<s>
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
intended	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Slackware	B-Application
has	O
not	O
included	O
GNOME	B-Application
since	O
2005	O
,	O
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
is	O
an	O
option	O
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
users	O
who	O
wish	O
to	O
use	O
GNOME	B-Application
as	O
their	O
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
3.20	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
developer	O
constraints	O
,	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
included	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
was	O
inferior	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
many	O
other	O
distributions	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
dropped	O
entirely	O
from	O
the	O
distribution	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
was	O
created	O
to	O
account	O
for	O
the	O
shortcomings	O
and	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
void	O
left	O
by	O
this	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	O
Kulesza	O
,	O
dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
's	O
founder	O
,	O
has	O
retired	O
from	O
further	O
work	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
is	O
now	O
being	O
maintained	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
volunteers	O
from	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
who	O
build	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
minor	B-General_Concept
(	O
second	O
version	O
number	O
)	O
release	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
results	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
installer	O
application	O
and	O
package	O
group	O
being	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
from	O
2.16.1	O
to	O
2.16.2	O
)	O
releases	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
are	O
typically	O
distributed	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
individual	O
package	O
updates	O
as	O
source	O
packages	O
are	O
updated	O
,	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
replacement	O
of	O
the	O
installer	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
that	O
users	O
do	O
not	O
easily	O
fall	O
behind	O
in	O
package	O
updates	O
,	O
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
includes	O
a	O
panel	O
applet	B-Language
to	O
notify	O
users	O
when	O
new	O
packages	O
for	O
their	O
installed	O
release	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
by	O
some	O
,	O
including	O
Slackware	B-Application
creator	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
,	O
for	O
adding	O
PAM	B-Application
to	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
replacing	O
large	O
system	O
files	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
whole	O
X11	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
team	O
has	O
discontinued	O
rebuilding	O
X11	B-Operating_System
as	O
of	O
version	O
2.16.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
use	O
the	O
official	O
Slackware	B-Application
packages	O
whenever	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
publish	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
conflicting	O
packages	O
for	O
each	O
targeted	O
Slackware	B-Application
system/release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cases	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
PAM	B-Application
addition	O
are	O
not	O
done	O
without	O
merit	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
pam_console	O
is	O
an	O
essential	O
component	O
in	O
providing	O
functional	O
automount	O
support	O
via	O
HAL	B-Application
,	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
Volume	O
Manager	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
