Beyond the Desktop
While the GNOME 2 Desktop and Developer Platform was designed so that users could continue to user their GNOME 1.x applications, in many cases they will not have to wait long for GNOME 2 versions of their favorite software. A number of developers have already begun porting their applications to the new platform prior to its release in order to take advantage of its new features. Examples include:
- Gnumeric
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Gnumeric, the spreadsheet. The 1.1.x series contains the GNOME 2 versions.
- GNOME-DB
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GNOME-DB, a database integration toolkit.
- Galeon
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Galeon web browser. A port is underway, but depends on completion of the GTK+ 2 port of Mozilla.
- GIMP
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GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
- Xchat
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Xchat, an IRC client
- MrProject
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MrProject project management software.
- File Roller
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File Roller, an archive manager.
- Bluefish
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Bluefish HTML editor.
- Gthumb
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Gthumb, an image manager.
- Eclipse
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Eclipse development platform.