HEADS UP: GNOME 2.6 released!

[Jason Dusek]

Hey Everyone,

How do I 'drop to a terminal' if I am running GDM?  Should I just turn 
GDM off, reboot, and then turn it back on again, or is there a better way?

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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> The FreeBSD GNOME Team is delighted to announce the release of the GNOME
> 2.6 Desktop and Developer suites for FreeBSD.  Accompanying this release
> are the usual meta-port bumps for the GNOME Fifth Toe, Power Tools,
> Hacker Tools, and Office.
> 
> For the highlights of what's new in GNOME 2.6, please checkout our
> upgrade FAQ at:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq26.html
> 
> This page will give GNOME users a script which they can use to assist
> with the upgrade.  IF YOU ARE A GNOME DESKTOP USER, YOU MUST USE THIS
> SCRIPT TO UPGRADE.
> 
> If you'd rather install from packages, go to
> http://www.marcuscom.com/tinderbox/ where you will find i386 packages
> for all supported FreeBSD versions.
> 
> In addition to the GNOME-wide improvements in GNOME 2.6, there have been
> some FreeBSD-specific additions as well.  First, certain types of media
> (e.g. CD-ROMs, floppies, etc.) are now mountable dynamically for
> Nautilus.  This release also consolidates the KDE menus (if KDE is
> installed) so there isn't as much clutter under the Applications menu. 
> Finally, we have a spiffy new splash screen created by Franz Klammer.
> 
> As always, GNOME on FreeBSD would not be possible without the effort of
> this team (http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/contact.html), its alumni, and
> our users.  We would especially like to thank the following users that
> helped by testing GNOME 2.5, and providing patches:
> 
> Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net>
> Khairil Yusof <kaeru at pd.jaring.my>
> Koop Mast <kwm at rainbow-runner.nl>
> Simon Barner <barner at in.tum.de>
> Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh at sdf.lonestar.org>
> Scott Dodson <sdodson at sdodson.com>
> Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova at sw.ru>
> 
> Marcus on behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team
>