Original author(s) | Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena |
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Developer(s) | GNOME Project |
Initial release | 3 March 1999[1] |
Stable release | 47.0[2]
/ 18 September 2024 |
Repository | |
Written in | C, XML, C++, C#, HTML, Vala, Python, JavaScript, CSS, and more[3] |
Operating system | Linux and other Unix-like systems |
Platform | Wayland and X11 |
Available in | 38 languages[4] |
Type | Desktop environment |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later[5] |
Website | www |
GNOME (/ɡəˈnoʊm, ˈnoʊm/),[6][7][8] originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment,[9] is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like[10] operating systems.
Many major Linux distributions, including Debian, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise distribute GNOME as their default desktop environment; it is also the default in Oracle Solaris, a Unix operating system.
GNOME is developed by the GNOME Project, which is composed of both volunteers and paid contributors, the largest corporate contributor being Red Hat.[11][12][13] It is an international project that aims to develop frameworks for software development, to program end-user applications based on these frameworks, and to coordinate efforts for the internationalization, localization, and accessibility of that software.
In 2023/2024, GNOME received over 1 million Euros from Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund.[14]
Since GNU is GNOME's first name, GNOME is officially pronounced "guh-NOME". However, many people pronounce GNOME as just "NOME" (like those short people from legend), nobody will hurt you if you find this pronunciation easier.
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