GNOME

GNOME

GNOME Shell with GNOME Web (version 41, released in September 2021)
Original author(s)	Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena
Developer(s)	The GNOME Project
Initial release	3 March 1999; 26 years ago (1999-03-03)[1]
Stable release	47.4[2]  / 16 February 2025
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME
Written in	C, XML, C++, C#, HTML, Vala, Python, JavaScript, CSS, and more[3]
Operating system	BSD, Linux, Unix
Platform	Wayland and X11
Available in	38 languages[4]
Type	Desktop environment
License	GPL-2.0-or-later[5]
Website	www.gnome.org

GNOME is a computer desktop environment. It was designed for Linux, but many other operating systems can use it too. GNOME aims to provide an easy way to use a computer. GNOME is a free software project. It was made because people were questioning whether KDE is free. GNOME is part of the GNU project.

1. ↑ "GNOME 1.0 Released" (Press release). San Jose, California: The GNOME Project. 3 March 1999. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
2. ↑ "GNOME 47.4 released". 16 February 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
3. ↑ "The GNOME Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page". www.openhub.net.
4. ↑ "Introducing GNOME 41". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
5. ↑ "GNOME License". Retrieved 8 December 2017.