Re: [Announcement] Window Maker Live 12.8 with GNUstep

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi Paul,


Paul Seelig wrote:
> Please have a look and let me know if this has any potential to serve
> the GNUstep cause. 

I took the time to test your live image on a VM, I just played with it a 
little.

It works, comes up and feels speedy enough. My first impression is that 
it is exactly what the title says "Windowmaker with GNUstep".
It contains a collection of apps and tools of GNUstep added on. E.g. 
things like Terminal open xterm, not Terminal, which is then available 
in the GNUstep menu. Same goes with other details.

GNUstep lives only in the GNUstep app menu of Windowmaker. Furthermore, 
the GS apps are not available as usual in an easy to use folder from 
GWorkspace, e.g. /System/Applications or /usr/GNUstep/System/Application 
or in other places where I looked in, so the user looses the classic way 
to launch apps.

Still, things work, so this is a legitimate usage for GNUstep apps and I 
think it still serves the cause of spreading GNUstep. In open source you 
are free do to this and since it works quickly, it is also interesting, 
just different from a "full GS Desktop" approach. Both are valid, 
although I'd prefer some parts tweaked to be more GS like without making 
GS mandatory.

You found some bugs we are working on and this proves again how much 
using our apps is important!

Good work and thanks for sharing. Please keep it updated!

Riccardo

PS: I tested the Italian language and there are definitely some funny 
translations and/or missing ones!