GNOME

GNOME
Original author(s)Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena
Developer(s)GNOME Project
Initial release3 March 1999 (1999-03-03)[1]
Stable release
49[2]  / 17 September 2025
Repository
Written inC, XML, C++, C#, HTML, Vala, Python, JavaScript, CSS, Rust, Perl[3]
Operating systemLinux and other Unix-like systems
PlatformWayland and X11
Available in38 languages[4]
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[5]
Websitewww.gnome.org 

GNOME (/ɡəˈnoʊm/, /ˈnoʊm/)[6][7][8][a] 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 1 million Euros from Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund.[14]

  1. ^ "GNOME 1.0 Released" (Press release). San Jose, California: GNOME Project. 3 March 1999. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Introducing GNOME 49, "Brescia"". 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Programming Languages".
  4. ^ "Introducing GNOME 41". Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ "GNOME License". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. ^ Sandler, Karen (26 March 2014). "Introducing GNOME 3.12". GNOME Project (video). YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. ^ Clinton, Jason (2 April 2011). "GNOME 3: Fewer interruptions". GNOME Project (video). YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  8. ^ "How do I pronounce GNOME?". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022. 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.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Clasen, Matthias (19 February 2014). "On portability". Goings on. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. ^ Neary, Dave; David, Vanessa (2010), The GNOME Census: Who writes GNOME? (PDF), Neary Consulting, archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2016, retrieved 15 June 2016
  12. ^ "Staring into the abyss". Swfblag. Gnome. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  13. ^ "GNOME at 25: A Health Checkup – Et tu, Cthulhu". 7 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  14. ^ "GNOME". Sovereign Tech Fund. Retrieved 27 April 2025.


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