Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop

[Andrew Satori]

As someone who tends to lurk more than anything, I agree.  This would  
go a long way towards improving acceptability.

WindowMaker and GSWorkspace are good start, but I desktop goes a  
little bit further.

Andy


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On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Gregory John Casamento wrote:

> All,
>
> All of this discussion on the list has made my consider that  
> GNUstep needs to resolve this confusion once and for all.   Are we  
> a desktop or a development environment?   I believe that we can,  
> and should, be both.   One of the steps we need to take towards  
> doing this is the creation of another project which will be the  
> official GNUstep desktop.
>
> Up until now we've had 4 or 5 projects playing at being the  
> official desktop in an effort to fill the void.
>
> I believe that all of this is senseless duplication and that what  
> we need is a *coordinated* effort towards making a cohesive and  
> attractive GNUstep desktop environment.   We need to focus on what  
> will make an exciting and easy experience for both users and  
> developers.  Whether it is done in the same repository as GNUstep  
> or in a separate one, that's up for debug.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas on the above?
>
> Thanks, GJC
> --
> Gregory John Casamento
>
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