Re: really attracting developers

[Andrew Satori]

Because of the way that GnuStep draws it's controls, there isn't a  
way to make it dynamically adapt to the look of the current desktop  
environment (unless I missed something obvious). The complaint that I  
got was that the menu structures in the GnuStep app didn't 'fit' in  
the Gnome or KDE desktops that are the default installations in 99%  
of the Linux installations these days.   Personally, I was hoping  
that the old SimplyGnustep(prometheus) or Backbone project would get  
to a point where you could install a fully GnuStep arranged OS, ala  
Mac OS X, where the Gnome and KDE Apps are the ones that are 'out of  
place'.

In ther interim, people that ask, I point them to the LiveCD and  
advise the use that to get started, and if needed I then spend the  
time with them to get a Debian or Ubuntu based install up and  
running.  So far, only one has gone that far.

And


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> its the same for any application. apps are always developed with a
> particular look and feel. unless they are build to look native
> wherever they run.
>
> yes setup should ideally be just a single copy. from installation of
> the entire system to application updates. although im very biased
> towards a document centric paradigm where this issue is simply
> nonexistent.
>
> --
> things i hate about my linux pc:
>
> 1. it takes more than a second to boot up
> 2. keeps asking about filenames and directories
> 3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday
> 4. does not remember all the changes i have ever made
> 5.cannot figure out necessary settings by itself