GNOME 2.3.2 Released, Ported On FreeBSD

Dan writes "The GNOME Development Series Desktop 2.3.2 "Little Hero" has been released and ready for testing. It is available for immediate download on ftp.gnome.org and mirrors. This release is an UNSTABLE development series snapshot. It is intended for testing and hacking purposes ONLY. On FreeBSD, featuring gnopernicus, the FreeBSD GNOME team presents this development snapshot as GNOME 2.3. Testers should checkout the ports module per these instructions and download the new marcusmerge script to aid in the upgrade."

w00t!

[BrokenHalo]

Great - now my BSD box can catch up with my Slackware machines. Yippee! Dropline [dropline.net] has done such a great job of packaging up Gnome on Slack that I've missed it on BSD. And yes, I know I could always build it myself, but I don't have the time to get it right.

Re:w00t!

[essdodson]

btw, it was available the same day it was available from official gnome sources. There was no more than a few hours delay.

*BSD is living

[Anonymous Coward]

It is official; Netcraft now confirms: *BSD is growing

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