GNOME 2.14 testing is going on rapidly. Its goign to be out very soon may be on 15th of march. Its going to be shipped along with Ubuntu “Dapper Drake”. Many new features and more polish, developers have been working around the clock to squeeze more performance out of the most commonly used applications and libraries. Applications are made almost 10 times speeder my going for GSlice libs. Many new features like advanced desktop search, deskbar, notifications and cool display gonna be there. You may look into the review given by one of the core developer of GNOME >>> Click Here
