, they use GNOME "frequently [on their] Linux desktop(s)".