Archana,

In theory, the fundamental GNOME libraries including Glib and GTK are cross-platform. It's possible to build these libraries for Windows, and using these, some GNOME applications can be built for Windows. For example, the gedit web page (https://projects.gnome.org/gedit/) has a link to a Windows binary for gedit, though it's a very old version (2.30).

In practice, though, GNOME as a whole only works well on Linux-based operating systems (including FreeBSD). I think it's safe to say that 95% or more of mainstream GNOME development happens on Linux/FreeBSD. Probably many or most GNOME programs will not build at all on Windows today without substantial effort. So for working on most GNOME projects your life will be far easier if you run a Linux-based distribution such as Arch, Debian, Fedora or Ubuntu.

If there's a particular project you're interested in, we might be able to give more specific feedback.

adam

On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Archana Kumari <[email protected]> wrote:
can I work on gnome projects in windows environment.....is it
necessary to be a linux user for it

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 Hi,

I'm a newcomer to gnome and found out this is the best place to start. I like programming in C++. I'm searching for a project to begin (a small thing would be nice to get familiar with the whole thing.). Are there any
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What are you interested in creating? Aside from using C++, that is. There is always gtkmm...

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 Chamila,

 welcome, and thanks for saying hi!

 Actually relatively few GNOME applications are written in C++.  Most
core or older applications are in C, which of course will be familiar
 if you know C++.  Some newer applications have been written or
 rewritten in Vala (e.g. Baobab, gitg).

If you're especially interested in C++, you could look at Gnote, which
 is in C++:

 https://wiki.gnome.org/Gnote

 I use Gnote often, and it has plenty of bugs I'd love to see fixed:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=product%3A%22gnote%22+

 adam

 On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 4:21 AM, Chamila Adhikarinayake
 <[email protected]> wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm a newcomer to gnome and found out this is the best place to
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 begin (a small thing would be nice to get familiar with the whole
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 thanks in advance

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Thank you for your quick reply. This project seems interesting enough. I
 will take a look at that project. thanks again


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Adam Dingle <[email protected]> wrote:

 Chamila,

 welcome, and thanks for saying hi!

Actually relatively few GNOME applications are written in C++. Most core or older applications are in C, which of course will be familiar if you know C++. Some newer applications have been written or rewritten in Vala
 (e.g. Baobab, gitg).

If you're especially interested in C++, you could look at Gnote, which is
 in C++:

 https://wiki.gnome.org/Gnote

 I use Gnote often, and it has plenty of bugs I'd love to see fixed:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=product%3A%22gnote%22+

 adam

 On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 4:21 AM, Chamila Adhikarinayake <
 [email protected]> wrote:

 Hi,

I'm a newcomer to gnome and found out this is the best place to start. I like programming in C++. I'm searching for a project to begin (a small thing would be nice to get familiar with the whole thing.). Are there any
 recommendations.

 thanks in advance



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 thanks for the suggestion.

On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Hashem Nasarat <[email protected]> wrote:

What are you interested in creating? Aside from using C++, that is. There
 is always gtkmm...


 Chamila Adhikarinayake <[email protected]> wrote:

 Hi,

I'm a newcomer to gnome and found out this is the best place to start. I like programming in C++. I'm searching for a project to begin (a small thing would be nice to get familiar with the whole thing.). Are there any
 recommendations.

 thanks in advance


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