Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: GNOME bidoro na August 15 1997 site n'aka Miguel de Icaza na Federico Mena dịka ọrụ ngwanrọ n'efu iji mepụta gburugburu desktọọpụ na ngwa maka ya. E guzobere ya na akụkụ n'ihi na K Desktop Environment, nke na-eto eto na ewu ewu, dabere na Qt wijetị ngwaọrụ nke jiri ikikere ngwanrọ nke nwere ikike ruo mgbe mbipute 2.0 (June 1999). N'ọnọdụ Qt, a họọrọ GTK toolkit ka ọ bụrụ ntọala nke GNOME. GTK na-eji GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), ikikere ngwanrọ n'efu nke na-enye ohere ka ngwanrọ jikọtara ya iji ọtụtụ ikikere, gụnyere ikikere ngwanrọ. GNOME n'onwe ya nwere ikikere n'okpuru LGPL maka ọba akwụkwọ ya, yana GNU General Public License (GPL) maka ngwa ya. Aha "GNOME" bụ mbido nke GNU Network Object Model Environment, na-ezo aka n'ebumnuche mbụ nke ịmepụta ihe a na-ekesa ihe yiri nke Microsoft OLE, mana e mechara kpochapụ aha ahụ n'ihi na ọ naghịzi egosipụta ọhụụ nke ọrụ GNOME. Eazel mmalite nke California mepụtara onye njikwa faịlụ Nautilus site na 1999 ruo 2001. De Icaza na Nat Friedman guzobere Helix Code (nke mechara bụrụ Ximian) na 1999 na Massachusetts; ụlọ ọrụ a mepụtara akụrụngwa GNOME na ngwa ya, na 2003 Novell zụtara ya.  Ajụjụ: Gịnị ka e mechara kpọọ Helix Code?
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