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An [Acronym] for [GNU] __N__etwork __O__bject __M__odel __E__nvironment.

[The GNOME project | http://www.gnome.org/] (pronounced with a hard "G") is a collaborative software project building a complete, user-friendly DesktopEnvironment entirely from FreeSoftware components. Its most apparent distinction is that it's built on the GimpToolKit, which is licensed under [LGPL] (more business-friendly than [KDE]'s [Qt], which is available under either [GPL] or as commercial payware). Components of [GNOME] include [GConf], [Nautilus], a virtual FileSystem layer (gnome-vfs), and more.

[GNOME] is the DesktopEnvironment of choice for business [Linux], adopted by the likes of [IBM] and SunMicrosystems. Much development on it was funded by [Ximian], a company founded by [GNOME] initiator MiguelDeIcaza and later purchased by [Novell]. [Novell] have set [Free] most of [Ximian]'s code, and the [Ximian] crew are now [Novell]'s team for LinuxOnTheDesktop.

See also:
* [KDE]
* GnomeNotes
* GnomeColourTheme

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