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== What is GNOME? ==
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The [http://www.gnome.org GNOME] Desktop is an attractive and useful desktop environment. GNOME is both free and one of the most widely used desktop environments on the GNU/Linux operating system. Debian 4.0 Etch includes GNOME 2.14.3.

= Installing GNOME =

If you do not have ["X"] installed, you can get a bare minimum base install of X, using ["Aptitude"] or ["apt-get"]:
{{{
 aptitude install x-window-system-core
}}}

The current method for installing a good set of GNOME tools in ["Debian"] [http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable sid] and [http://www.debian.org/releases/stable etch] is using `gnome`.

== Standard ==
So, from the command line, run
{{{
 aptitude install gnome
}}}

This will install additional software (rhythmbox, abiword, inkscape...) that you may or may not want.

== Other metapackages ==

 * A smaller set of apps, comprising the official GNOME desktop release: {{{gnome-desktop-environment}}}.
 * For a bare minimum installation of GNOME: {{{gnome-core}}}.
 * A set of additional productivity applications: {{{gnome-fifth-toe}}}.
 * The development packages to compile GNOME dependent packages from source: {{{gnome-core-devel}}}.
 * A full development suite for developing GNOME-based applications: {{{gnome-devel}}}.

== Configuration ==

Most configuration of the GNOME desktop is done via its various [wiki:WikiPedia:GUI GUI] utilities. The location of these varies depending on version, but common utilities include networking, themes, sounds and much more. It is also possible to configure (read/write) settings using the command line with gconftool(2).

See also :
 * ["xinitrc"]
 * [http://www.gnome.org] The GNOME Website
 * [http://gpe.handhelds.org/] The mini version: GNOME Palmtop Environmnet (GPE).
 * [http://www.gnome.org/start/getstable.html] : apt-get install gnome
 * [http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/latest/] : GNOME User Guide.
 * [http://www.gnomefiles.com] Categorized list of gnome programs.

About GNOME for Debian:

 * [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPackage?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=Gnome Pages about GNOME in DebianWiki].

 * [http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/] Debian / Gnome Mailing list

 * [http://survivor.sarovar.org/] Debian GNOME Survival Guide.

 * IRC channel #gnome-debian on [http://www.xach.com/gimpnet/ GimpNET] ;
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Contributors: !MattKirchhoff, Colin Watson, Ray Dassen, Pedro Macanás Valverde <addyournamehere.>
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See ["Gnome"]