Gnome Linux desktop updated
Gnome is, along with KDE, one of the two major desktop environments used with Linux-based operating systems. Aside from managing the graphical windowing portion of the OS, it includes a number of applications, such as a web browser, email client, configuration manager and other components.
Gnome is the favoured desktop environment for Ubuntu, the most popular desktop-oriented Linux distribution. According to Ubuntu, it ispreferred by around two-thirds of Ubuntu users, and is also used in embedded devices such as Nokia’s N810 tablet.
One of the more drastic changes in the latest Gnome release is a change to the back-end engine of the built-in Epiphany web browser.From using the same Gecko engine found in Firefox and related browsers, Epiphany will switch to WebKit, the KHTML-based rendering engine found in Apple’s Safari and Mac OS X, KDE’s Konqueror and other applications.
WebKit is integrated with the upcoming Qt v4.4 application development framework. Qt could soon become more widespread in embedded devices followingNokia’s acquisition of Trolltech, Qt’s developer.
