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Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop
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Rogelio M. Serrano Jr. |
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Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop |
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Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:03:28 +0800 |
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Pete French wrote:
>> WindowMaker and GSWorkspace are good start, but I desktop goes a
>> little bit further.
>
> One of the things which has begun to worry me recently is the fact that
> WindowMaker seems to be becomming a bit of a dead end. It's our "official"
> window manager isn't it ? Yet it still doesnt work right in 64 bit mode,
> and the development lists seem very dead (aside from the recnt flurry of
> people wanting to fork off something).
>
>
> One upon a time I am sure there was a bundle someone made for GNUStep
> which enabled any application to act as a window manager. It would be very
> nice if such a thing could be incorporated into GSWorkspace so I
> could have an entirely GNUStep system - and as a bonus it would quit
> when GSWorkspace exitted just like nextStep used to.
>
> Is the bundle still around, and is this a practical thing to think
> of doing ?
>
> -bat. [still unable to run entirely 64 bit due to Windowmaker]
>
A new window manager needs to be written but then again its just a very
big job. Im more inclined to simplify the desktop and build something
that can evolve while still being useful in the immediate term.
- --
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 changes i have ever made
5. cannot figure out necessary settings by itself
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- Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, (continued)
- Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Pete French, 2006/08/27
- Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Rogelio Serrano, 2006/08/27
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Yen-Ju Chen, 2006/08/28
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Pete French, 2006/08/28
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Pete French, 2006/08/28
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Chris Vetter, 2006/08/28
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Pete French, 2006/08/28
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Chris Vetter, 2006/08/28
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Charles Philip Chan, 2006/08/28
- Re: Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Chris Vetter, 2006/08/29
- Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop,
Rogelio M. Serrano Jr. <=
- Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Chris Vetter, 2006/08/28
- Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Rogelio Serrano, 2006/08/28
- Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Riccardo, 2006/08/28
Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Helge Hess, 2006/08/27
Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop, Adrian Robert, 2006/08/27