Ximian GNOME for HP-UX was developed under a partnership with Ximian Inc., which is now a part of Novell. Founded by the original developers of GNOME, Ximian maintains a strong presence in the GNOME development community. Ximian information and resources are found at http://www.novell.com/linux/ximian.html
This release is intended to provide availability of Ximian GNOME 1.4 on HP-UX. This product is not supported, and therefore it is not recommended for mission-critical or production environments. You should not expect the same level of stability and functionality that you would expect from a production release. Here are some points to keep in mind when evaluating this release of Ximian GNOME for HP-UX. This release does not include all of the features of the latest versions of GNOME available for other platforms. This release is based on GNOME version 1.4. Later versions of GNOME are now available on Linux and some other platforms. The look and feel of GNOME is different in many respects from CDE. Take some time to learn how GNOME and its window manager behave, and consult the on-line User's Guide included in the product and on the Documentation page.
There are some known issues in this release. See the Issues and Problems page for a list of known issues and the Frequently Asked Questions page for answers to frequently asked questions. These pages will be updated as more information becomes available, so check back at this site whenever you encounter problems.
Ximian GNOME for HP-UX consists entirely of open-source software. This gives you the right to use and copy the product, including source code, subject to certain specific licenses. See the Licenses for all of the licenses that apply to this product. Source code can be obtained by downloading the product from the Get the Software page. Ximian GNOME for HP-UX is a feature-rich desktop environment comprising the sawfish window manager, the GTK+ graphics libraries, and a set of core applications that work together to provide a seamless user experience and a portable development platform. Key features of Ximian GNOME 1.4 include: powerful, visually-appealing graphical user interface;
Nautilus graphical interface for managing files, folders, and web folders; highly customizable desktop: visual and auditory themes, user-defined menus and panels, default menus and panels that can be pre-configured for all users by the system administrator;
built on open standards, including CORBA and XML; commonality with desktop environments across a wide variety of Unix and Linux systems (GNOME is a leading desktop environment on all Linux platforms); support for popular GNOME and GTK+ applications (refer to the specifications page for a list of popular applications included with this release); complete development platform for GTK+ applications; most applications designed for Motif and CDE remain fully functional under Ximian GNOME for HP-UX; stability and feature enhancements over GNOME 1.2, including improved session management; source code is freely available.
January 2005 |  |
The content of the original Ximian GNOME 1.4 for HP-UX Web site was migrated from
HP Software Depot to HP Technical Documentation. The software depot download for HP-UX 11i v1.6 will also run on HP-UX 11i v2. Patch depots for a gdm problem are now available on the Get the Software page.
No further updates are planned for this Web site content or the Ximian GNOME 1.4 for HP-UX software depot downloads. December 2002 | |
Ximian GNOME 1.4 for HP-UX is now available for Itanium®-based systems, as well as PA-RISC systems. In addition, the PA-RISC version of Ximian GNOME 1.4 has been updated, and several bugs have been fixed. If you have installed a previous version of Ximian GNOME, HP recommends that you remove the previous version and install the latest release. See the Install the Software page for detailed instructions. | 
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