# Введение

GNOME is a powerful but simple desktop environment with a strong focus on usability, accessibility, and internationalization. GNOME is designed to be usable by everybody, regardless of technical expertise, disabilitites, or native language. GNOME makes it easy for people to use their computers.

GNOME provides a comprehensive developer platform that allow developers to create professional software that is easy to use and aesthetically pleasing. This document provides a high-level overview of the GNOME platform along with links to detailed documentation on each part of the platform.

## Кому следует прочитать этот документ

Вам следует прочитать этот документ, если хотите создавать программное обеспечение, использующее платформу GNOME. Разработка приложений с использованием возможностей, предоставляемых платформой GNOME, позволяет вам создавать приложения, которые хорошо интегрируются в рабочую среду пользователя. Это руководство кратко описывает различные компоненты платформы для того, чтобы вы могли знать, какие библиотеки могут выполнять нужные вам функции. Руководство ссылается на дополнительную более детальную документацию, так что вы можете рассмотреть каждый компонент платформы более подробно.

This guide will also be useful if you are picking a development platform for your software project. It will provide an overview how you can use the GNOME platform to build useful software.

This guide also describes ways of extending the GNOME desktop with plugins, panel applets, and other useful tools. If you want to develop additional functionality to plug into the GNOME desktop, you should read this guide, particularly .

If you have existing software that you want to port to the GNOME platform, you should see the online Guide For ISVs in addition to this guide.

## The GNOME Family

GNOME is a global effort, with many contributors all over the world. GNOME is a success because of its contributors and users. This section lists the web sites and conferences where you can learn more about GNOME, as well as other organizations that work with GNOME.

### Web Sites

www.gnome.org

  The primary web site for GNOME users. It contains release information, downloads, and documentation.

library.gnome.org

  The complete source for all GNOME documentation. It contains all of the user and developer documentation produced by GNOME, automatically built and updated for each release.

foundation.gnome.org

  The web site for the GNOME Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation that oversees the development of GNOME.

bugzilla.gnome.org

  The GNOME bug trackers. Use this site to submit a bug report or feature request, or to track the status of a report.

live.gnome.org

  The GNOME wiki. Many projects within GNOME now use the wiki as their primary web space. In additional, the wiki is often used to sketch out future development.

developer.gnome.org

  The old website for developer information. This once contained developer documentation and information about the usability, documentation, and translation teams. The content on this site has since been largely superseded by library.gnome.org and live.gnome.org. There may still be some information on this site that is not found elsewhere.

mail.gnome.org

  Information on GNOME mailing lists. This site contains full archives of all GNOME mailing lists.

cvs.gnome.org

  The GNOME CVS repository, tracking all GNOME source code back to the inception of the project.

### Списки рассылки

gnome-list

  Основной список рассылки для пользователей GNOME.

gnome-devel-list

  Информация и вопросы о разработке с использованием платформы GNOME.

gnome-love

  The first place to go to get involved with GNOME.

gnome-accessibility-list

  Информация о доступности приложений GNOME.

gnome-doc-list

  Информация о том, как писать документацию для приложений GNOME.

gnome-i18n

  Информация о интернационализации и локализации приложений GNOME.

Удобство использования

  Информация о удобстве использования приложений GNOME.

### Conferences

GUADEC

  The primary conference for GNOME users and developers. GUADEC is hosted annually in May or June. Each year, it is hosted in a different European city, making it an excellent excuse to see more of Europe. GUADEC features talks aimed at users, developers, and vendors.

The GNOME Summit

  The hacker get-together. The Summit is geared primarily at existing GNOME developers, although there is often useful information for new developers. The Summit is hosted annually in Boston.

GNOME.conf.au

  A casual get-together hosted annually at linux.conf.au.

### Другие организации

freedesktop.org

  The collaborative effort for interoperability and shared technology among desktop environments. Through freedesktop.org, GNOME works with projects such as KDE and XFCE to make it easier for application developers to provide better experiences for their users.

Mozilla

  The free web engine, and a whole lot more. GNOME maintains close ties to the Mozilla development team to provide an overall better user interface.

OpenOffice.org

  The free office suite. GNOME works with the OpenOffice.org development team to help provide a more unified interface when using the free office suite on GNOME.

Free Software Foundation

  Freedom. Established in 1985, the Free Software Foundation has worked to create a complete free operating systems, giving its users the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute their software. As part of the GNU project, GNOME aims to provide a fully free desktop environment.