Yes, a brand-spanking-new version of the Gnome desktop is now available for your downloading and compiling leisure (although for most of us, it's easier to wait for the next round of distro upgrades). Various new user-facing features have been rolled into the codebase, but also of interest is the stuff that's removed.
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Celebrating the release of GNOME 2.28!
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Today, the GNOME Project celebrates the release of GNOME 2.28, the
latest version of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment
and of its developer platform.
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GNOME 2.26.2 Stable Release
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This is the second update to GNOME 2.26. It contains many fixes for
important bugs that directly affect our users, documentation updates
and also a large number of updated translations. Many thanks to all
the contributors who worked hard on delivering those changes in time.
We hope it will help people feel better in their daily use of computers!
The next stable version of GNOME will be GNOME 2.26.3, which is due on
July 1st.
The GNOME Project is proud to present GNOME 3.6, the third update to the 3.x series. This latest version of GNOME 3 includes a number of new features and enhancements, as well as many bug fixes and minor improvements.
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GNOME 2.28.2 Stable Release
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This is the last update to GNOME 2.28. It contains many fixes for
important bugs that directly affect our users, documentation updates
and also a large number of updated translations.
From Gnome page, we have
The GNOME Project has announced that GNOME 3.8 has been launched, delivering new applications, and numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
GNOME 3.8 has been in the works for some time and it represents a new milestone for the most used desktop environment.
“We are excited to release this latest version of GNOM... (read more)
Hello world!
This is the first update to GNOME 2.30. It contains the usual mixture
of bug fixes, translations updates and documentation improvements that
are the hallmark of stable GNOME releases, thanks to our wonderful
team of GNOME contributors!
The next stable version of GNOME will be GNOME 2.30.2, which is due on
June 23.
GNOME 3.2 Released
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Today, the GNOME Project celebrates the release of GNOME 3.2, the
latest version of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment
and of its developer platform.