Re: GNUstep still kicking?
I too have loved windowmaker... i'm not using it right now (i've been
wondering about the development status myself). Anyway, the thing
i've been using lately is openbox. It's rad because it can still run
the windowmaker dock-apps you're used to, and it's pretty
customizeable. The only thing that needs tweakin (if i'm not so lazy
i'll get around to it sometime) is their is apparently no
international support in the menus/titles. It's really easy on your
resources so it's good for legacy hardware or whatever. check it out.
Good luck,
Cameron Matheson
On 7/7/05, Meistro Master <meistraster@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've recently come back to Debian after several years of disappointing
> work on other platforms (mainly Mac). In the past, I had used
> Windowmaker as my window manager and a few GNUstep apps (GNUmail,
> mainly).
>
> Is GNUstep still a useful platform; is it popular? I see that there
> have been some recent releases of the API tools, but sometimes it's
> difficult to tell how pervasive a platform is. "Actively developed"
> can sometimes mean that three hackers continue to work on something
> that everyone else has abandoned :D
>
> I no longer have time to spend hours tweaking config files, and thus
> prefer an integrated desktop environment, but GNOME and KDE are too
> bulky for my PIII-650 / 320MB workstation. I've not tried XFCE yet,
> but hear good things.
>
> I really do enjoy the NeXT/OPEN/AFTER/step environment, but don't want
> to get reacquainted with something that's dying a slow death :(
>
>
> Thanks for any tips
>
> --maestro
>
>
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