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<chapter id="intro">
<title>Introduccion</title>
<para>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.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<section id="who-should-read">
<title>Who Should Read This Document</title>
<para>You should read this document if you want to create software using the
GNOME platform. Developing with the GNOME platform will help you create
consistent applications that integrate well into the user's desktop. This
guide will introduce you to the various components of the platform, so you
know which libraries can accomplish which tasks. This guide links to
additional detailed documentation, so you can explore each component of
the platform in more depth.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<para>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 <xref linkend="desktop-tech"/>.</para>
<para>If you have existing software that you want to port to the GNOME
platform, you should see the online <ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/GuideForISVs">Guide For ISVs</ulink> in
addition to this guide.</para>
</section>
<section id="gnome-family">
<title>La familha GNOME</title>
<para>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.</para>
<variablelist>
<title>Sits web</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://www.gnome.org/">www.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The primary web site for GNOME users. It contains
release information, downloads, and documentation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://library.gnome.org/">library.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://foundation.gnome.org/">foundation.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The web site for the GNOME Foundation, the not-for-profit
foundation that oversees the development of GNOME.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/">bugzilla.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The GNOME bug trackers. Use this site to submit a bug report
or feature request, or to track the status of a report.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/">live.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/">developer.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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
<ulink url="http://library.gnome.org/">library.gnome.org</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/">live.gnome.org</ulink>. There may
still be some information on this site that is not found elsewhere.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/">mail.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>Information on GNOME mailing lists. This site contains
full archives of all GNOME mailing lists.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://git.gnome.org/">git.gnome.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The GNOME Git repository, tracking all GNOME source code
back to the inception of the project.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>Mailing Lists</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list">gnome-list</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The primary mailing list for GNOME users.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-devel-list">gnome-devel-list</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>Information and questions about development using the
GNOME platform.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love">gnome-love</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The first place to go to get involved with GNOME.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list">gnome-accessibility-list</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>Information on accessibility in GNOME applications.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list">gnome-doc-list</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>Information on writing documentation for GNOME
applications.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n">gnome-i18n</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>Information about internationalization and localization
of GNOME applications.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability">usability</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>Information on usability for GNOME applications.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>Conferéncias</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://guadec.org/">GUADEC</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>The GNOME Summit</term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GNOME.conf.au</term>
<listitem><para>A casual get-together hosted annually at
linux.conf.au.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>Autras organizacions</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/">freedesktop.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://www.mozilla.com/">Mozilla</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><ulink url="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</section>
</chapter>
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