Subject areaData and infrastructure
GNOME is a fully free desktop environment (the graphical layer that shows windows, menus and icons on top of the operating system), built on the GTK libraries (the basic components used to draw buttons and windows).
Miguel de Icaza, a young Mexican programmer, announced it on 15 August 1997, promising a consistent user experience and a set of intuitive applications.
Its place in history comes from the fact that Linux had a powerful core but no interface designed for people who are not technicians. GNOME filled that gap with open source code, so anyone can study and improve it. The site's article on digital culture cites it next to Linux as a manifesto of an open, collaborative culture.
Source: Articolo «Cultura digitale» del blog di Enrico Giubertoni, per la data del 15 agosto 1997 e per Miguel de Icaza.
An example
A company that installs Linux on its office computers picks GNOME because it ships windows, menus and ready-made applications, so staff work with a familiar look without paying licence fees for the graphical environment.
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