This release is a snapshot of development code. Although it is buildable andusable, it is primarily intended for testing and hacking purposes. Like thegood old days of Linux kernel development, GNOME uses odd minor versionnumbers to indicate development status. Please check the 2.9 start page formore information...
http://www.gnome.org/start/2.9/
platform:
tar.gz: 48M total
tar.bz2: 34M total
desktop:
tar.gz: 153M total
tar.bz2: 108M total
bindings:
tar.gz: 15M total
tar.bz2: 11M total
Happy testing!
- The GNOME Release Team